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Rhino roof bars / cross bars

DenisM

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0I made a call to the US distributor. Nada.




Nice! When I called I first asked about cutting down a longer bar to somewhere in the 70" range for a particular usage which is a couple of mm shorter than the RDB180 you mentioned. the response was that they didn't like their stuff to be altered because of engineering and warranty concerns.



I then asked if the extruded cross bar material was exclusive to Rhino-Rack. The customer service rep hesitantly confirmed that it wasn't. Perhaps cross bars could be found elsewhere?



The response I got to that question was "I know of no plans to sell the Grenadier specific racks/cross bars at the present time. They are currently available at the Ineos dealerships."

Asking about just purchasing the towers got me a long silence before "No.".



Great! I'd definitely be interested if we can work something out. We're in OR just north of the CA border but have a few friends in different parts of Cali where you could drop them off. Send me a PM if you can

Our intended usage is for transporting an open canoe. Canoes are generally carried upside down and can be easily strapped right to the Grenadier's roof so we never considered the cross-bars to be necessary. And then we realized that the height of the rear doors might prevent them from opening with the bow (or stern) hanging down. This wouldn't bother us for simple day use or maybe even for an overnight trip but, for longer trips where the canoe would remain atop the vehicle for days at a time, we'd need to get it up in the air a bit for easy access to the rear and better visibility out the front windscreen.

We want to be able to remove the rack in the off season so none of the grab rail mounted versions will suit. Too much work. That left the HGM-rack.at bars which I like (and is associated with @Ingemar) or the rough-parts.com rack. Both are too low to the roof to risk a purchase. Even if the Rhino bars are still too low it should be easy to T-nut some nice white oak spacers on top or even a second piece of aluminum. Well be sure and run a bow line to the front bumper.
@255/85 Did you see my updated post #58 above? Part #RDB165 is the 65" model which is that used in the Grenadier roof bar. I'll have to examine the mounting brackets in detail to see if there's a part number...
 

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@255/85 Did you see my updated post #58 above? Part #RDB165 is the 65" model which is that used in the Grenadier roof bar. I'll have to examine the mounting brackets in detail to see if there's a part number...

Thanks. And yes I saw the part number. I just wanted to illustrate the convoluted tete-a-tete I had with the C/S rep.

The mounting brackets are the most important part. Once you have those then you can bolt just about anything you want between them.
 

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I made a call to the US distributor. Nada.




Nice! When I called I first asked about cutting down a longer bar to somewhere in the 70" range for a particular usage which is a couple of mm shorter than the RDB180 you mentioned. the response was that they didn't like their stuff to be altered because of engineering and warranty concerns.



I then asked if the extruded cross bar material was exclusive to Rhino-Rack. The customer service rep hesitantly confirmed that it wasn't. Perhaps cross bars could be found elsewhere?



The response I got to that question was "I know of no plans to sell the Grenadier specific racks/cross bars at the present time. They are currently available at the Ineos dealerships."

Asking about just purchasing the towers got me a long silence before "No.".



Great! I'd definitely be interested if we can work something out. We're in OR just north of the CA border but have a few friends in different parts of Cali where you could drop them off. Send me a PM if you can

Our intended usage is for transporting an open canoe. Canoes are generally carried upside down and can be easily strapped right to the Grenadier's roof so we never considered the cross-bars to be necessary. And then we realized that the height of the rear doors might prevent them from opening with the bow (or stern) hanging down. This wouldn't bother us for simple day use or maybe even for an overnight trip but, for longer trips where the canoe would remain atop the vehicle for days at a time, we'd need to get it up in the air a bit for easy access to the rear and better visibility out the front windscreen.

We want to be able to remove the rack in the off season so none of the grab rail mounted versions will suit. Too much work. That left the HGM-rack.at bars which I like (and is associated with @Ingemar) or the rough-parts.com rack. Both are too low to the roof to risk a purchase. Even if the Rhino bars are still too low it should be easy to T-nut some nice white oak spacers on top or even a second piece of aluminum. Well be sure and run a bow line to the front bumper.
We’ll be in OR after CA headed north.
Will PM direct as you suggest.
 

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Hi all, I just fitted these today. On the advice of DenisM from here I purchased 3 packs of the strip's and filled all the gaps. No leftovers either, needed them all. Took it for a quick run at 100kph, no noise that I could hear.
Maybe a couple of stickers too🤣
Pedro
How many strips do I need for 2 bars. Did you apply vortex strips to all 4 sides of each bar?
 
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Per the Rhino-Rack Reconn-Deck (RDB) cross bar instructions, I installed the Vortex strips on the top and bottom of both cross bars. I installed the front cross bar aligned with the B-pillar and the rear cross bar aligned with the C-pillar. At higher speeds, there is significant wind noise (but, no "whistling"). I then decided to purchase more of the Vortex strips and installed them on the front and rear of each cross bar hoping that it would further reduce the wind noise and to keep water and debris from collecting in the channels (the Vortex strips are easy to remove if I want to attach anything to the channels). Unfortunately, there was not a noticeable improvement in the wind noise after installing the additional Vortex strips on the front and rear of the cross bars. I then moved the cross bars further back by approximately 12 inches hoping that the angle of the roof near the safari window region would direct the air up and over the cross bars. The amount of wind noise is about the same but shifted from being directly above the driver/passenger to being more toward the 2nd row seating, however, is still really annoying. I was trying to avoid adding a wind fairing, but, will probably try that next. If anyone has found a wind fairing that works well with the Rhino-Rack Reconn-Deck (RDB) cross bars (the cross bars that INEOS sells), please let me know.

 

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The vortex strips to not fit tight to the bottom channels on the full Rhino Rack. I did notice a reduction in wind noise, using duct tape. One the weather warms I’ll find some super-soft rubber tubing to fill the lower voids on the whole rack. I tested this is fuel/heater hose, but it was much too stiff and difficult to fit.
 
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