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Thule fit kit - wind noise and doesn't fit so well, 850 Sedan 850

posted by  someone claiming to be BrianD on  Mon Nov 24 16:55 CST 2003 [RELATED]

Sorry if this got posted twice.
Howdy all,
A few days ago I put our Thule rack on our 850 Sedan. Its a few years old, and came off our SAAB - both cars are '97s. I bought the Volvo 850 fit kit for the rack (clips and rubber pads). The towers and bars are the same for either car according to Thule. I really had to struggle to get it to fit right, and it still seems not quite right. The feet don't really contact the roof very evenly, no matter how much I tighten the clips. I spent a good 2 hours adjusting, tightening, loosening, adjusting, retightening..... I think my biggest complaint is wind noise from the door seals. It seems that the clips prevent the doors from closing and sealing tightly - you can see that there is a very small gap when the doors close. This is not wind noise from the bars - it is clearly coming from the door seals.

I was thinking about buying the OEM volvo load bars. Are they any better? Will I have the same wind noise problem with these?

Thanks for your input,
Brian
'97 850 Sedan, Orange!






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