I have a 2005 Subaru Outback that I use these on the factory elevated roof rails
https://www.rackattack.com/base-roo...-rack-systems/thule-4502-crossroad-half-pack/
I like this for cartopping two canoes side by side flat or one wide fishing kayak. I have two different length flat bars ( one for when I haul one canoe/kayak and one longer one for when hauling two solo canoes for when I go with a friend.) I can take them off or put them on in less than five minutes and they are rock solid. It's nice so I can take them off when not needed avoiding wind noise, drag on gas mileage and banging my head into them getting out of the car.
The factory crossbars are not going to work for me given they are not wide enough for two boats and I don't want any kind of semi-permanent towers up there all month when I only need to car top the boats once or twice a month.
Is there an aftermarket roof rail that is raised like the older CX-5's had that would fit on a 2020 model that would allow me to keep using what works?
I do this for fishing rivers and my wife is pretty serious about me getting the crossbars off when I return "her" car and I want it to be an easy un-install. A small trailer is a problem for a lot of the places I have to park the car fishing.
I really want to buy a new CX-5 but this is very limiting for what we can use the car for.
https://www.rackattack.com/base-roo...-rack-systems/thule-4502-crossroad-half-pack/
I like this for cartopping two canoes side by side flat or one wide fishing kayak. I have two different length flat bars ( one for when I haul one canoe/kayak and one longer one for when hauling two solo canoes for when I go with a friend.) I can take them off or put them on in less than five minutes and they are rock solid. It's nice so I can take them off when not needed avoiding wind noise, drag on gas mileage and banging my head into them getting out of the car.
The factory crossbars are not going to work for me given they are not wide enough for two boats and I don't want any kind of semi-permanent towers up there all month when I only need to car top the boats once or twice a month.
Is there an aftermarket roof rail that is raised like the older CX-5's had that would fit on a 2020 model that would allow me to keep using what works?
I do this for fishing rivers and my wife is pretty serious about me getting the crossbars off when I return "her" car and I want it to be an easy un-install. A small trailer is a problem for a lot of the places I have to park the car fishing.
I really want to buy a new CX-5 but this is very limiting for what we can use the car for.
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