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4 Things to Know About Roof Racks

If you have the space on your vehicle, one of the best things that you can buy is a rack for your roof. Below are some things that you want to know about roof racks and what they can offer you.

Selecting Your Roof Rack

If your vehicle doesn’t have a rack on the roof, there’s racks that you can purchase. A fit guide that is online is going to have you enter your vehicle’s year, model and make to make sure that you choose the right one. Roof racks are really versatile, and they leave additional room in your vehicle for your passengers.

Roof Rack Benefits

Roof rack benefits include increasing your vehicle’s storage space, increasing the vehicle’s legroom, and giving a platform that is solid for transporting your sporting equipment. The final benefit is important since if you don’t secure the equipment the right way to the vehicle, it can lead to accidents when you’re driving.

How You can Use the Roof Rack

Most of the racks have three components – towers, mounts and side rails. Towers will attach to the rails of the rack and the mounts will be what holds your rack to your vehicle. To make sure that items are secured to your ack, tie your equipment down using 4 contacts points. This is going to give you the greatest amount of stability. When you’re tying down your equipment, you want to make sure that you’re holding your straps tightly so a lot of knots don’t have to be tied. Wrap your straps around your equipment several times on all of the four areas, to ensure that your equipment’s secured to your rack properly.

Roof Rack Potential Problems

Some of the common issues that people have found with a roof rack include dust that collects under its feet, and this rubs away clear coat, straps scratching the vehicle’s paint and high winds causing the rack to shift. Regularly check your roof rack to make sure it’s secured properly to your vehicle’s top.

You want to make sure that you are choosing the right rack for your vehicle and that you are securing it right. This will help you find the right rack and getting the most out of it.

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