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Im looking for a 4 post ,2 bar roof system for my 05 HCH1....I would like to be directed to a car specific and not universal..my intention is to carry a 10 foot kayak..many thanks

Hi,

Sorry to give you the kind of reply that you specifically weren't looking for, but my wife and I have had no trouble with a Yakima towers-and-bars system on our car, an '04 HCH (we use the rack for long-distance trips with a 20.5'-long solo outrigger canoe multiple times per year). We use foam block pads on the rails rather than kayak cradles, but that's because foam and straps are easier on a fragile racing hull than cradles. It's easier to have folks at REI or MEC or EMS or wherever install the components, but with this car I (painstakingly) did it myself after our older car was totaled, and we haven't had any problems with the rack. With the car itself, on the other hand...

yours,
Nathan

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Originally Posted by nday (Post 248146)

Thanks for the reply, on further research I found a lot are model specific..(newbie here) I like the yakima and the rhino...I too will use the foam blocks...