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Adding Roof Bars


I keep a beady eye on my local New Zealand auction site (Trademe.co.nz) looking for equipment I can use on Digby at a bargain price. I have been looking for a set of 3 roof bars for a long time, but a brand new set of 3 Rhino-Rack bars are very expensive, so when a pair of used RL280’s came up for auction, I was happy enough to put my money down even though I really wanted 3 bars. 

Everything is a compromise and ideally, most people would go for the RL210’s (21cms legs) to fit to their Delica, but for the price, I was happy going for the 28 cm legs that would allow me to put a possible roof fan in at a later date. 


So when my cheap auction roof bars turned up I opened the package to discover that there were in fact 2 bars and 3 sets of legs in the package, so all I needed to to do was buy the 3rd bar to make up the full set I was after.


Note: So I went to my local Rhino-Rack dealer and brought the extra roof bar and with the additional set of legs I installed it towards the front of Digby. With the new bar, I feel more confident in mounting an awning and other stuff now that I have 3 attachment points.


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