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    Hey, I just wanted to throw another reply on this thread. I bought the Coleman rack from Costco, very good price for a nice sturdy rack ($128 shipped iirc). But, with the stock Yakima wing bars, the rack did not line up right. Basically, if I centered the front mounts on the front bar, the rear mounts were off by 3/4". There is no way to correct this by moving the mounts to another spot on the rack either.

    Since the rack came in two halves that you connect and screw together, I was able to trim the tubes down by 3/4" with a cheapo tube cutter from Home Depot. But, in doing this, I lost the screw holes that hold it together and had to drill new ones, that I put bolts through to hold things together. It took a moderate amount of work to accomplish, but in the end it works perfectly and looks good.

    I just wanted to make everyone aware of this in case anyone was thinking of buying one of these.

    Bart

    PS - Pictures of this rack installed are on my website.

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    sorry it turned into such a project for you bart, the rack lined up nicely on my roof rack, but i dont have the stock one, so its possible my mounts are slightly off of where the stock one was, or maybe since my crossbars are smaller than the stock ones the 3/4 inch didnt make much difference.. glad you got it on there though


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    No need to apologize! Its a great rack for the price, and now that I have it shortened a little, it fits perfectly! I just wanted to post about it since not everyone is keen on modding stuff like I am.

    It fits my spare well and I think I will have enough room for 10 gallons of extra liquid money. I plan on getting everything ready for Moab this weekend so I will post pics of my complete Moab VX rig when done!

    Thanks!

    Bart

    Quote Originally Posted by etlsport
    sorry it turned into such a project for you bart, the rack lined up nicely on my roof rack, but i dont have the stock one, so its possible my mounts are slightly off of where the stock one was, or maybe since my crossbars are smaller than the stock ones the 3/4 inch didnt make much difference.. glad you got it on there though

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