gsrblack

Just wondering if anyone here has ever put one on their CL? I wanted to know how it fit and whether or not the clips scratched or may have dented the silver trim up near the roof (where the door closes). I want to order a Thule rack for my bikes since it's a pain in the rear to always take it apart to stuff it into the trunk.

mt6forlife

I have a Yakima. No problems scratching the trim.

beerknurd

I went with a hitch set up. It works pretty well, I just leave the rack in my trunk when i'm not using it.

Seattle Cl-S

I have a Yakima as well (for snowboards). No scratches. At 60+ mph, I do get a little bit of wind noise because the rack clips lift up the weatherstripping a little.

beerknurd

probably not even close, but can a snowboard fit through the rearseat passthrough ?

AQUI NO!

no scratches, works just fine. I want to go to a rear setup to leave it on permanently . i'll sell you my yakima rack with two bike adapters, wind fairing(reduces wind noise). Pm if ur interested

Kkranghkar

Uh, well that depends

If you have a wider powder board, then probably not... For most standard boards, and especially free-mountain and speed boards, it should work, if you line it up perfectly with the diagonal of the hole.

I stuck my wide-ish board through there a couple times, and in fact I fit two boards in there once (back-to-back), BUT i wound up slicing through the rubber rectangle that runs around the outside of the hole. Now, it has two diagonal cuts in it where the board went, and the metal board edges scratched that whole area up a bit....

Moral of the story is: You can do it, if you're not too uppity about the ensuing scratches and such.

mmmm

No, I wouldn't use one

gsrblack

Anyone have pics of their car with the rack on and maybe a zoomed in pic of where the clips hook onto the car?

Did anyone with the Yakima use the stretch kit? Or is it okay without one if using for bikes only?

Anyone use Thule?

mt6forlife

I didn't get the stretch kit. Without it, the crossbar distance is limited to something like 16-18" which Yakima says limits your load to 160lbs. Plenty for two bikes.

CO-CL-S

What he said. I had two bikes carriers (one Yakima and one Thule) plus a Yakima basket between them and a wind breaker in the front (to cut down the noise). It also cut the mpg by about 15%.. YMMV

Haus

Once you set up a Yakima or Thule, you can eaisly remove/install the entire rack in just a couple of min. I wouldn't leave it on all the time as the fairing will eventually wear the paint away, and the clips will mess up your door molding

gsrblack

I don't plan on keeping the rack on...only when I need to use it. I had one on my '98 GSR. I guess I was more curious if anyone used a Thule rack on the current generation CL and whether or not it was a problem to not have the short roof adapter. Thule keeps claiming I need it cause it's in their fit guide (so much for technical support from them), but since Yakima doesn't require it (says so in their fit guide), I would guess that Thule doesn't really need it either. My best bet is that I could reuse the load bars and locks and fairing from my GSR's rack and put it on the CL.