Hauling Kayaks/Bikes

It is the sort of thing that someone mechanically inclined ought to be able to do without too much difficulty.

The interesting thing in the thread was reading how tough the roof was to drill through. That surprised me a little, but I guess the roof itself is probably common to all markets, and they need the trough to be strong enough to hold the weight of whatever people put up there.

 

Did you look at Yakima or Thule to see what they have that might work? It looks like Yakima has something for a "naked roof". Thule is a little harder.

In any event, if you remove the racks when not in use, you don't have the aerodynamic penalty, and you don't have the wind noise.

 

Agreed, I have the ultimate (here in the US) and it does NOT have any rails installed, a relatively flat roof.
However there are grooves and a ridge on the roof that works very well to clamp a rack on.

I got the Yakima BaseClip and BaseLine with a 50" jet stream crossbar.
Good luck!

 

If you got one of these kayaks, might not need roof rack.

 

https://kayaks.point65.com/products/mercury-gtx

 

What's interesting about this one, too, is that you can leave out a piece and go solo, or add another one to have a triple. I can see modular kayaks catching on.

 

I also have a point65 three-section sit-on... I can get all 3 inside the Prius; I have
yet to try the Kona but I expect at least the two ends for single-person mode will fit.

_H*

 

If you already have and like a traditional 1-piece 'yak, I'd say stick with it unless
the ability to take it apart is compelling somehow. Sit-ons are dog-slow and
will take a lot more work to paddle the same distance. This one fell into my
lap for free so I went with it, but recognize the downsides. And I don't have
a roofrack.

Good for exercise either way!

_H*

 

I tried ordering the rails from the dealer and they found out they wont fit. they are also right about adding this to our US version KonaEV, it will involve at the minimum, welding or drilling. This is what it looks like under when the rain gutter is removed. It just have a few metal tabs that holds the plastic trimmings. the roof rails from ICE version Kona has screw holes which will need to be welded at the precise spot. the screw tabs from an OEM Sonata might seem to work, but still needs to be welded. the OEM rails looks cleaner than the Rack attack version. seems scary to me to have holes drilled on my car.

Either way, I just have the Yakima base clips system works just fine.

 

Hey, that's great. good thing you already had bars and landing pads. I certainly appreciate the anxiety of drilling holes! but I guess that's what the pro's are for. have a great weekend!