Re: roof rack or Pontiac Vibe or Toyota Matrix

On Oct 27, 4:22 pm, John Fereira <ja...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > I'm soooo sorry to hear about your cedar strip - that must have been a
> > painful sight!
>
> If you can bear to look:
>
> http://mayfly.mannlib.cornell.edu/paddle/outerisland/IMG_4938.JPG

That's heart breaking... I took a look at your finished pictures and
it was beautiful.

> > No - I mount the Q towers right to the frame of the car roughly in the
> > front quarter of the front doors (if you know what I mean - see the
> > great work of art below). The low riders mount to the side rail of the
> > factory rack so that the cross bar p***** right in front of the
> > antenna in the back.
>
> Okay, I saw a vehicle today (although it wasn't a Matrix or Vibe) that
had
> the same Q towers in the front.  I think that will work fine for me.  My
car
> has a sun roof that I hope won't cause problems mounting the Q towers.
>

I've got a sunroof too (factory installed) and I put on the front rack
so that it lines right up with the front of the sunroof and there's no
interference. I could have mounted it a little further back without a
problem, but wanted to get the widest base that I could.

Good luck!

Jen.