roof bike rack fyi
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roof bike rack fyi
hi everyone, just put on a roof 2 bike rack on a 08 ml350
hope this helps
thule crossroad 450 with 50 inch wide load bars
thule fairing ( A MUST ) 44 inch (not so sure, check fit guide/sorry)
yakima sprocket rocket
thule recommends the 58 inch load bars but i prefer a narrower bar so i went with the the 50, be aware of the pics as the roof rails are not parallel, front is wider than the rear as photo shows,
regarding wind noise, with only the bars without fairing noise is very significant at 40mph and over, ridiculous howling, but with fairing no noise at all, huge difference (fairing is a must) from my experience i could not tell a naked roof from one with a rack
hope this post helps
hope this helps
thule crossroad 450 with 50 inch wide load bars
thule fairing ( A MUST ) 44 inch (not so sure, check fit guide/sorry)
yakima sprocket rocket
thule recommends the 58 inch load bars but i prefer a narrower bar so i went with the the 50, be aware of the pics as the roof rails are not parallel, front is wider than the rear as photo shows,
regarding wind noise, with only the bars without fairing noise is very significant at 40mph and over, ridiculous howling, but with fairing no noise at all, huge difference (fairing is a must) from my experience i could not tell a naked roof from one with a rack
hope this post helps
Thread Starter
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Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 11
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ml350
addendum
no im not going to drive it off my garage hehe 
sorry for the crappy iphone pics
and if your going to ask why not a hitch mount rack, i posted previously on how to mount an aftermarket hitch rack, got rear ended and decided to go the above route this time plus it looks goooooodddd
install time 45 minutes max
sorry for the crappy iphone pics
and if your going to ask why not a hitch mount rack, i posted previously on how to mount an aftermarket hitch rack, got rear ended and decided to go the above route this time plus it looks goooooodddd
install time 45 minutes max
Last edited by 08350; Aug 20, 2010 at 01:05 AM.
