Hi all,
My husband just excitedly purchased a 2014 Grand Touring CX5 a few weeks ago, and after much research, he ordered and had installed the Yakima fork lift bike rack ( I guess he needs a fork mounted bike rack because of the dimensions of the fork of his tri bike?) . We also have factory installed cross bars from Mazda.
We had it installed and yesterday when he went to open the trunk, we realized the rack extends well past the roof and the trunk would smack right into it when opened.
I am desperate to find a solution that will still allow us to use a roof mounted bike rack - we really don't want to use a hitch, since I have to parallel park on our street every day (for starters).
Any help would be SO appreciated! What can we do now?
I was going to go back to the installer and yell at them for installing the yakima rack wrong, but I guess this is not surprising?
Help!
My husband just excitedly purchased a 2014 Grand Touring CX5 a few weeks ago, and after much research, he ordered and had installed the Yakima fork lift bike rack ( I guess he needs a fork mounted bike rack because of the dimensions of the fork of his tri bike?) . We also have factory installed cross bars from Mazda.
We had it installed and yesterday when he went to open the trunk, we realized the rack extends well past the roof and the trunk would smack right into it when opened.
I am desperate to find a solution that will still allow us to use a roof mounted bike rack - we really don't want to use a hitch, since I have to parallel park on our street every day (for starters).
Any help would be SO appreciated! What can we do now?
I was going to go back to the installer and yell at them for installing the yakima rack wrong, but I guess this is not surprising?
Help!