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I have a 2003 MDX with the roof rack. I want to get a water proof roof top
box (hard or soft side) for extra luggage while traveling. Does anyone have
any recommendations other than the Acura one (which is about $330)?

Thanks in advance

On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 21:03:33 -0500, "Robert Tucker"
<tuckfam3@bellsouth.net> wrote:

>I have a 2003 MDX with the roof rack. I want to get a water proof roof top
>box (hard or soft side) for extra luggage while traveling. Does anyone have
>any recommendations other than the Acura one (which is about $330)?
>
>Thanks in advance

Sorry if this is the same person, but check out www.acuramdx.org.
Plenty of pictures and reivews/reports about roof top box and of
course, you can always ask away in there to other MDX owners.

There are two main suppliers of good quality roof top boxes that you should
look at -

Thule - www.thule.com/
Yakima - www.yakima.com

Both are widely distributed. In North America, they can be found at REI,
many outdoor sporting goods shops as well car rack speciality shops such as
:
Sportsracks - www.sportsrack.com


The boxes don't come cheap but they are the best quality you can buy. The
dealer price for the box actually isn't that bad but it's still worth
checking out other options......

"Robert Tucker" <tuckfam3@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:0DBsb.6415$cD6.4306@bignews4.bellsouth.net...
> I have a 2003 MDX with the roof rack. I want to get a water proof roof
top
> box (hard or soft side) for extra luggage while traveling. Does anyone
have
> any recommendations other than the Acura one (which is about $330)?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>

In article <IEWsb.143301$275.434796@attbi_s53>,
"A.C." <acanuck29@yahoo.com> wrote:

> There are two main suppliers of good quality roof top boxes that you should
> look at -
>
> Thule - www.thule.com/
> Yakima - www.yakima.com
>
> Both are widely distributed. In North America, they can be found at REI,
> many outdoor sporting goods shops as well car rack speciality shops such as
> :
> Sportsracks - www.sportsrack.com
>
>
> The boxes don't come cheap but they are the best quality you can buy. The
> dealer price for the box actually isn't that bad but it's still worth
> checking out other options......
>
> "Robert Tucker" <tuckfam3@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:0DBsb.6415$cD6.4306@bignews4.bellsouth.net...
> > I have a 2003 MDX with the roof rack. I want to get a water proof roof
> top
> > box (hard or soft side) for extra luggage while traveling. Does anyone
> have
> > any recommendations other than the Acura one (which is about $330)?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> >
>
>


I was at SEMA last week in Las Vegas. If you're looking for a different
option, Thule has a new carrier coming out soon that they were showing.
It mounts to the trailer hitch, but swings out of the way for access to
the hatch. It was pretty cool and you don't need to climb up on the
roof for access and I would presume that it won't screw up the
aerodynamics (ie gas mileage) as bad.

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