What height rail mounts do you guys recommend? I see Thule has 5, 8, and 11 inch feet.and I'm not sure which work?

Any other alternatives, as they're not giving them away.

Thanks

 

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Gutter mount Yakima Towers:

http://www.yakima.com/shop/racksyste.../1a-raingutter

Use the high rise towers in order to clear the roof:

http://www.yakima.com/shop/rack-syst...hirise-spacers

 

I have the Thule 953 attachment. I believe only the 11" version will work to clear the rear sunroof... see attached pics.

 

Rederick, thanks for the yakima options.

Acq, that setup looks great.

Very much appreciated

 

Acq, what attachment is needed to add that nice cage to the 953?

 

I have the Cabela extended roof basket. The basket came with the bracketry to mount to the Thule cross bars:

Cabela's TrailGear 2 Rooftop Carrier : Cabela's

Other cargo baskets which you can consdier:
Thule Moab
Kuat Vagabond
Rhino-Rack XTray
Yakima Road Warrior

One thing to consider if you were to buy these items at retail ..... by the time you buy the Thule leg attachments, cross bars and roof basket.... it would be almost the cost of a used safari roof rack. I was able to get my cheap as there was a local shop (when I used to live in Portland) which sold use Thule and Yakima parts.

 

The Thule 953 High Tower 11" works great. Carry your boards and have the sunroofs open!

 

Yup, the 11" tall one is what you need, in order to clear the factory roof rack. I got a 62" basket mounted on mine, and originally had it more or less centered on the roof. But the loadmaster training in me came out, and I actually ended up scooting it forward, so the center of the basket is roughly in line with the middle of the passenger doors. So the basket itself isn't "centered" on the roof any more, but the center of balance of the rack is more in line with the center of the truck, to keep the weight more evenly distributed between the wheels, as opposed to more rear-end heavy, like I originally had it.

And no, I'm not OCD, I'm more CDO (you know, the letters being in alphabetical order), lol...

 

Do the 11" high rise set, I got those and the bars at AB which seemed to be the best price at the time, EMS has them on sale periodically too.