On 13/01/2016 at 14:55, jambo1979 said:

Hi All,

 

Thule Finally came back to me before Christmas to say my preferred combo of Thule Wingbar Edge 9584B Roof Bars in combination with the Thule Dynamic L would work, so I went ahead with the purchase and I think is definitely a great combo which complements the car well - below are some pictures for anyone else thinking of the same.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi, all.

 

Bringing back an old thread, could you please tell me what the total height is with the roof box? Your car being a vRS is sits a bit lower than my 1.8 TSI but I can account for the difference. My garage has a clearance of 1900 mm so I guess that something like 400 mm woould be my clearance for box + bars, however I cannot find the height of the bars anywhere. Like you, I would largely prefer the WingBar Edge option but am Thule's documentation is confusing about the height and even more so about the usable width.

 

By the way, nice choice of box. 

 

Thanks, stay safe.

 

Best regards,

 

Paul

If you’re trying to save every last mm then Whispbars look as though they sit a bit lower than those Thules. 

 

Not sure if this helps but the bars barely come above the rails;
 

 

Edited 29 March, 20206 yr by timmys

Hi, all.

 

Hoping this might help others choose, this is the solution I ended up with:

- Thule Wingbar Edge 9584 (it might be worth noting that for whatever reason the bars have different lengths; this is normal, it is what Thule intended, even though I don't really understand why)

- Hapro Nordic (at 32 cm it was about as low as the Thule Motion XT Alpine but a little cheaper; I find it very spacious due to the length and width and quality wise I am satisfied)

 

Now for the pros and cons: they fit very well, I think they look good in the car, you can open the hatch without issues and most of all I am able to park in my garage. I have not measured the exact height but all in all it fits comfortably at the 1900 mm clearance of my garage door so most underground parkings should also be easy to enter. However, as Thule advised the loading area of the Wingbars is less than the roofbox needs so it ends up sitting atop the plastic covers of the locking mechanism. I do not expect this to be too much of an issue but before I use them I think I will put a piece of rubber band between them just to make sure. Has anyone else had this problem? How did you solve it?

 

I have obviously not been able to go out and test it for confinement purposes.

 

Be safe, best of luck to all.

 

Looks smart. I have the normal wing bars and think the box sits a bit high above the rails, but do have the additional capacity if required. Photo below to compare. (No, the box isn't trendy but it's borrowed and I don't have to store it!)

Edited 7 April, 20206 yr by Swirly182

Revitalizing this topic with a small question. Is there anyone that equipped the roof with the Thule xt motion xxl model? I am interested to aquire this model of roof box but I want to make sure it's not too big. Don't get me wrong, I want to have all the space I need and those 610 liters will come in handy, but I wanna know for sure if it will fit. The car is equipped with the wingbar edge bars (lower ones). Many thanks for your input.