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abernanteagle wrote:
Prospeed rack looks great but £732.50 + vat!
Like with most things in life, you get what you pay for and with the Prospeed rack you will be getting an almost silent rack that has no impact on MPG. It also has a range of accessories design specifically for it including the up and coming roof baggage. It's a complete system really that is very secure and really well made.Club Exped trailer
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30th Sep 2011 9:34 am
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@ MARKW, Awesome kit you have their fella am green with envy
30th Sep 2011 10:59 am
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abernanteagle wrote:
Prospeed rack looks great but £732.50 + vat!
The patriot rack is £1150 and then powdercoating is another £200.
Prospeed looks like a bargain to me! Much better looking too IMO!2014 D4 XS
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30th Sep 2011 11:12 am
MARKW
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I looked at powder coating but then thought that if it chips it's then . My next option was annodizing. Didn't look to deep into that and ended up leaving it plain. It soon dulled down to the state it's in nowHONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE
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30th Sep 2011 5:37 pm
Ent
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Mark
Not wanting to bang on about it but the Prospeed rack has a zinc galvanised type powder coat that acts as an undercoat primer that does a certain amount of "self healing". They are pretty tough and take minutes to put on and off the D3.Club Exped trailer
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30th Sep 2011 5:47 pm
devonchilliman
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I watched the original GB for the Prospeed Rack with great interest,think they look a great productWww.devonchilliman.co.uk
30th Sep 2011 6:08 pm
MARKW
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At the end of the day when you are investing best part of 1K in a rack then you have to weigh up the pro's and con's of want you want from a rack and what the rack can give you.
At the end of the day no-one is going to spend that sort of money and then say they made the wrong choice. They will defend their choice blindly. That's human nature. I am happy with my purchase and would buy another in a heartbeat if needed. In fact when I get my 110 in the near future I'll be putting a Patriot on top of that as well.HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE
They shall not grow old as those of us left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condem. At the going down of the sun, and in the morning WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
Your spot on Mark 8 years ago i got my 1.6 from TO roof rack shower curtain and owning well over a grand yes would i get another your dam right i would been used a lot and it's brilliant
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30th Sep 2011 6:30 pm
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Fantastic looking set-ups there RLD. Dec 04 TDV6 HSE in Tonga green with Alpaca interior.
1st Oct 2011 1:01 am
leeds
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Why a roof rack to mount a roof tent?
Two preferably three roof bars will carry a roof tent. A wide choice out there in the Market place. Could save you several hundreds of £s and quite a few kilos as well.
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2nd Oct 2011 9:16 pm
yorkshire_D3
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leeds wrote:
Why a roof rack to mount a roof tent?
Agreed. Before I added the Hannibal rack to the Defender, I had the Maggiolina up there on four roof bars. Then, when the rack was added, the tent would have simply rendered the rack useless so it was put on top of the expo trailer freeing it up for bikes, oztent carrying.
The issue with the roof tent route you'll have is that you have the Roof rack fitted we were discussing on my thread. Wouldn't really work. By the looks of it, a Maggiolina wouldnt fit in there, a Howling moon etc wouldn't open fully properly due to the raised sides.
Your roof rack does look good but imo it'll be one or the other.
12th Oct 2011 10:01 pm
Gazellio
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Decided againt roof tent which is why I went for the Basket Rack. thanks for all the comments
12th Oct 2011 10:12 pm
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Best move. Looks fine as it is and more practical for you. Sure Brendan can sort you out with an Oztent if you want something fancy
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. My next option was annodizing. Didn't look to deep into that and ended up leaving it plain. It soon dulled down to the state it's in now
