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From: Chas Gill on 14 Jul 2008 19:18
Has anyone fitted a roof rack and/or roof box to their Prius. If so, do you
know what the maximum roof loading is? I'm off on a long touring holiday on
Friday and will be taking a 470 litre top box, capable of 60 Kilos (about
132 lb) but I don't want to load it above whatever Toyota says is the max.
All specs I've seen for roof bar loads for the Prius say N/A - I presume
this is because the Prius isn't fitted with longitudinal roof bars as
standard - but side-to-side bars are available as an accessory, so I presume
loads can be carried on the roof. I just can't find any info on the maximum
load. Help, please!

From: Chas Gill on 16 Jul 2008 10:31
OK - so I guess no-one does know.

I've made a few further enquiries and I've now seen the Toyota manual w.r.t.
the roof rack (Toyota, that is). It says 75 Kilos (or 165lbs). If you fit
a non-Toyota rack this could be less, of course, but I venture to suggest
not more. Not sure I'd want that much on the roof anyway - could really
upset the dynamics of the car.......

Chas

"Chas Gill" <Chas.Gill(a)gollum.btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> Has anyone fitted a roof rack and/or roof box to their Prius. If so, do
> you know what the maximum roof loading is? I'm off on a long touring
> holiday on Friday and will be taking a 470 litre top box, capable of 60
> Kilos (about 132 lb) but I don't want to load it above whatever Toyota
> says is the max. All specs I've seen for roof bar loads for the Prius say
> N/A - I presume this is because the Prius isn't fitted with longitudinal
> roof bars as standard - but side-to-side bars are available as an
> accessory, so I presume loads can be carried on the roof. I just can't
> find any info on the maximum load. Help, please!

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