bike rack that fits
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bike rack that fits
I bought a yakima saris 2 bike rack today, it fits perfectly and does not interfere with the spoiler up or down. although the yakima catalog says no applications for the xfire, it works perfectly with the addition of yakima's "glass hatchback" special top straps. They actually slide thru the hatchback and have these sort of rubber dumbells about 6 inches long on the inside end so they put the stress on the metal interior of the hatchback and the underside inside of the roof. The other straps side and bottom just go on the lower part of the hatchback. Middle foot sits on the glass (stability and medium tension only, not weight bearing), bottom feet (weight bearing) on top of the bumper.
The guy at the bike store owned a yakima saris so he said he knew it would probably work, unlike the other places tha just looked it up in the book and told me to go to a custom shop.t
Also, it its fairly cool looking and hi tech so it does not look junky. for 160 it shouldnt.
The guy at the bike store owned a yakima saris so he said he knew it would probably work, unlike the other places tha just looked it up in the book and told me to go to a custom shop.t
Also, it its fairly cool looking and hi tech so it does not look junky. for 160 it shouldnt.
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Re: bike rack that fits
Originally Posted by vmpyre
I wont have it on the car again until next monday but will post a pic then although it looks like you have a convertible srt6, mine is a coupe but it still might work.
I thought it was funny when you mentioned in jest that you could possibly put a spare tire on it. I immediately imagined someone strapping a set of drag radials to it to get to the track. LOL
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Re: bike rack that fits
I bought a yakima saris 2 bike rack today, it fits perfectly and does not interfere with the spoiler up or down. although the yakima catalog says no applications for the xfire, it works perfectly with the addition of yakima's "glass hatchback" special top straps. They actually slide thru the hatchback and have these sort of rubber dumbells about 6 inches long on the inside end so they put the stress on the metal interior of the hatchback and the underside inside of the roof. The other straps side and bottom just go on the lower part of the hatchback. Middle foot sits on the glass (stability and medium tension only, not weight bearing), bottom feet (weight bearing) on top of the bumper.
The guy at the bike store owned a yakima saris so he said he knew it would probably work, unlike the other places tha just looked it up in the book and told me to go to a custom shop.t
Also, it its fairly cool looking and hi tech so it does not look junky. for 160 it shouldnt.
The guy at the bike store owned a yakima saris so he said he knew it would probably work, unlike the other places tha just looked it up in the book and told me to go to a custom shop.t
Also, it its fairly cool looking and hi tech so it does not look junky. for 160 it shouldnt.
Can you please post pics of coupe with bike rack attached?
Thanks!
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Re: bike rack that fits
Look at the date of posts you reply to.😉
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