Which ski box fits on factory rack.

[MightyMouse]

This just doesn't fit into any other forum, so here it is.

I just ordered a factory roof rack for my 05 Mazda3 Sport GT. That is the 5 door to all you 'mericans. Has anyone else installed a Thule box on the factory rack? I want to get a box to hold a couple pairs of skis and still be able to open the rear hatch fully, actually, I don't even want to have to remove the antenna if I don't have to. Right now I am looking at getting the Thule X1...opinions?

 

[gdkenoyer]

roof rack? I seem to recall a few threads lamenting the lack of one (other than the after-market stuff). How the devil did you get one...and what might the part number be? And, of course, post a pic!

 

[gdkenoyer]

nothing like answering one's own question. No part number but go to the TorontoMazda3 forum to see a pic.

 

[ZoomVT]

/*Threadjack
hey where did you get the avatar from?
thats the label for a local micro brewer here in Vermont
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i think they only offer the factory rack in the european market. dont know why.

 

[kmfdMZ3]

haha im threadjacking too. if i remember correctly that is the anasazi deity called kokopelli i believe, the god of fertility if i remember right. found commonly in petroglyphs in canyonland national park, utah. wow i'm such a nerd for remembering that.

 

[gdkenoyer]

haha im threadjacking too. if i remember correctly that is the anasazi deity called kokopelli

wow, good job. the flute player is found all over the four corners area. In recent years the term Anasazi has been replaced by "Ancestral Puebloans"; dunno why...
why he's on a beer label in the NE is beyond me!

 

[kmfdMZ3]

haha they're trying to say, if you drink our beer the god of fertility will bless you. but then that would be more of a bad thing than a good thing i would think =P