2 Pairs Canoe Boat Kayak Roof Rack with 4 straps

First of all I bought these racks when they had "0" feedback but bought them over a similar product here on Amazon as these were stated as being powder coated. They also looked in the picture that they had thicker foam on the mounting bars than the other ones. Both of these observations seem correct.I am mounting 2 kayaks on a stock Thule 1" roof support rack. The 1" Thule bars are not thick enough for the kit knobs to tighten sufficiently. (see picture). I ended up adding a secondary support bar under the original Thule bars and bolting the two together. This allowed for enough mounting thickness to get sufficient 'bite" out of the kits mounting knobs, or so I thought. The knobs that you tighten the mounts down on the brackets with are plastic with a metal nut. I could not get them to reliably stay tight. Also the bottom kit steel mounting plate is too weak and should be of thicker metal as it deflects and bends. I ended up ditching the supplied plastic knobs and replacing them with stainless nylock nuts and washers. This way, I could use a wrench to tighten them sufficiently and not have to worry about the plastic knobs loosening or breaking.After a long trip with two kayaks, I can say that our 10' Old Town kayaks fit well in these and rode fine during the trip. The racks tend to rotate slightly to conform to the hull of the boats. I'm sure this is due to the fact these Thule bars are only 1" wide. I would recommend that anyone buying this kit ditch the plastic locking knobs in favor of nylock nuts and washers. The fasteners are metric and to replace the knobs, you will need M8 x 1.25 nuts

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Tricky to set up the first time but once you know what you're doing its fairly easy, product seems sturdy and well made. Just waiting to be able to try it out

So easy to install and very durable! It surpassed my expectations and has been so sturdy every time!

Easy to assemble, easy to use. No problems.

These worked good.