Roof rack Options

[Grosbard]

Hi all,

While the 914 has a decent amount of luggage space, I recently took mine on a 2 week vacation, and I would have loved to have a little bit more space for hauling stuff during that trip. To that end, has anybody tried fitting a roof rack like this to their car? If so, I'd love to hear your experiences, and/or see pictures. Thanks!

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[Grosbard]

I think the rear trunk racks look reasonably nice even when filled up, but I have a feeling I would miss the fantastic visibility out of the rear window. How do you guys feel about that?

I've seen the wooden slat luggage roof racks on 911's and Beetles and I agree they look fantastic. I even think the car looks better with them than without them.

I was thinking the roof box that I posted on the Mini Cooper would probably be attached via rails like this picture:

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With these rails, it looks like the box and rails would probably be easily removable for top-down motoring when the mood strikes.

[SirAndy]

I think the rear trunk racks look reasonably nice even when filled up, but I have a feeling I would miss the fantastic visibility out of the rear window. How do you guys feel about that?

Visibility does suck, but it's not that often that i run it fully loaded.

I'm also thinking about getting just one large travel suitcase that will fit the same volume as the two bags you see in the pic but has an overall much lower profile.

Maybe something vintage to fit the style of the car ...
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