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MauritiusToday.com - Shopping Mall - Highland 2005200 Bar Carrier
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List Price: $28.99
Our Price: $24.99
Your Save: $ 4.00 ( 14% )
Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 2 days
Manufacturer: Highland
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Tools & Hardware
Brand: Highland
EAN: 0042899200529
Feature: Designed to provide additional carrying capacity
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Highland
Legal Disclaimer: This item requires oversized shipping and may be subject to an Additional Handling Fee due to the product size or shipping requirements.
Manufacturer: Highland
Model: 2005200
Publisher: Highland
Studio: Highland
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Features
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Designed to provide additional carrying capacity
Made from sturdy material
Ensures long lasting durability
Facilitate hassle free installation using straps and hooks
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Editorial Reviews:
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Bar top carriers offer additional carrying capacity. Universal Carriers for compact through full size cars, Sports Utility Vehicles and Vans. Attaches easily with straps and universal, non-mar coated hooks
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: doesn't stay flush on car
Comment: we used this product to secure the Highland 15 Cubic Feet top carrier bag, however the bars wouldn't stay flush to the car. At least 2 of the pads were lost in transit, and had we not tied the straps to the inside handles we would have lost our entire load. If you have a Ford Focus... BEWARE
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Product, Very Satisfied
Comment: This worked very well for my Honda Accord 4-door sedan. The included hooks did not fit anywhere on my car, so I used a pair of ratchet tie-down straps with endless loops, running through the inside of the car. The endless loop strap is better than S-hooks in my opinion since the S-hooks cause the strap to twist and put extra tension on the edge of the strap. The rack is 4 feet wide with a 1" slot, so at least 10 feet of 1" strap is required. A pair of "Crawford-Lehigh 6312 12-Foot Ratchet Tie Down With Endless Loops" from Amazon.com worked perfectly for me.
Since the tie-down strap runs through the inside of the car twice, I made sure that the ratchet and end-piece were on the top/innermost part (with the handle of the ratchet pointing up), and the endless loop was on the bottom/outermost part. This way the ratchet can completely remove all of the slack. If the ratchet is on the bottom/outermost part, it will clamp down on the top/innermost part of the strap and leave too much slack there. The 12-foot strap was a perfect fit, with about 1-1/2 foot left over which I wrapped around the ratchet and tied off. Make sure the strap doesn't twist anywhere as you loop it around.
When threading the strap through the feet of the rack, run the top/innermost part directly through, and the bottom/outermost part back over and down through the narrow slot and then out again, following the directions that came with the rack. Make sure to leave the foot pad off while threading, because like others have said, if you follow the directions and put the foot pad on first, threading the strap will be nearly impossible.
I tightened down the bolts once I was completely satisfied with the positioning and tension. When installed in this way, the rack seems very strong and stable. (Note: I used this rack to support the "SportRack - A90095 - Explorer Box" (#B000UULZMW), so I placed the bars about 21-1/2" apart, an optimal width for this particular cargo carrier.)
Lastly, a few people mentioned rain dripping down the strap, so I put short pieces of sticky-back foam weather stripping across each strap where it crosses over the door's weather stripping.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Nice Rack!
Comment: I missed the capacity of our old hatchback until this turned our little Chevy Prizm into a lean cargo hauler. Pair this with a set of ratchet straps and you can't go wrong. It's really amazing what you can do with a small car!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great product for small price
Comment: I just drove 1300 miles across the US with a luggage bag completely packed full of clothing tied to these bars. It was on the roof of a '97 Dodge Stratus. I only had to tighten the rack down once. It wasn't in danger of coming loose; it just shifted slightly. For the ~$20 I paid for it, it worked amazingly well.
The only minor problems were a few drops of water during a downpour where the hooks pin the weather stripping down, and that was only on one door, so it wasn't a big problem. I tied to excess strap to the bars, rather than letting it into the car, so the rain wouldn't run along it like it did for some other reviewers. The rubber feet don't stay on very well, but a little super glue will fix that.
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Summary: Inexpensive alternative to Thule or Yakima
Comment: Ever since I sold my pickup, transporting items like long pieces of conduit or lumber or other long items that won't fit in the trunk of my 93 Buick Lesabre has been an arduous task. I had been looking for an alternative to the expensive Thule and Yakima roof rack systems since I rarely have a need for a roof rack. I ran across the Highland 20052 Superfit Bar Carrier at Amazon.com while doing a google search. Being the cheapskate that I am I went to the "popular" auction site and did a search, I ended up buying a complete lightly used Highland 20052 Superfit Bar Carrier for $10.00!!! Reading about the suggestions regarding gluing the rubber feet to the four bases of the rack in some of the other reviews here I took them to work and "supperglued" them on. A bit premature! There is a reason these rubber feet are not glued on at the factory. The rubber feet need to be OFF the 4 bases so that there is easy access through the bottom of the bases to facilatate assembly of the somewhat flimsy and very flexible straps through the various slots in each base. Once the straps are attached to each base then go ahead and glue the rubber feet on since there will be no need to disassemble the straps afterward. Since I made the mistake of gluing the rubber feet on before I had assembled the straps I had to come up quickly with a way to thread the straps through the slots in each base. I ended up using a piece of "scrap" cable tie because it was very thin and stiff enough to help thread the straps through the various slots. At any rate, The rack works well considering the low cost, It is easily attached and removed from the vehicle and I actually store the racks in the trunk since they take up so little room in the large Buick trunk. Amazon.com's price is as low as any other vendor on the web. (other than possibly getting a used set on on an auction site.) So save yourself some aggravation the next time you need to transport some long item(s) with your car and get the Highland 20052 Superfit Bar Carrier.
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