I am awaiting my first ever new car, the Prado GXL arriving next month. I want to get a roof rack that stays on the car and is slim line. The ARB baserack or the Rhino Platform look good. Anyone have any advice??. Mainly using for Surfboards, Pod for longer trips and a roof top tent (occasionally). I am a city driving mum of boys who needs convenience and to fit in a carport that isn't huge. Thanks in advance.
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Congratulation on the new Prado - great choice!
For those uses (expect for maybe the roof top tent I guess - I don't know anything about them really), an ARB Baserack or the Rhino Platform is probably overkill. You may be better with just cross bars rather than a "platform".
But if you are getting a platform style rack, I'd go for the ARB Baserack - see my recent post for the reasoning: https://www.pradopoint.com.au/forum/...927#post758927
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Thank you.
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Originally posted by 404pug View PostDead easy. By the way, the Toyota ones are made by Rhino and often cheaper. Check them out first.
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I have Rhino cross bars on the rails of my 2019 GXL. Plenty strong enough for surf craft. When I was younger, I often carried heaps of surf stuff on lesser bars than the Rhino bars. No problems. For the carport space, my Rhino bars are 50mm higher than the roof rails of my GXL. My daughter did the fitting of similar Rhino bars to the roof rails of her car.2019 Prado GXL 2.8L Diesel
2022 Jimny too
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Fitted the Rhino Rack Vortex cross bars today on my 2021 GXL. Pretty easy to do as advised above. Putting the rubber strips in was a bit fiddly and required cutting to size. Saved myself the $90 install fee. Also measured the height of car to top of roof racks which was at 1.95metre. So I easily fit in all the undercover car parks nearby which have 2.1metre limits. I bought the racks for $350 from ARB as I needed them this weekend but have noticed a1roofracks are doing them for $315 including delivery. They are based in Newcastle so 2 to 3 business days delivery time.
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