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roof rack and roof structural integrity - and a question........... 200

posted by  Goldy on  Sat Jan 8 19:54 CST 2005
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As far as rigidity - a local firechief said what impressed him most about Volvos was that when they do Jaws of life training, they normally partially crush the roof.

He said how most cars would just need very light pressure from a hoe bucket to partially crush - but a Volvo actually took some effort and repeated impact to partially crush.

You would get much more rigidity from a set of tower to tower to firewall cross braces.

I am building a set for my 242 - anyone that has installed them say the difference is noticed the first curve and pothole...

good luck

GH

Question - do you feel any increased wind resistance/wind noise with the thule carrier on??





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