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Model Of Item : A90275
Product Brand : Thule
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SportRack A90275 Aero XL Roof Box
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Add a second story to your car! : SportRack A90275 Aero XL Roof Box
This product is an life/ego saver. Going on trips with our six month old is much much different than the wife and I travelling alone last year. The amount of gear that our precious little 20 pounder requires is unreal. I drive an Audi A4 wagon, which some may note and debate that I'm already over the edge... "just take the plunge" into minivan-dom. I'm still resisting.
POST-SALE/SHIPPING
So we bought the SportRack A90275 box shortly before our trip to my grandmother's for Christmas. When I order something like this, I usually geek out and read the manual from the manufacturer's site before the item arrives. I was disappointed to see that I would have no such luck with the SportRack site. Their website is effectively an interactive brochure. However, the HUGE box arrived within a week via a contract carrier (free from Amazon, I might add, which is amazing for a box this size). The 18 wheeler couldn't fit through my neighborhood, so we had to meet the driver in a parking lot with a pickup.
INSTALLATION
I was very excited to actually use my roof rack for something. In my pre-baby years, it would tote a surfboard, but it'll be a while before one of those is strapped to the top again. In any event, I set out to put it on my car on a very brisk morning. The instructions are very well done, but it took about an hour to install the first time due to needing to find my rack crossbar keys and recall how to move them fore and aft to line up with the sets of holes in the bottom of the cargo box. Additionally, after you choose the holes you want to use, SportRack includes adhesive covers (stickers) to block rain from coming in the unused holes (Adding to the initial install time). My wife had to help me set it on the car due to it's size. From there it's simply centering the cargo box and installing the included U-bolts and pre-drilled metal plates (to help support the ABS plastic at the mounting points). I'm sure subsequent installations can probably be done in around 15 minutes (or less).
PERFORMANCE/QUALITY
This a very sturdy, high quality item (It's really a Thule product!) that performed beautifully on the trip. We packed it with a Pack-and-Play (think playpen for those without kids), 2 carry-on size suitcases, a humidifier, baby bouncy seat, bath sling, and heavy coats with room to spare. Packing the same amount in my car wouldn't have allowed us any room to transport our Christmas presents, much less stretch out. The lid opens to an good angle to allow for easy packing, however, you can see why people like the ones with the side opening. The hinge locations prevent doing much loading from the side, but hey, you can see the pictures... that's no surprise. On the road, it did made at least a 15% dent in gas mileage, however, the car felt no less stable even on curvy mountain roads. Our cargo arrived in the condition we left home in and stayed nice and dry. The cargo box was a real difference-maker in the trip.
Note: Be sure to check the tightness of the U-bolt nuts througout your trip. The locknuts have nylon in the threads to prevent backing out, but with as much force and vibration that occurs on a long trip, they're bound to loosen a little.
STORAGE (when not in use)
The final challenge with an item as large as this is where the heck to store it. I'm including this because I did a little head scratching about how to fit this in my small garage amongst tools and everything else. I put two bike storage hooks on the wall at equal height 48" apart (Spans 3 studs if your garage is 16" on center, 2 studs if 24" on center). I then removed the cargo box U-bolts, removed the box from the car, and re-installed the U-bolts. Next acquire a 60" or so piece of angle iron, metal conduit, etc. (Just make sure the diameter isn't so large it prevents threading the nuts on the U-bolts). Push the tube through the two U-bolts at the front of the cargo box, center it, and tighten the U-bolt nuts. Now you can just hang the tube (with cargo box attached) over the wall hooks and your cargo box is safely out of the way.
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