I want to put a trunk rack on a car with a small rear wing.
Any recommendations?

Similar to the car in this photo (found via a web search):
http://www.whiteheadauto.com/images/30703E.jpg

I remember at one time people really liked Saris Bones. Now
I see trunk racks from Thule, Yak and many more.

Don't know which ones will clear the wing, which ones are
easy to use, hold the bikes securely, etc. I've had a trunk
rack a few years ago, and it was a little rough on the
vehicle, and didn't hold the bikes as securely as I would
have preferred. They seem more sophisticated these days.

On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 17:06:24 -0800, "David"
<my_usenet_acct@hotmail.com> wrote:
>I want to put a trunk rack on a car with a small rear wing.
>Any recommendations?
>http://www.whiteheadauto.com/images/30703E.jpg
>
>Don't know which ones will clear the wing, which ones are
>easy to use, hold the bikes securely, etc. I've had a trunk
>rack a few years ago, and it was a little rough on the
>vehicle, and didn't hold the bikes as securely as I would
>have preferred. They seem more sophisticated these days.

I have a Rhode Gear that is very adjustable and could
probably clear a wing much larger than that. I used it on a
car much like this:
http://www.barriesauto.com/inventory/A3/0036c.jpg and,
depending on how I adjusted it, it had loads of room above
everything.

Even with the 6 hooks that hold it to the car, I wasn't very
confident looking at the bike rock and tilt in the mirror as
I drove. I ended up working out some very secure strapping
procedures that I could finish in a minute or two, when the
rack was well secured to the car. The car's spoiler ended up
being a nice point to which I could secure the bike, too.

If I find myself with a trunk rack again, I might consider
sinking U-bolts over the rack's bar into the trunk lid, so I
only need to be sure to secure the bike to the rack. That's
probably not going to happen, as I've become addicted to my
pickup truck...
--
Rick Onanian

David wrote:
> I want to put a trunk rack on a car with a small rear
> wing. Any recommendations?

I used to drive a Mustang convertible with a small rear
wing, and the Hollywood brand of trunk rack worked fine (for
up to 3 bikes). Very stable; easy to use.

Bill "helluva lot cheaper than the roof racks I've
used since" S.

Saris Bones makes a 2 bike and 3 bike rack. I have a Maxima
with a spoiler and it fits nicely over it. The "arms" are
curved and go right over a spoiler.

"David" <my_usenet_acct@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:c2lpmg$1u7ldp$1@ID-189417.news.uni-
berlin.de...
> I want to put a trunk rack on a car with a small rear
> wing. Any
recommendations?
>
> Similar to the car in this photo (found via a web search):
> http://www.whiteheadauto.com/images/30703E.jpg
>
> I remember at one time people really liked Saris Bones.
> Now I see trunk racks from Thule, Yak and many more.
>
> Don't know which ones will clear the wing, which ones are
> easy to use, hold the bikes securely, etc. I've had a
> trunk rack a few years ago, and
it
> was a little rough on the vehicle, and didn't hold the
> bikes as securely as I would have preferred. They seem
> more sophisticated these days.