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From: king on 13 Jul 2008 02:50 Hi, I could use a bit more space in the holidays. A roofrack and a box (Thule) would do the trick. Until now I've only seen a roofrack that can be bought at the Toyota dealer, but none at Halfords that fits. Is this roofrack so special that only Toyota can sell it to me for a high price or has anyone found a reliable substitute. Thanks King
From: Chas Gill on 13 Jul 2008 17:34 "king" <axelvanderkruk(a)telfort.nl> wrote in message news:4879a5ae$0$24407$5fc3050(a)news.tiscali.nl... > Hi, > > I could use a bit more space in the holidays. > A roofrack and a box (Thule) would do the trick. > > Until now I've only seen a roofrack that can be bought at the Toyota > dealer, but none at Halfords that fits. > Is this roofrack so special that only Toyota can sell it to me for a high > price or has anyone found a reliable substitute. > > Thanks > King > Halfords do a Thule rack and box that fits the Prius - I know this cos I just fitted it! You might have to go to one of the bigger Halfords stores to find this stuff - but it is freely available on the Halfords web site. You need to ask for Thule parts no: - 762 (standard) or 862 (Aerodynamic) bar set. 750 Roof adaptor kit 1345 Fitting Kit - this last item will need to be ordered in - only takes a day or so. They fitted mine for me in about 10 minutes at no cost. The box was a Halfords (actually a re-badged Thule) 470 litre EXODUS in nice, glossy black - same as the car. It all looks rather smart when mounted on the roof and cost around 370 UK pounds all in. The box can handle 60 kgs - although I don't intend to load it anything like that much. PS if anyone knows I'd love to know what the maximum roof loading is for the Prius - I can't find a reference to it anywhere. Chas
From: king on 14 Jul 2008 01:30 "Chas Gill" <Chas.Gill(a)gollum.btinternet.com> schreef in bericht news:P_SdnTCqRINm6efVnZ2dnUVZ8uednZ2d(a)bt.com... > > "king" <axelvanderkruk(a)telfort.nl> wrote in message > news:4879a5ae$0$24407$5fc3050(a)news.tiscali.nl... >> Hi, >> >> I could use a bit more space in the holidays. >> A roofrack and a box (Thule) would do the trick. >> >> Until now I've only seen a roofrack that can be bought at the Toyota >> dealer, but none at Halfords that fits. >> Is this roofrack so special that only Toyota can sell it to me for a high >> price or has anyone found a reliable substitute. >> >> Thanks >> King >> > Halfords do a Thule rack and box that fits the Prius - I know this cos I > just fitted it! You might have to go to one of the bigger Halfords stores > to find this stuff - but it is freely available on the Halfords web site. > > You need to ask for Thule parts no: - > > 762 (standard) or 862 (Aerodynamic) bar set. > 750 Roof adaptor kit > 1345 Fitting Kit - this last item will need to be ordered in - only takes > a day or so. > > They fitted mine for me in about 10 minutes at no cost. > > The box was a Halfords (actually a re-badged Thule) 470 litre EXODUS in > nice, glossy black - same as the car. It all looks rather smart when > mounted on the roof and cost around 370 UK pounds all in. The box can > handle 60 kgs - although I don't intend to load it anything like that > much. > > PS if anyone knows I'd love to know what the maximum roof loading is for > the Prius - I can't find a reference to it anywhere. > > Chas > > > Chas, Many thanks for this excellent advise. I will check it out at my local store (they can order anything). I also have a black so thanks again. When you see me drive the M1.....honk!!! Cheers King
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