Hey guys. Question for the class. Has anyone added longer crossbars to an existing 470 roof rack? Our new paddleboard carrier is great but it takes up a ton of space, so much so that I can either take that or the cargo box but not both together. I know that Yakima makes a bunch of different kinds of “feet” that can accommodate a 60” or 72” loadbar. Just curious to see if anyone has done this before.

 

looked into it, but for my needs I went a different route. what you want is the clamp on crossbars that work with the factory sidebars. like this:

http://www.rackattack.com/product-pa...ign=MSAdcenter

the other thing you should do is remove the factory cross bars. I think it looks so awful when people leave them on and have four cross bars.

 

+1, I use the Thule feet & bars in the above link. In my case, I was damaging the roof trying to install my thule roof box on the stock crossbars because of the limited clearance between the bars & the roof. Much easier w/the Thule feet & crossbars.

 

Thanks, guys. Much appreciated. Any chance that either of you could post up some pics? I'm just curious to see what it looks like (near and far).