Thule roof rack with 3 door liftback

[Mead]

Originally Posted by hvacigar

I was searching through the forum for information on people with the Thule roof rack on a 3-door liftback. I didn't find much, and researching outside the board I uncovered that Yakima doesn't even make a system for the 3-door. I finally found a pick of the Thule rack on a three door for those interested...it can be found here

http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.c..._2037_22799878

As for better pics, I have ordered all the parts, and I will put up pics once I am done with installation. I am installing the 400xtr rapid aero package. Some places will tell you that it is more expensive than the more common 400xt aero foot package, but with the 3 door, you have to use the short roof adaptor for the 400xt foot package, resulting in the aero package actually being cheaper in the end. There are some limitation with this choice, but if all you do is bike and snow sports, you should be good. Thule has a good site for fitting your car at www.thule.com

cool, keep us up to date with the rack, I'm interested too, can you fit a cargo box on it too?

[hvacigar]

Originally Posted by Mead

cool, keep us up to date with the rack, I'm interested too, can you fit a cargo box on it too?

As for the cargo box, it is a situation where Thule does not recommend it. They also do not recommend any of their attachments with this kit other than

ski
bike
snowboard
basket

There is another person on this forum who put a cargo box on the top with another rack system that was bolted to the roof.

As for any logos or decals you see in that pic, I have no idea the origin of the car in that pic. The pic comes from the orsracks website. I found it while searching everywhere for pics of the Thule rack system on a 3 door lifty.

I will get pictures as soon as I am done with installation. Should be end of next week at the latest.

[Mead]

Originally Posted by hvacigar

As for the cargo box, it is a situation where Thule does not recommend it. They also do not recommend any of their attachments with this kit other than

ski
bike
snowboard
basket

There is another person on this forum who put a cargo box on the top with another rack system that was bolted to the roof.

As for any logos or decals you see in that pic, I have no idea the origin of the car in that pic. The pic comes from the orsracks website. I found it while searching everywhere for pics of the Thule rack system on a 3 door lifty.

I will get pictures as soon as I am done with installation. Should be end of next week at the latest.

Thanks, how easy is it to remove / install the rack I wonder?

I've always wanted to put bikes on top of the Yaris but I worry about the MPGs with the rack on the roof all the time, I like to see a system that easily goes on and off the car.