Hi all

I am wondering if anyone with a D90 that is equipped with the OEM or eBay/Amazon knockoff ladder who can shed some light on exactly where the ladder is mounted to the factory roof rails.

Currently I have Thule wing bars with a platform on them and I am hoping to find out if the existing mounting locations of the Thule are in the way for the ladder.

Please see attached images for reference (yellow depicts the channel which is pretty much right in the middle above the safari window and red depicts the slots)

Ideally, if the ladder is mounted along the "yellow" part of the rail then I wouldn't have to shift the Thule wing bars.

Thanks!

 

Found a photo of a D90 with the expedition rack and the ladder.

Based on the photo, the mounting foot of the expedition rack seems to be at the exact location as the mounting foot of my Thule wing bar.

So does that mean that I don't need to move my Thule setup and the right mounting point of the ladder is actually at the "red" slot area that I illustrated in my original post above?

 

More sleuthing and more discovery.

It looks like the ladder should fit without having to shift my Thule setup. Please correct me if you don't think that's the case.

According to the installation diagram, the mounting holes on top of the ladder seem to rest within the channel of the rail and not the wide slots.