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Those ROLA bars look great. I kinda want to get them to replace my Subaru OEM bars. The ROLAs seem to be very low profile. Where as the Suby OEM set-up stands high.

 

My ROLA rack is killer. Just used it on vacation to haul beach gear to and fro. Quiet. Clean looking. Handled well. I saw other cars with Thule MOABs rusting all over the place and Yakima baskets with nothing special to show either.

 

ROLA basket was 150 shipped. Low profile design. Perfect!

 

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* Plastic Strip *

 

The bars have channels in them. The channels can howl. Plastic strips came with the bars and they need to be cut and put in the channels.

My local Sports Authority had Thule gear significantly reduced. The $125 Criterium mount was down to $70. YMMV.

Pictures to come:

 

Subaru OEM Cross bars with Thule Criterium bike rack. Got the set-up for right at 200 bucks brand new. The bars alone are quiet. Look good, too! The bike rack itself is nice... didn't want a fork mount that much. Actually the upright bike mount was nealy 15 bucks less than the fork mount.

Awesome. When the wagon retires from its busy life this winter, I will be tinkering with this I foresee. Fun! Always loved the clairty offered by HIDs.

 

Will need to study this post.. and more. Will be nice to have HIDs and rid the housing of that orange reflector.

 

I am counting on ya'll....

This can be done with 07s, ya? I ask as you mentioned a difference with the 05 and 06 lights.

 

Is the difference you speak of only concern the frosted lens or are other aspects (most importantly, fit) affected?

 

There is a local set of RX330 AFS lens and buckets for 50 bucks.

Wow. I am interested. Where to begin!?!?!