One of my biggest concerns was having the Sharkfin interfere with a roof box. I occasionally need to add my Thule Evolution 18 to carry all my family's "stuff".
So soon after arriving home, I tired it out.
I have a Thule set up that I have literally had for decades. I usually have just bought new "feet" with each vehicle to move the system to the new vehicle. My Ford Focus wagon did not have a Thule solution at the time, so I bought their feet that attach to factory roof rails.
The feet have a rubber strap (with steel cables embedded) that wraps around the roof rails. Works her just fine.
The worry was that the roof box wouldn't clear the Sharkfin, but as you can see, it does with about 1 to 1 1/2 inches to spare.
The next worry is "How do I open the rear lid with the box in place?"
As you can see, the box can be mounted far enough forward to allow full opening of the rear hatch.
Finally, here is what it looks like with the box installed:
So with this type of "foot", there is no problem not only clearing the fin vertically, but it is possible to mount the box far enough forward to have the rear hatch open fully.
Keep in mind that this type of foot rests on top of the roof rails, and adds not only the thickness of the bars themselves, but some measure of the mount as well. I doubt that the factory crossbars (being mounted inside the roof rails) would accommodate a roof box.
So soon after arriving home, I tired it out.
I have a Thule set up that I have literally had for decades. I usually have just bought new "feet" with each vehicle to move the system to the new vehicle. My Ford Focus wagon did not have a Thule solution at the time, so I bought their feet that attach to factory roof rails.
The feet have a rubber strap (with steel cables embedded) that wraps around the roof rails. Works her just fine.
The worry was that the roof box wouldn't clear the Sharkfin, but as you can see, it does with about 1 to 1 1/2 inches to spare.
The next worry is "How do I open the rear lid with the box in place?"
As you can see, the box can be mounted far enough forward to allow full opening of the rear hatch.
Finally, here is what it looks like with the box installed:
So with this type of "foot", there is no problem not only clearing the fin vertically, but it is possible to mount the box far enough forward to have the rear hatch open fully.
Keep in mind that this type of foot rests on top of the roof rails, and adds not only the thickness of the bars themselves, but some measure of the mount as well. I doubt that the factory crossbars (being mounted inside the roof rails) would accommodate a roof box.
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