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Honda Element Roof Racks

July 12th, 2005 Comments(1)

I found a great post about roof racks for the Honda Element over at tyborg.com (gee Mac user and Element owner - time to subscribe to his feed). Note: Unfortunately now a defunct site so I’ve linked to the Internet Archive.

I’ve been thinking about getting a roof rack for my Element for a while now, especially since I’m making significant progress on my kayak and should wrap up the frame by this weekend. I was leaning towards the standard Honda model until I checked the prices at handa-accessories.com a few weeks back and realized it was going to cost me over $206+shipping ($226+shipping as of June 2008). As it turns out that’s not much less than you can get a more flexible, higher capacity Yakima or Thule rack that could be easily moved to other cars down the road.

Based on a little further research I just did the Yakima package looks like the way I’ll go eventually. Rackwarehouse.com currently has the Yakima components I want (66 in. bars, faring, pads and towers) for $228 and free ground shipping. At this point that looks like a far better value.

Update: eBay is another good source of Honda Element roof rack deals. Here are some current offerings:

Perrycraft ROOF RACK honda ELEMENT 03-06 05 04 2003 SUV
US $154.96
End Date: Friday Nov-21-2008 17:52:53 PST
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$03-04-05-06-07-08-honda-element-new-roof-rack-roofrack$ 03 04 05 06 07 08 HONDA ELEMENT NEW ROOF RACK ROOFRACK
US $211.00 (0 Bid)
End Date: Monday Nov-24-2008 8:07:43 PST
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THULE Roof Rack System (Honda Element) MSRP $600!!!
US $199.99 (0 Bid)
End Date: Tuesday Nov-25-2008 8:33:14 PST
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03 04 05 06 07 08 GENUINE HONDA ELEMENT ROOF RACK NEW
US $214.99 (0 Bid)
End Date: Wednesday Nov-26-2008 19:37:44 PST
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