Roof racks

[lotstodo]

Can anyone give me some insight into roof racks for my AE101 Trueno.

Im need the rack to carry snowboards (3 boards). Being a two door I have been told there is no detachable option? Has anyone here had racks fitted to their trueno?

Thanks.

[evil_si]

no gutters so cant be detachable, would need to permanently mount the bases.

[Mr Revhead]

yep definitly have to be permanant mount.
should be able to get racks for around $300. but a board holder will cost you about that again

[Jazza]

For 600 bucks yur better off buying a bomb and driving that to the mountain

[rolla_fxgt]

I have a thule rack & board/ski holder for my fxt, from memory all up it cost round $800 ish, but i was on good terms with my local thule dealer & got him to order in a few sets of racks till we found one that fitted.
for the back windows you just open them, slide the feet in, tighten the rack up & then close the window, dont knw why you were told they didnt fit on two doors.
I had a mate who had racks on his sw20 mr2, they fitted fine for ski's/boards, but not bikes.

[Mr Revhead]

his is a trueno
no opening rear windows and no gutters. therefore no way to fit removable bars. unless you have them close together and in the door opening. but i dont think that would work very well

[snwtoy]

You can buy non-permanent gutter free mount roof racks from Thule.

I couldn't find your exact car here, but it possibly uses the same system as the mr2?
http://www.thule.com/Thule/Iframe.aspx?id=2535

Anyway you look at it, thule make racks for gutter, rails, and gutterless cars so there WILL be something to suit.

[Mr Revhead]

they clip into the door/window frame.
levin/trueno = 2 door, so there is no door frame at the rear to clip too....
unless as i said above you want them real close together

[snwtoy]

they clip into the door/window frame.
levin/trueno = 2 door, so there is no door frame at the rear to clip too....
unless as i said above you want them real close together

Same as the MR2 though, unless they started making 4-door MR2's recently?

[lotstodo]

Thanks for that. I checked out that Thule site and I definitley would need to mount them , I got a quote for $750 including board racks... or $400 for magnetic ones but they sound rather dodgy.

Thanks for your help.

[Mr Revhead]

sw20 would = narrow fitting. can be done but use would be limited.

yeah the magnetic ones are a little crap!


i maybe able to help, we're thule agents

[lotstodo]

Cheers Revhead, I will send you an email...

[Pies]

what chassis is it? will price one up at work tomorrow if we can do detatchable, all though i doubt we can its worth a shot

[lotstodo]

92 Ae101 Trueno. Thanks.

[Bling]

how about getting a towbar, then a modified bike rack for the boards

[Elmo]

You can fit 2 boards, and 2 people plus all gear into a ae101, god knows, I did it several times. They have to go in through the passangers door with seats down.