Posts Tagged ‘roof rack’

Yakima Wintersports Ski and Snowboard Rack Rebate

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

going on now through the end of the year 2009, yakima is offering a $20 rebate on the purchase of any yakima rooftop ski & snowboard racks and up to $50 on the purchase of yakima sky box pro models.

Yakima Wintersports Kickback Ski and Snowboard Roof Rack Rebate

Yakima Wintersports Kickback Ski and Snowboard Roof Rack Rebate

this is a really great deal, especially now since all of the yakima ski racks, like the fat cat 6 and the fat cat 4 include locks and keys and mounting hardware that will attach to yakima, thule and even factory installed crossbars. 

we’ve been really big fans of these 2 racks over the past couple of year too.  they’ve got great capacity, especially when you’re carrying fatter skis.  
probably the best value of the the whole campaign is the yakima powderhound – a staple ski rack for many years.  it too comes with locks, keys and mounting hardware and at only $99 after mail-in rebate is a great way to get going with up to 4 pairs of skis or 2 snowboards, carried base to base.  if you need a little more space, check out the yakima 3081 big powderhound at $129.00 after the mail-in rebate.

the rebate is super easy to do, just download the coupon, and mail in a copy of your receipt from cracksandracks.com.  no hoops to jump through, no notarizing documents and no red tape.  the way things should be.

Yakima Snowsport Roof Rack Coupon

Yakima Snowsport Roof Rack Coupon

2010 Subaru Outback Roof Rack

Friday, October 30th, 2009

whoa!  we just got a really good look at a brand new 2010 subaru outback wagon with the glass roof.  it’s a really nice looking car…and the factory installed roof rack is something we haven’t seen before from subaru.
the car is equipped with a side rail running front to back.  but wait…the siderail is modular and can pivot across the car and become a crossbar too! 
in the siderail configuration, there isn’t much versatility to add a tower system like the thule 450 crossroad.  the bar spread just isn’t there – only about 18 inches, which isn’t good for really anything, except maybe a ski rack. 
when you configure the factory roof rack to the crossbar position, you’ve got a nice bar spread – about 30″ and 36″ of usable bar space. 
while this car was here for a windshield repair, we talked about putting a narrow cargo box and a bike rack that attaches to the factory crossbars, like the yakima forklift on the roof for the customer.
i never thought i’d say this, but i think this new 2010 subaru outback is best configured with bike, ski and cargo accessories using the factory installed crossbars!