question about roofrack

Hi,

I could use a bit more space in the holidays.
A roofrack and a box (Thule) would do the trick.

Until now I've only seen a roofrack that can be bought at the Toyota dealer,
but none at Halfords that fits.
Is this roofrack so special that only Toyota can sell it to me for a high
price or has anyone found a reliable substitute.

Thanks
King

"king" <axelvanderkruk DeleteThis @telfort.nl> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I could use a bit more space in the holidays.
> A roofrack and a box (Thule) would do the trick.
>
> Until now I've only seen a roofrack that can be bought at the Toyota
> dealer, but none at Halfords that fits.
> Is this roofrack so special that only Toyota can sell it to me for a high
> price or has anyone found a reliable substitute.
>
> Thanks
> King
>
Halfords do a Thule rack and box that fits the Prius - I know this cos I
just fitted it! You might have to go to one of the bigger Halfords stores
to find this stuff - but it is freely available on the Halfords web site.

You need to ask for Thule parts no: -

762 (standard) or 862 (Aerodynamic) bar set.
750 Roof adaptor kit
1345 Fitting Kit - this last item will need to be ordered in - only takes a
day or so.

They fitted mine for me in about 10 minutes at no cost.

The box was a Halfords (actually a re-badged Thule) 470 litre EXODUS in
nice, glossy black - same as the car. It all looks rather smart when
mounted on the roof and cost around 370 UK pounds all in. The box can
handle 60 kgs - although I don't intend to load it anything like that much.

PS if anyone knows I'd love to know what the maximum roof loading is for the
Prius - I can't find a reference to it anywhere.

Chas