You ll want to make sure you have a good idea of how wide and how long you ll need the roof rack to be.
Can you put a roof rack on a car with a sunroof.
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Do you want to know how loud the rack is or the rack and the bike.
Sunroof and roof rack ok i m buying a car that has a sunroof.
Roof rack makers generally do not recommend operating a vehicle s sunroof when an aftermarket roof rack is installed.
Imagine the pool noodles are the real roof racks simulate the position one in the front and one in the rear.
Put pool noodles on your car.
Across the pool noodles on the roof of your vehicle.
You can always use more if you want it to have more support but you ll probably find that two is a perfect amount.
I have a sunroof or panoramic roof on my vehicle can i use roof bars.
Posted by elliot the roof box company last modified by kerry the roof box company on 15 february 2017 03 01 pm just because you have panoramic glass roof it doesn t mean you cannot mount roof bars on your car.
To many the second option i e a car top luggage carrier sounds convenient and rational.
This will give you a sense of how many pieces of equipment you can attach to the roof rack.
Dealerships have the opportunity to discuss an at cost installation and include it in the purchase price of the vehicle.
If you too come to think of it practically the thought of placing roof racks on top of a car sounds great.
If your santa fe does not have factory installed flush side rails that run front to back on your roof and i believe that it does not have these you can select the rola roof rack for the 2013 hyundai santa fe sport with panoramic sunroof part 59779.
The cost of installed an oem sunroof in your car at the dealership can be negotiated at the time of the installation.
You can check whether or not your car is equipped with mounting points at the factory by looking for some small circular or rectangular covers on your car s roof.
Before you install your roof rack you will need to consider what kind of roof rack you have or need to purchase as not all of them are created the same.
About the only practical use of a sunroof is to monitor law enforcement helicopters tracking you.
Never put a bike up there though.
If you actually do open a sunroof you ve seriously screwed with the car s aerodynamics.
The installation of your sunroof can be done at the dealership on site when you buy a new car.
Even if there is no clearance issue between the bottom of the crossbars and the top of the sunroof there would be a lot of noise from wind turbulence at the bars that would likely make you want to keep the sunroof closed anyway.