Cool deal. It'd be nice if they were lower, but I bet they give you better clearance for a spoiler sunroof than the stock wingbars/towers do. I notice my missing headroof from my slide-in roof every time I get in the truck. Only got the slide-in because of the rack, too...

As far as I know, http://www.rackwarehouse.com still has wingbars available, but I don't know if they're as cheap as they used to be. I got my 58" wingbars from them for about $50 I think.

In my case I sometimes carry a spare and two bicycles on the roof, and I can definitely feel the weight in corners, so the lower the better, IMHO. Not sure an inch really makes that much difference, but I also have issues getting the bicycles off my roof already anyway...

It's cool to be seeing different solutions to old problems.

-Daver