XCAR Black Car Roof Rack Basket - Rooftop Cargo Carrier for Luggage and Gear Storage

Amazon Customer: Used it to go camping twice and for other various in City needs. Easy to put together and has held on great. There are a few rust spots that popped up at the joints but it’s gone through a lot of heavy rain this summer. Would recommend

Canada on Aug 25, 2023

Bryan MartinezBryan Martinez: Install was easy! Very secure, the rack did not move an inch. I had zero problems during travel. Highly recommend if you want a sturdy rack for a good price.

United States on Jul 23, 2023

Alan Flowers: Got the rack in good condition, I read lots of reviews before purchasing so I took someone’s advice.
Before using it, I put it together, painted it with rustoleum, then I siliconed all the connections.
I used it for two months, 10000 plus miles and it worked great. I have no rust issues. The only thing I didn’t like about it was the parts that hold it to the roof rack required a screw cap and once tightened the bolt is still sticking up thru it and I put a suitcase on it and had to protect it from ripping my case with foam. It needs to have a way to put the bolts pointing down instead of up. Otherwise the rack was great.

United States on Jul 21, 2023

WorldFishingFrenchieWorldFishingFrenchie: I installed this product in Canada two weeks ago. I just got to Florida and every single soldering is rusted.

Canada on Jun 11, 2023

NA in L.A.: I bought this in the middle of summer for a road trip from coastal California to Austin Texas and back, with detours through parts of New Mexico and back into Arizona. I have not taken it off since. Assembly was very easy to do by myself on an elevated workbench and the install was easy as well. I coupled this with a L51” x W41” x H18” rooftop carrier bag. The rack took 2 suitcases, and XXL dog crate and several other bags (within the carrier bag) with no issues for a 3200+ mile road trip and is still solid as ever. It has since been used on several camping and family trips and has found a permanent place on the roof, I originally intended to use it only when necessary but it has a great look in addition to its utility. I would definitely recommend this as an inexpensive and solid option to the name brands.

United States on Nov 08, 2022

Tanya: I love this product and would definitely buy again if needed. It would be great to have some sort of key lock to protect against st theft but other than that, it is fantastic.

Australia on Apr 04, 2022

Sean HansonSean Hanson: First off, I paid about $150 for this rack (Amazon Warehouse), and I wouldn't pay more. I have it mounted on a 2015 Subaru Forester and it fits great but does bend the antenna back a little. Doesn't bother me, but it might bother you. I live in Colorado where it's pretty dry, but unless you live in the middle of the Mojave Desert this rack WILL rust...unless you do the following:

The first thing I did was get rid of most of the hardware that came with this rack. It's mostly junk. I instead put it together with M6 x 1.00 Hex Key Socket Head Cap Screws (that's how they're listed on Amazon by Inline Designs...but they're actually bolts) matched with 1/4" lock washers and M6 x 1mm Nylon Insert Hex Lock Nuts from uxcell....ALL 316 STAINLESS STEEL. There are other stainless options, but I like the look of the hex key "socket heads".

When I assembled the rack, I used shrink tubing to somewhat reinforce the spaces left between the interior bars, which works for my purposes (cargo bag), but at some point I'll replace those with either pvc or metal sleeves. After the rack was completely assembled, I caulked every single seam and bolt with Red Devil 078060 StormGuard 920 100%...

United States on Mar 13, 2022

ColtergeistColtergeist: I haven't used the rack yet, so this is only an assembly and fit review.
Overall, this is a great rack and good value for money.

It assembles about as easily as I would expect. A couple screw threads were not well aligned, so it took some finagling to align the pieces.

It fits the Subaru Outback 2018 fixed spacing front-to-back crossbars at 30". If you're rails can't be spaced at one of the distances below, then it won't work for your vehicle.
The front-to-back crossbar mount, center-to-center spacing options for the full, extended rack assembly are:
29.75", 33.25", 36.75", 40.5", 44" (tolerance of about +/- 0.5". For example, 29.25" to 30.25")

The attachment to and removal from the vehicle is great. I was able to take it on and off in less than 5 minutes on my own. I'm a male, 5'6" and not that strong

The threads for the attachment to the vehicle are a tad long even though the thumb screws help protect them from full exposure. I may cut them to be a bit shorter or put a rubber cap over the top of the threads when in use. Otherwise, it's like to rip the fabric of luggage.

I expect there will be rust points on the rack since most racks of...

United States on Feb 26, 2022