This is The Roof Box Company's website, the UK's leading mail order supplier of car roof boxes, roof bars, Thule roof racks, bike racks, car bootliners, bike boxes, seat covers, snow chains, AutoSock, pet carriers, dog
bags, dog crates, ski and water sports carriers, KAMEI car styling and other car accessories for sale or rental.
Welcome to The Roof Box Company
We're UK distributors for many of the world's most innovative car accessory manufacturers, sourcing specialist products that come under the broad headings of "load carrying stuff", "interior car protection", and "tyre traction"; we also trade at the subtler end of the car styling market.
Each product group has its own Home Page, with details of Special Offers. Check out the Bargains pages if you're looking for cheap overstocks, end of range items, damaged or returned items - they're always sold very cheap.
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Please check out the following items. They're some of our best selling product ranges, useful things you might not have thought about before:
The most innovative tow bar bike rack
we've ever seen, for 3 to 4 bikes. It slides away from the tailgate,
supporting the weight of the bikes, and is also small enough to be placed in
the boot when not in use - just what you need when parking on the street or
in town car parks. A 2 to 3 bike rack version is also available. Comes with UK legal
foglights!
If you're at all concerned about driving
on ice and snow then check out this link. AutoSock will get you down to the
main roads, get you to important meetings, get you home. They're small, lightweight,
a doddle to fit. Leave a set in the car all year so you have them when you need
them.
Car Seat Covers: Protect your car seats from the worst that your family and pets will throw at them. Most of Walser's car seatcovers are TÜV approved for cars with side airbags, using a special seam, not just by leaving a gap in the seat cover. The seat covers are available in real Nappa leather, jacquard, velour, cotton, sheepskin (warm in winter, cool in summer), and waterproof seatcovers.
KAMEI (Germany) makes the best roof boxes on the planet, so it's no surprise to see them winning all the serious product test awards. This year Auto Express gave their Best Buy to the KAMEI Husky XXL, a new generation which offers KAMEI's legendary styling, engineering and build quality at a mid market price.
We're UK distributors for Europe's most innovative snowchain manufacturers - Maggi, RUD, Spikes-Spider. The Swiss Spikes-Spider is the fastest fitting chain available with fittings for almost every vehicle, including cars where traditonal snowchains can't be used. Uniquely, the SPORT can be resized to fit just about every tyre size, providing long term value. Their new ALPINE PRO (pictured) is ideal for big 4x4s and light commercial vehicles and also works extremely well on grass and in mud.
RUD is Europe's biggest car snow chain makers and supplies snowchains to most of Europe's most prestigious car makers. We supply all their own brand snowchains. The easy2go is their mid market snowchain, easy to fit and with a "continuous tensioning device" so once fitted you don't have to stop again to retension.
Roof bars are the foundation of any load carrying system - everything else is fixed to them. Even cars with front to back roof rails will need a set of cross bars. We supply roof bars from four different manufacturers – CRUZ, Atera, Thule and Prorack – representing the best of the mid market to the very best.
The Thule ProRide 591 cycle carrier is one of Thule's best products. Thule is the world's largest manufacturer of car racks - you'll find one of their modular roof bar systems is available for almost all cars. The Roof Box Company supplies most Thule products.
WalkyGuard dog guards are an innovative fast-fitting universal car dog guard that fits to the rear headrest posts and is easily moved from vehicle to vehicle. Head rest mounting allows a boot cover to be left in place. It's a one piece welded steel construction dogguard which, importantly, doesn't rattle.
Car Bootliners and Mats: We have thousands of low sided and high sided car-specific
bootliners and mats, all with a "rim around the edge" so that whatever's spilt
on the bootliner stays on the bootliner. There are even full length MPV boot liners with
cut outs for the seats. Keep the car clean and maximise its resale value!
Dog Cages, Dog Crates and Pet
carriers For dogs or cats: We sell a range of folding steel dog cages and fabric dog crates, but don't visit this
section without checking out the Dog Bag range which we think is the best travel
system for both dogs and their owners. Dogs appreciate the warmth and comfort
provided by the textile sides, with more privacy and better sun protection.
Owners like the way that their pets settle down quickly, as well as the relatively
small 'footprint' of the Dog Bag, leaving boot space for the luggage. Other pet carriers include Pet Tube, and Jet Set (ideal as a cat carrier).
Laptop
Backpacks and Bags Spire claim to make the best laptop bags
and backpacks on the planet - a
claim we had to check out for ourselves. They're certainly superb sacks in their
own right - most of our team use theirs as daysacks for mountain-biking, walking,
skiing, airline travel, etc. - so when you add the really clever notebook features
and general 'savvy' then we have to agree that the claim is probably true!
Almost all the Walser car seat
covers we sell have the patented Walser "Clix III" side-airbag
system. Their Aerotex range is not only side-airbag approved but will also draw
the heat and moisture away from your back, using technical fabrics, and disperse
it. Aerotex is available in full car seatcover sets and also in individual car seat
cushions.
Protective Waterproof Cases We stock protective waterproof cases from Peli and B&W -
these are watertight, airtight, dust and corrosion proof and able to withstand extreme conditions. They're available in a range
of shapes, sizes and colours, and most of them have a choice of interior fittings. Photographers should check out the B&W photo-cases camera bags which provide both waterproofing and impact protection.
MasterLine dog guards/safety guards A major contribution to family safety: Your car may have crumple zones, side impact protection, and airbags all round. But what's to protect you from being seriously injured (or worse) from a frozen chicken in the boot, flying forward at 40mph? If you haven't got a TÜV approved safety guard behind the rear seats, the answer is "Nothing". Check out "What fits my car?" to see if there's a MasterLine dogguard for your car. It will be cheap at the price.
