Tyger Heavy Duty Roof Mounted Cargo Basket Rack | L47.25 x W36.6 x H5.9 | Roof Top Luggage Carrier | with Wind Fairing

After reading reviews, I decided heat shrink tubing was the wayTo go for the 4 connection points. Found big box selection/pricing outrageous.I ordered on Amazon and was cheap and longer comparatively. Unfortunately, 1” didn’t cutIt so I wrapped joints with Frogtape prograde flashing tape. Which I had on hand and seems to seal the issue. If I’d had time, I would have ordered 1-1/4” shrink tubing which I think would hold up better, and better than what’s offered. I also used a tube of sole repair ( or use the 6000 ? Product )and apply on the side of the ‘X’ emblems at 4 spots in contact with rack, to keep from hopefully coming off down the road (literally)!

Installed this rack on our 2022 Kia Sorento with OEM roof crossbars. I should also mention we have the moon roof option as well in case you're worried about that (just don't open the moon roof while this is installed). I had this thing assembled and installed on the roof in an hour.This rack feels solid and I liked how it prevents water from entering assembly points by providing rubber gaskets. Very well thought out. Listened to the other reviews and didn't tighten down the front wind guard too tight and I've had no issues with it cracking. The actual adapters that mount it to the crossbars are very nice. One reason I liked this over the others was the cheaper options on Amazon have those dinky U-bolt adapters which people seemed to have some issues with. These ones are essentially heavy duty clamp style ones that comes with the higher end cargo racks. They have a nice weight to them, plus nice padding. The bolts for the adapters do require the special Allen key that comes with this to tighten and loosen. I'm guessing this is to make it harder for someone to steal this off your roof, so make sure to keep that Allen key in your glove box!With any roof rack/cargo basket, there's wind noise. There's really no getting around this. You might be able to dampen it a little with a modified wind guard, but that's only going to do so much. It honestly just sounds like you have your fans on high when at 70+ mph and I got used to it pretty fast. With cargo bag on top, it had an effect on my mpg, but not as bad as I though (maybe a loss of 2-3 mpg). With rack empty, I don't see a drop.Aesthetically, this one looks awesome. Compared to the cheaper options which are just rectangular baskets, this looks wayyyy better. I saw a few while on the road and am glad I went with this one. The cheap ones look cheap.All in all, this is worth the extra $$ compared to cheaper options out there. From seeing the cheaper ones up close, compared to this one, there is 100% a difference in quality. I even saw some Thule's on the road and this looked similar. I think this might actually be larger too. On top of that, its $200-$300 cheaper then the Thules.5/5. Pay the extra and get this one.

Finally able to installed after having this for a while. everything was package secure. All the hardware was there for the installation. I got it for my 2024 CRV, the fitment was prefect for my roof bar. Putting it together didn’t take long ,about an hr. Since, I take my time and making sure it done right and goes on top of my roof bar. Would recommend the item from seller.

Pretty good, burly rack. I am glad I spent a little more on this versus the bottom of the barrel racks. It is not the kind of thing where you want to worry about whether it will hold together or not.I am not going to say the welds on this thing will win any awards for beauty, but they aren't terrible or unsound. It is just a cargo rack, after all, and they are good enough to get the job done.Like any other rack like this, it is going to make a fair bit of noise at highway speeds, particularly if you have a sun-roof, and you are going to lose a few mpg to the added wind resistance. I would never leave this on my vehicle permanently, although I suppose you could if you use it enough to justify those downsides.In terms of the design, the only thing I don't particularly like is the way the plastic fairing at the front is designed. You will often need to use the bar at the front of the rack as a tie down point for ratchet straps, but you need to be careful not to damage or crack the plastic fairing when you do that. I would prefer a design where the fairing is not potentially in the way when I want to put a ratchet strap on the front. You can, with care, make it work. But that is needlessly complicated by the design.One thing they got right is that the screws need to point DOWN so they don't poke into your cargo. This does bolt very securely to your cross bars, and the resulting cargo bed is solid and even with no sharp edges sticking up to damage like a soft-sided duffel bag etc. Just make sure that you don't lose the little Allen key it comes with, the brackets that mount to the roof rails use special security bolts, and you will need that specific key to remove or tighten them. Personally, I am not too worried about somebody unbolting and stealing my rack, but now I am worried about losing that special Allen key.