Thule SquareBar Roof Bar 135cm 712400

The bars work great. Given we have two sets of Hullivators, we had to order the longest bars to have sufficient clearance due to the width of the roof. Unfortunately the slot to mount the feet, I had to extend the grooves as my roof bars are about an inch and a half narrower than the bar's grooves. Fortunately I have the tools and ability to do that.

Thule now requires railings and mounts specific to make and model. As a result of Thule failure to extend the bottom groove in the bar, customers are no longer able to get extra space required for other Thule products. I can no longer fit my Thule Force Box and my 724 ski racks on the recommended 53" bar nor will the 60" bar fit my roof rails as the foot mounting groove is ~2" to short. Thule used to be well engineered, but this oversight suggests they want you to buy new products- as their old stuff might not fit anymore. Tech support zero help!

Got these bars to fit the roof rack on my new car while still being able to keep my old school trays. The bars themselves are great quality. They attach through a compression of a piece of the footpads that slides through a slit in the bar. I like this system - keeps the bars low profile, but there is a drawback. When the footpads are loosened from the car's roof rails, the whole system loosens up meaning that the bars can now slide laterally. In the old system, you could remove the whole assembly from the car in one solid piece and put it back on when you needed to haul your bikes or whatever. Now the whole thing needs to be readjusted when putting it back on the car. Not a huge deal, but enough to make a bit of a difference. One more thing - the bars I ordered ... MoreGot these bars to fit the roof rack on my new car while still being able to keep my old school trays. The bars themselves are great quality. They attach through a compression of a piece of the footpads that slides through a slit in the bar. I like this system - keeps the bars low profile, but there is a drawback. When the footpads are loosened from the car's roof rails, the whole system loosens up meaning that the bars can now slide laterally. In the old system, you could remove the whole assembly from the car in one solid piece and put it back on when you needed to haul your bikes or whatever. Now the whole thing needs to be readjusted when putting it back on the car. Not a huge deal, but enough to make a bit of a difference. One more thing - the bars I ordered were missing two of the end caps. The package had clearly been opened and returned. It was too much of a pain to return the bars for this since I happened to have an extra set of endcaps, though they don't match the new ones.