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robbunker your car is sick. Well put together. Is that a Yakima rack?

 

I'm glad I looked at this. I didn't think I would be able to put a rack on my car with the aluminum roof but I have seen plenty of MR's with them here. Has anyone ever had any trouble with it on your MR?

 

the yakima rack does not touch the roof. only the pillars (steel)

 

nope it works really well.

 

Stupid question, I tend to drive well over 1 hour or so of highway miles to get to my snowboarding areas. Do you guys worry about stuff on the road flying up and messing up your board? Or do you even worry about getting your board and bindings really dirty? (Think wet winter, I store mine inside my apt)

I was thinking about using masking or painters tape to cover the initial surface that's most exposed. what do you think? Will it strip the snowboard wax?

 

your snowboard is made for use on snow... snow= wet lol.. dirt and water wont hurt it.

 

^how about road salt + street water smacking at it at 65 mph for 1 hour? Would it at least strip the wax?

 

sweet picture!

 

your board will be fine I travel almost 2 hours to get to where i board at.

 

if you just buy the base system you can still put things on with straps right, i dont really see a point in buying all the extras Q towers and all

 

The q towers are what mounts to your car that holds the bars. So you need them. The absolutly necessary parts are the bars, q towers, and q clips. The rest are accessories. I use it all the time to haul things Bach from home depot and sears.

 

Picked this rack up from another member . . .

 

what model roof rack is this one??

 

Looks like the typical Q-Tower / Powderhound set-up with aftermarket end caps. I've seen these on-line somewhere, but can't recall where. Google Yakima parts and you should find them.