Thule roof bars package - 754, 769,1547

We have already ticked the Order boxes for the basic items - Foot Pack, steel bars, Adapter Kit.

Aerobars allow you to use the full length of your roof bars. Accessories fit into the slot in the top of each bar - their fittings will not clash with the Foot Pack as can happen with steel bars, where the fittings wrap around the bar. All boxes may be fitted to Aerobars, but please note that some bike carriers and various watersports and ski accessories won't fit. If you want Aerobars, untick "Bars" and tick "Aerobars".

Please note that the Adapter Kit picture (click the link below) just shows a typical kit - 4 metal clamps and 4 rubber pads. It's not the specific Adapter Kit for this car.

We have a superb lock barrel matching service that even covers any Thule products you already have. We'll tell you how many lock barrels you need for your new system, ask you to tell us how many Thule lock barrels you already have, and send you as many identically numbered lock barrels as you need. When you send back all your differently numbered lock barrels and keys we'll buy these back from you, at the same price. When the process is complete then all it will have cost you is the return postage!

If you order more than one Thule product we'll include this lock barrel matching service in the shopping basket, but feel free to delete it if you don't need this, or you're not sure about it - you can of course take advantage of it later on if you're one of our customers.

Thule's application guide specifies a maximum total roof bar load of 50kg on this vehicle.

As an arm twister, a thank you for buying from us, and to show off these incredibly useful products, we'll include one free Fasty HANDY with every set of bars you buy, i.e. the Foot Pack, Bars, Adapter Kit, as appropriate, while stocks last - see pop up link for details. We'll include it on your invoice at 10p, reducing the price of the bars by 10p to compensate. We're also running a Fasty straps HALF PRICE promotion for customers who buy a set of roof bars from us.

Untied kayaks have, in our experience, the greatest potential for a roof bar or kayak carrier failure. The massive forces that untied kayaks can generate have even been known to snap roof bar fixing bolts with the result that a complete assembly of roof bars and kayaks has ended up on the road. We know that this has happened with almost every brand of roof bar, and regardless of whether the kayaks are on a special carrier or just strapped to the bars.

You need to fix bow and stern lines, probably using the front and rear screw-in towing eyes to get strong and accessible fixing points on the vehicle. Kayak shops should be able to provide suitable 'paracord' for this purpose. It is cheap and readily available online. Alternatively, Thule makes the QuickDraw 838 which we have listed together with every kayak carrier we sell.

Please note that kayaks should be strapped to the roof bars, or to kayak carriers, using straps that are suitable for the purpose, e.g. 25mm polypropylene straps with strong buckles. Bungee cords must never be used.

Please also note that all roof bar instructions point out the dangers of carrying unsecured long items, as of course do all kayak carrier instructions.

If you tie down your kayaks you almost certainly won't experience a product failure. If you don't you may or may not get away with it. If there is a disaster and the kayaks end up on the road, separated from the vehicle, then you were not using tie downs and you have subjected the roof bars to forces for which they were not designed. The costs of sorting this out are yours, not ours, and you may also have difficulties with your insurers.

We're sorry to be so firm about this, but "things coming off the tops of cars" is the stuff of nightmares, and we want to do all we can to prevent accidents of this sort from happening.