Metal fabricator for kayak roof rack?

SailinAway · 09-01-2019, 09:08 PM

I'm having a hard time finding a roof rack for my new car. Thule doesn't make feet that fit my car. I'm wondering if I could ask a metal fabricator to modify the Thule feet from my previous car to fit my new car. Is there such a person in the Lakes Region?

OR: Can you recommend someone who could install a permanent rack? That takes a fair amount of skill because you have to be careful where you drill and get things lined up perfectly. I'm very reluctant to do this---seems risky and done wrong it could lower resale value of the car---but I'm not seeing other good solutions.

The setup needs to be solid---I travel to northern Maine to kayak and don't want to have the rack fly off the car.

09-01-2019, 09:08 PM	#1
SailinAway Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2019 Posts: 991 Thanks: 256 Thanked 280 Times in 169 Posts	Metal fabricator for kayak roof rack? I'm having a hard time finding a roof rack for my new car. Thule doesn't make feet that fit my car. I'm wondering if I could ask a metal fabricator to modify the Thule feet from my previous car to fit my new car. Is there such a person in the Lakes Region? OR: Can you recommend someone who could install a permanent rack? That takes a fair amount of skill because you have to be careful where you drill and get things lined up perfectly. I'm very reluctant to do this---seems risky and done wrong it could lower resale value of the car---but I'm not seeing other good solutions. The setup needs to be solid---I travel to northern Maine to kayak and don't want to have the rack fly off the car.