Honda Car Forum

Hi,

I've looked around but I still need some clarification regarding
exactly which rack to buy for my 1992 honda accord station wagon.
(canoes)

I walked out to the car and peeled up the plastic strip on the roof and
found threaded stubs sticking up where a rack would mount.

I desire to purchase a used rack, will any yakima or thule rack that is
"non-gutter" work? If not, which ones in particular? I think I will
then need to purchase the correct honda kit for it, yes?

I read somewhere that someone did not use an extender kit for their
honda station wagon rack and their boats and rack flew off. What is the
extender kit?

Would something like the rack below work?:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Yakima-Q-Tower-R...QQcmdZViewItem

Thanks! I would feel weird asking a Yakima rep when I plan to buy it
used.

Sincerely, Tor

Tor,
I looked at these some time ago, and seem to recall that the roofrack
manufacturers' websites had recommendations as to which model fit
which car.
Dan

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"tor" (galleywench@mail.com) writes:
> Hi,
>
> I've looked around but I still need some clarification regarding
> exactly which rack to buy for my 1992 honda accord station wagon.
> (canoes)
>
> I walked out to the car and peeled up the plastic strip on the roof and
> found threaded stubs sticking up where a rack would mount.
>
> I desire to purchase a used rack, will any yakima or thule rack that is
> "non-gutter" work? If not, which ones in particular? I think I will
> then need to purchase the correct honda kit for it, yes?
>
> I read somewhere that someone did not use an extender kit for their
> honda station wagon rack and their boats and rack flew off. What is the
> extender kit?
>
> Would something like the rack below work?:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/Yakima-Q-Tower-R...QQcmdZViewItem
>
> Thanks! I would feel weird asking a Yakima rep when I plan to buy it
> used.
>
> Sincerely, Tor
>

tor wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've looked around but I still need some clarification regarding
> exactly which rack to buy for my 1992 honda accord station wagon.
> (canoes)
>
> I walked out to the car and peeled up the plastic strip on the roof and
> found threaded stubs sticking up where a rack would mount.
>
> I desire to purchase a used rack, will any yakima or thule rack that is
> "non-gutter" work? If not, which ones in particular? I think I will
> then need to purchase the correct honda kit for it, yes?
>
> I read somewhere that someone did not use an extender kit for their
> honda station wagon rack and their boats and rack flew off. What is the
> extender kit?
>
>
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You just need a rack that will put the weight on the roof, and hold on
to the door openings. The Honda 'stubs' won't tolerate the fantastic
upward forces of bouncing loads. It's not the weight, but the lifting
forces that will take a factory rack off the car. I got one from
Canadian Tire. It's a Frontier. Huge Thule rooftop box on top of a CR-V.
No problem. WAY cheaper than thule or Yakima . . .

'Curly'