Roof rack on or off?

Fair enough, does anyone find that having a roof rack on makes it much noisier? (not so much I guess as you can't hear the wind over the engine past 50 )

Mine whistles quite a bit but not too much

I would leave mine on but as most shopping centres in london have either multi-storey parking or those annoying height restricters on the car parks I've got to keep it off until needed. pain in the @rse

snaggers110 said:

I would leave mine on but as most shopping centres in london have either multi-storey parking or those annoying height restricters on the car parks I've got to keep it off until needed. pain in the @rse

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Why not just put a 2" drop on the defender ? low rider then could have rack on haha !

bencorkill said:

Why not just put a 2" drop on the defender ? low rider then could have rack on haha !

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Bwah-hahah! With the amount of speed bumps around Finchley and barnet, I would probably leave me TF box on top of one. Still know where to go if I need one eh! haha

snaggers110 said:

I would leave mine on but as most shopping centres in london have either multi-storey parking or those annoying height restricters on the car parks I've got to keep it off until needed. pain in the @rse

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Hey Snaggers - how do you beat the LEZ? Or is that a v8.......?

Just trying to get my csw110 reclassed as 'estate/station wagon' but very sceptical that this will achieve anything being a 12 seater....??

Sorry - near hijack.... A

D90mitch said:

Well I use it for bikes and kayaks on the most part, which I dont use all the time, especially this time of year. I haven't had use for it in a while due to the season. I have seen a standalone ladder for £35 so I am strongly considering it.

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ya not far from me, ill make ya 1 for free, ill even give you the choice of box section or tube

For free eh, you don't get anything for free apart from a kick in the face by the government, but then again they'd tax that too. I think I will probably keep my rack on as peoples' experience seems to show no significant distance with or without so its not worth the hassle, but thanks anyway - I'll probably change my mind tomorrow

looks hardcore with the rack on

i leave the cross bars on my Jeep, can hear a whistle from them now and then. line up with the abuse...

paulkelly50 said:

i leave the cross bars on my Jeep, can hear a whistle from them now and then. line up with the abuse...

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I hope you arent referring to a Land Rover as a Jeep there!

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I hope you arent referring to a Land Rover as a Jeep there!

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no, no, mine is the genuine article....

I have a full length galv rack on my 110 - you can't get into any of the car parks around here, it further worsens the aerodynamic profile of the vehicle and cuts top speed by about 7mph and it is a pain when taking it to a pay & play side as I am always hitting trees with it.

It looks great though so that's why I keep it on

Lol I have been keeping it on for now - it weren't half windy here the other day and it shat on my MPG cant have been getting more that 14 LOL