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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 04:55 PM
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OEM Cross Bars or THULE, Yakima, Whispbar, etc.

Looking to purchase crossbars for my black GLK with black roof rails.

Thinking about the oem, but not fond of the height off the roof rails, anyone have pics.

I was also looking at Thule, but same problem...height.

I came across whispbar.com looks more like what I want, but now I am worried about sunrooof opening clearance.

Any thoughts?
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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by zerogame
Looking to purchase crossbars for my black GLK with black roof rails.

Thinking about the oem, but not fond of the height off the roof rails, anyone have pics.

I was also looking at Thule, but same problem...height.

I came across whispbar.com looks more like what I want, but now I am worried about sunrooof opening clearance.

Any thoughts?
Whilst I can't get you pictures as my son has the car in Boulder, I can tell you that the OEM factory cross bars look and fit great, (as does the OEM ski/snowboard carrier). I know it's more expensive but it certainly suits the car; well as much as any roof rack can.
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Old Aug 21, 2011 | 11:53 AM
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Can you attach a Thule box and Thule ski rack to the OEM cross bars directly?
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Old Aug 22, 2011 | 08:30 AM
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Here's the OEM ones on my GLK:




If you look closely on the last image, you will see I also had mud flaps installed.
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