Paul Carrera Posted 7March, 2016 Report Share Posted 7March, 2016 Car looks great. Tell me about those roof racks...Thanks Just standard Thule racks but I had to customize the brackets quite extensively to suit. The rear one is on the hatch which might not be ideal but works for me.A great looking 928! The best surfie car I have seen The wheels work well on that colour. Boxster/ 911 wheels?Thanks ANF they are Boxster 17's x 7" and 8 1/2" $200 off gumtree for all 4 and in great condition so couldnt say no. Was intending to redo them black but now not so sureHow's that new car of yours going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 7March, 2016 Author Report Share Posted 7March, 2016 Thanks ANF they are Boxster 17's x 7" and 8 1/2" $200 off gumtree for all 4 and in great condition so couldnt say no. Was intending to redo them black but now not so sureHow's that new car of yours goingI think they look best the colour they are, suits the blue/ silver colour quite well. Black may be too much....It is going great, unfortunately not much time to drive it due to finishing off building house, but I knew that would be the case, you wont be able to get me out of it soon.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KGB Posted 7March, 2016 Report Share Posted 7March, 2016 Thanks Just standard Thule racks but I had to customize the brackets quite extensively to suit. The rear one is on the hatch which might not be ideal but works for me.So I cant out a bike rack on them and open the hatch! BUGGER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Carrera Posted 7March, 2016 Report Share Posted 7March, 2016 Yes you could if you look with the hatch open, you will see 2 tapped holes (possibley with plastic cap) either side that are there for a roof rack mount under the hatch on the body of the car. You can use these which means you can open the hatch. Do a search for porsche roof racks. I just decieded on another method to keep the rear rack lower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KGB Posted 8March, 2016 Report Share Posted 8March, 2016 Yes, but then it's some sort of old Yakima for the rear and issues with a bike rack on top. Kinda inelegant solution. I liked your Thule idea.Another forum member uses a suction cup system for his Mtb (964), but I'm afraid I'd have to use the rear window for the rearmost rack-suction cup, and I can hear it shattering over a bump in my minds ear right now!The search continues... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Carrera Posted 9March, 2016 Report Share Posted 9March, 2016 I have thought about this and I think it wouldn't be to hard to design something ( I used to be a design engineer a few years back )If you had racks the same as mine you would need to mount the bike carrier rail to the front bar in such a way that it could rotate a bit to allow for the rear raising up with the hatchon the rear rail the the mounting connection would need to accomodate a small amount of front rear movement to allow for the bars coming closer together as the hatch raisesobviously the bike mount would have to be positioned in such a way so that it didn't hit the hatch when raised pretty easy to do and I can visualise it so could easily design something I'm sure if you are able to fabricate a bit yourselfi don't think you will be able to find anything off the shelf as I looked pretty hard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KGB Posted 10March, 2016 Report Share Posted 10March, 2016 Above my pay grade unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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