Hi, what is the max roof bar width people are using for the estate? I have 118cm Thule Wingbars that I also had on my Octavia but I swap and change the cycle mounts and roofbox regularly so want to get the newer Wingbar Evos with the intergrated rubber to save faffing about. I'm sure 127cm would be fine, has anyone got 135cm bars?

Edited Monday at 09:454 days by Dave77

I had 135s on my V70, they didn’t fit the Superb as the width between the rear bars is bigger than the minimum width on the bars. 127s, are fine, they hang over enough to get 4 kayaks on but you don’t brain yourself getting out of the car.

Thanks, 127 it is then, a pair just popped up locally cheap too so will go for them.

I was today in the garage and measured my 118cm, which are actually like 124 considering the end caps.

So I assume for a 135 you are looking at 140 overall width, which seems too much, so it is as djfish has shown above ... somewhere in between.

The recommended width for the hatchback is 135cm so should look fine, it's only 8.5cm wider each side than the 118cm.

https://www.roofbox.co.uk/scripts/rbvehsel4_tab.php?emulate=roofbar&query=8320&vptype=645079&brand=Thule%20WingBar%20black

The restriction for the estate will be down to how Thule make the bar, eg you can only mount the feet up to 25cm from the end of the bar. We mount on the rail which is further in than where the mounts will be on a hatchback so the width is restricted

I bought the 127cm bar today and splashed out on the new 7104 feet. Just tried them up to the car on each side at the back. The distance between the 2 mounting points is just short of 84cm, so based on the image above the 135cm bar won't fit.

127 cm fitted, no chance of 135 cm fitting as there's less than 2 cm adjustment on each side at the rear. The new 7104 feet are much easier to fit/remove than the old 775's

Before with 118 cm bars






After with 127 cm bars

Great! Good to know it can go wider if needed, then!