Although the BICE WalkyGuard has not been formally tested as a safety guard, the fact that a strong all-welded steel guard is securely fastened behind the rear headrest posts should be
a considerable comfort. The dangers posed by objects thrown forward from the boot of a vehicle tend to be underestimated.
Make your car stand out from all its cousins
in the car park. KAMEI's range of car styling accessories are designed with comfort, function and elegance in mind, bringing fun and individuality to your car. From a KAMEI grille or headlight trim,
to stylish door handle trims and loading sill protection. Interior car styling includes a range of car armrests, some including coolers!
Dog Walking Dog walking has never been so much fun. The WalkyDog
is a bike mounted dog lead which after some practice should
see you pedalling to the park rather than driving there! Check out the WalkyBag waist bag complete with all-you-can-need to walk your dog. There is also the useful WalkyLock which allows your dog to breathe easily when left in the car, and the new WalkyGuard headrest mounted universal dog guard. Take it from car to car, and use the boot protector cover with the dog guard still in place.
Bike cases, boxes and bags B&W International (part of the BWH Koffer
group) is probably Germany's premier manufacturer of specialist bikecases, cycle boxes and bicycle bags. Their
market-leading bike protection products, bike.case and bike.box, have won
many awards in recent years. They provide serious protection for airline travel
- much more than is possible with even a well padded bike bag.
Safe Bag is designed to keep bulky objects in place,
keeping the vehicle clean and the passengers safe. A larger alternative to a car bootliner, you can load the garden rubbish into
the back of your estate car, take it wherever you take it, then whip out the
Safe Bag and find the car as clean as a whistle. The Rear Bag version fills
the boot space behind the rear seats, the full Safe Bag is designed for use
with the rear seats laid flat.
FASTY specialise in domestic and light commercial straps to 2000kg. Our stock items include the 20mm and 25mm polypropelene straps - Allpack
and Transport. Speciality lashing straps include the
Handy,
(a strap with a handle!), a CPU holder to keep computers off the floor, electric
cable straps, and the possibility of 'own branding' with corporate colours and
e.g. website name.
VAN-RACKS
is the part of our business which specialises in commercial and heavy duty
roof bar systems, roof racks and other accessories - light commercial vehicles
have specialist roof bar and roof rack requirements. We supply the full range
of gear from Saunders, Rhino Products, CRUZ Commercial and Thule Professional. Visit www.van-racks.co.uk for further information.
AutoSock for Trucks are now available for all popular tyre sizes, at Summer
Sale prices. Keep your business moving by keeping a set in each cab,
or at the very least keep a few pairs at your distribution depot. Click
here for information.
Click on the magnifying glass logo, wherever you see it, to find out which products have been specifically approved for use on your vehicle.
Special Offers at The Roof Box Company
Special Offers at The Roof Box Company
Special Offers at The Roof Box Company
Thule Atlantis 780 roof box NOW from £259.95
This is to our minds the best looking of the Atlantis series as well as being the most family flexible. We are offering superb prices on the Thule Atlantis 780 silver and glossy black roof boxes.
Bike Racks: ATERA GIRO AF
The previous GIRO was a worthy winner of the Auto Express Best Buy Award on several occasions. The Atera GIRO AF bike rack is its 21st Century replacement. It features automatic shoulder high single handed tensioning and locking, leaving one hand to hold the bike in place. Superb!
It's hard to know how the KAMEI Corvara series could be bettered - no surprise that one of these won the Auto Express Best Buy award in 2008 and 2009. "This is close to being the perfect roofbox. It’s well made from thick plastic and all lock clips and clamps are metal – which improves durability and security. KAMEI includes a six-year guarantee, and maximum load weight is an impressive 75kg. Both sides open, and the central locking system is great..." Auto Express - 18 Feb 2009
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Thule roofracks and accessories
Thule makes excellent roof bars and has fittings for almost all car makes and models. Our database shows all the Thule load carriers available for your vehicle, together with any available options, e.g. aerobars instead of steel bars.
The Roof Box Company supply most Thule products, including Thule car roof racks, Thule Atlantis roof boxes, Thule Ranger roofboxes, Thule Spirit roof box, Thule bike carriers and bike racks, Thule ski and water sport carriers and Thule carrier baskets and car accessories.
The MaxxRaxx Premier is tiltable, versatile, ingenious and suitable for cars, vans and 4x4 vehicles with no rear mounted spare wheel. Spares are available to adapt the carrier for use with rear mounted spare wheels and also to any type of tow bar - there's even a ski carrier. 5 bikes can be carried on certain 4 x 4s and larger vehicles with nose weights of 100kg or more. The way the bikes fit provides some of the benefits of using a wheel support rack, but at more of a hang on rack price. Click here to see MaxxRaxx videos.
Saunders invented the modern dog guard and produce a range of excellent quality mid-market dog guards. They're quick and easy to fit and remove, with no tools required and no holes to be drilled.
The Thule Ocean 780 is the best looking of the Ocean range, and is also an optimum length, width and capacity. It's very similar in size to the best selling Thule Atlantis 780. As well as all that space you'll also have room for two bike carriers if you can fit the box to aerobars at least 120cm long. All in all it's a sensible family roof box, excellent value for money and exclusive to The Roof Box Company for 2010.
Important
Always be sure to follow the manufacturers' instructions for the fitting and use of any equipment we supply, and the vehicle manufacturers' instructions, particularly in regard to maximum permitted roof and/or tow ball loadings. Where these instructions differ, observe the lower of the specified maximums.
