- Sat Mar 09, 2019 9:25 pm
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I have VW Jetta Sportwagen with the Thule cross bars. I'm thinking of doing an Icaro Barfly style wing rack. I have 2 inch aluminum tube cut into 10 ft lengths with plastic end caps. I'm going to rivet them to some aluminum angle and set them on the roof rack, securing them with 5mm bolts into the T-nuts on the cross bars. I'll be fabricating some front supports that will go to tabs that bolt into the stock hood hinge bolts. I will still use a rear support from the trailer hitch receiver... I know, it will interfere with opening the rear door but I can deal with that unless I make it stick out far enough to clear the door arc. i just feel like it will be less drag and more stable than doing a front bumper mount, less complicated and easy to take off.
Anyway... does anyone have any idea how far the tubes should be apart on center? I'd could just lay the tubes out on the living room floor and set my wing on them to figure it out, but I don't have my own wing yet (working on that). I thought maybe someone here has tried that set up and would know. Thanks!
Anyway... does anyone have any idea how far the tubes should be apart on center? I'd could just lay the tubes out on the living room floor and set my wing on them to figure it out, but I don't have my own wing yet (working on that). I thought maybe someone here has tried that set up and would know. Thanks!
- Luke - H2, USHPA #101609