<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Goalkeeper:
Hello all - I have finally justififed (to my wife) the need for a roof rack. I'm home after surgery and have spent a good bit of time reading much of the previous roof rack posts. However, I still have some questions and would LOVE to see some pics of your roof rack installs.
I'm obviously considering the Gobi racks and had a few questions regarding those. 1 previous post by Sandra mentioned that they'd have something out to accommadate the snowboard rack but I couldn't find anything about it on their site?
http://elcova.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/5106011751/m/919608...316033132#1316033132
So..
?1 - Is there someway to mount a snowboard rack with the Gobi racks?
?2 - For those with Gobi racks, any issues/regrets, etc.
I also like the look of the this SMA rack:
http://www.smahummer.com/detail.jsp?cid=8&pid=734.
? - Does anyone have this rack? How is it? Any issues, likes/dislikes?
? - Can the SMA accommadate a snowboard carrier?
? - It appears to leave the sunroof completely unblocked - is that the case?
? - Can you stand on this one like the Gobi rack?
For either of these racks, I would want the sunroof completely unblocked, which I know Gobi takes care of.
Additionally, there was a post where someone had a Gobi rack w/out the tire mount cut out BUT had it customized with an bracket to mount the tire w/the ubolt:
http://elcova.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/5106011751/m/983603...346030743#3346030743
Is this still an option through Gobi?
Is Sandra still out there? With Gobi? Do we get a discount being H2Source members?
I appreciate any advice you guys&gals can offer as most of the posts I reviewed were in 03 & 04.
Thanks in advance !!!
-Matt </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Matt, to answer your questions:
1st you have to decide what style Gobi rack you would want. Stealth or full size. What type of clearance is needed for you garage? This is why I have had a stealth rack on my 03 SUV and my 05 SUT. I am also putting one on our H3. I prefer the low stance of this rack. I have mounted a tire to my stealth rack by simply taking a Yakima spare tire mount and drilling out the holes to secure it down better. However, Gobi can put this mount in there too without having that cut out like on the full size rack. Your Ski rack will attach to the bars on the Gobi racks also. Just make sure when ordering to let them know of you intentions for that rack so that you can have the extra bar in there. The SUT racks are all set up this way always.
As for installation: It will take you around an hour without the lights. You remove your existing cross bars and use the new hardware to secure the brackets to your factory tracks. Very simple. We have had six people up on my SUV stealth rack and had know issues at all.
Sandra and Paul are the owners of Gobi, but do not frequent this site as much as they would like to.
If you have any more questions, please let me know.
Tim.