Universal Roof Rack Cargo Carrier

I paid 99 dollars for this rack basket and it was a great buy. It was very easy to install. It's very sturdy and is a good addition to my RAV4. It with tote 150 pounds with ease. Also it looks good on my ride.

I heavily modified this rack for a WK (widened 7", lengthened 21", and cut down to resemble a tray). In the process, I learned a lot about it. First, it's made of mild steel. The tubing thickness is fine. The coating seems pretty durable. There is some flex in the bottom of the basket, and that's probably fine. Much of that seems due to the tiny spot welds holding the ribs to the frame. These welds are solid but tiny. Some flex is also likely due to the slip joint in the middle of the rack. An allen screw holds each joint together, but the slip joint is loose, and there's still some flex when the screw is tight. I kept this joint in mine, but I welded around it for more rigidity. Finally, the fairing is thick and heavy but still a little floppy. I think it's steel. If I were using the fairing, I think I'd prefer plastic - still floppy, but at least lighter.The clamps to hold the rack to roof rails were too thick for my stock WK crossbars (which are long; airplane wing-like). As a result, the rack would be loose even if the clamps were tightened. I flipped the clamps, and that works but is probably less sturdy and looks a little hacky. Also, there's very little clearance between the clamps and the roof of the WK. They can probably touch if there's weight in the basket, and it would be metal-on-metal, which might cause paint damage and rust. Plus the conical knobs allowing you to tighten the nuts will act like funnels to hold water and probably cause the hardware to rust. I'll probably use normal nuts (and paint them), but the whole thing is less than ideal.Overall, I'm giving the rack five stars because $75 seems like a fantastic deal. I'd probably give it four stars at $130.

I am only giving this product a 4 stars instead of 5 because the manual included with the product is really poor and does not do a good job of explaining how to put together some parts of the rack cargo. If you read between the lines of the manual and figure out the included parts you can put together the rack cargo system pretty easily, it took me a bit longer than expected mainly because I was trying to follow the instructions exactly as said and was getting confused.The overall quality seems to be good for what the price is for the product. I wouldn't say that the overall quality is the best compared to other products I've seen and friends have recommended but it does the job for what I need it to do. The biggest point for the product was that I was able to confirm that it attaches safely to my roof rack rails and that it wouldn't be falling off or causing damage while using it which was my biggest concern with the product. I currently use Rhino-Rack rails for a 2016 Subaru WRX and this product locked into place on them without any issue, just again the manual wasn't much help in figuring out how the rail mounting pieces work since it was my first time ever working with a cargo rack of this nature, but after playing around with them I was able to figure it out and they all securely attached themselves and the cargo rack was not going to go anywhere when loading equipment into it and driving.er The one thing I noticed is that the front wind-shield I was about to get 5 out of the 6 screws to go into their hole, but the last one was so far off there was no way to get it to screw in without creating a new hole so I secured the one hole with a couple zip-ties and it solved the issue.Overall, I'm looking forward to using this to store some simple light weight cargo on my roof for camping and just generally be able to haul smaller objects on the top of my car when I need the extra space. For the price the rack is worth it and I am happy with my purchase. I've included some pictures of the rack on top of my car, note that I do not have the rack's rail holder installed when I took these picture!

Went together in 10 minutes or less and feels like decent quality for the price.

Exactly the size cargo carrier I was looking for. Easy to assemble, pretty sturdy. Fits my 240 perfect. I did swap out the mounting hardware for some heavy duty zip-ties, but the supplied hardware did the job. I just didn’t like how tall it made the rack.

Got this for my daughters vintage subaru forester. I did not want her to tattoo up her windows with stickers like she has done with another car. This rack seems very sturdy. My daughter put it together and I installed on her roof rack bars. simple and straight forward. Now she has the front deflector and the side panel and rear panel to put her stickers on. Makes the little sub look rugged. Not sure if she will actually utilize the rack for hauling stuff right now, but for the price it looks great, and is sturdy.

Really well constructed and has come in handy multiple times already. Great purchase.

Putting it together was okay. Trust it to hold a full sized spare/rim. Did not fit well on my crossbars. Used some store bought u-bolt and it works. Happy, I'll keep it. If I needed another one I'd buy from this company again. Issues about shipping, scratch marks, and other defects. I had no issues. They pack this so well you spend more time unpacking than you do assembling. Powder coat is very nice.