Posers with Roof Boxen

[Pskhaat]

I became an official poser today.:sombrero:

You see, I always considered those plastic pre-formed half-aerodynamic boxes that barely clamp onto one's OEM roofrack to be in the ownership domain of folks who either/and:

• Bought their Subaru because an SUV was too uncool and might actually need more space,
• Put them up there listing to one side of the roof for show and tell,
• Needed a place for political bumper stickers.

Until recently, only real women and men put steel or aluminum full-size roofracks or rooftents atop their vehicles. Expensive, water- wind- & dust-tight cargo boxes would bolt to their expanded steel roofrack floor. :drool:

Yesterday I could pack no more into my own vehicle that left home bare naked without a roofrack. Some kind soul offered to lend to me their Thule roofbox so I could make more room in the cab. How DARE they? Reluctantly I tightened the clamps around my OEM roofrack and stared down at the ARB front and Slee rear and shook my head in embarrassment.

NO LONGER MY FRIENDS! Call me a poser, but I shoved all the lightweight and high-volume crap like sleeping bags and pillows and stuffed animals in that roofbox, headed out with negligible mileage hit and could actually see a few inches out the back window without random stuff falling out of the rear doors when opening.

Sometimes just because everyone else is doing it is because...hey...it is actually a good idea.

Just to feel good about myself, I slapped a HYBRID magnet on the back just in case. :elkgrin:

 

[adventureduo]

POSER!.... actually it looks nice and clean with that silver and white. If you use it more power to you. Who cares its your rig.

Where can i get a Hybrid magnet?

My buddy has this sticker on his westy...

 

[Pskhaat]

Bought a few off some people I know, it is #2 comment-getter behind the Snorkel on my 80 PM me if you're serious about wanting said magnet, I'll send you their email.

 

[BIGdaddy]

Posers with Roof Oxen?
Yes, but any cloven-hooved quadraped will do...

 

[Pskhaat]

For the n00b, it is hax0r 1337 sp33k for plurality: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=boxen

 

[Cabrito]

Welcome to the dark side Scott.

You would be surprised how well they hold up to everything you throw at them. Or in them. :sombrero:

I've been a fan for years.

 

[teotwaki]

I've heard them called "Aerodynamic Roof Coffins" :elkgrin:

 

[matt s]

I've heard them called "Aerodynamic Roof Coffins" :elkgrin:

In college one of my inebriated buddies decided to sleep in mine. He had some serious bruises the next day. He even closed the lid, lucky for him mine is the older thule box and not exactly weather (or air) tight.

 

[Riptide]

If you can find them, to make it really handy, get the Thule bag set that is made for these boxes. They are about 100 bux for a set of four, but they are really well made. Rubberized bottoms to keep things dry, 4 different colors to organize yer gear, and one of the bags is shaped to fit the nose of the box.

Highly recommended!

http://www.orsracksdirect.com/thule-cargo-box-7001-go-pack-cargo-bags.html

 

[ThomD]

Darn this forum. It keeps trying to pry money from my wallet. :sombrero:

We are getting ready for our first big trip (Grand Canyon North Rim) and I'm wondering if it will all fit in the LX470. Now I'm thinking, "For just a few hundred more I'm sure it will all fit..."

I do like those bags.

 

[R_Lefebvre]

Is it even remotely waterproof? That's the problem I have with those things. They don't have a seal on them at all.

 

[evldave]

Is it even remotely waterproof? That's the problem I have with those things. They don't have a seal on them at all.

I've had mine for maybe 10 years (was an old-school yakima)...it's been beat to crap by branches, being overstuffed, etc you name it...I'm on my 3rd or 4th seal now and it's still waterproof...I just peel off the old one, clean it up, and put a new rubber foam seal on - like the kind you buy at HD or Lowes for window sealing. I tried a fancy neopreen door seal replacement and that didn't work at all (go figure)...for me, the key is to make sure the seal hasn't shifted and there isn't too much stuff in there because the plastic is thin and will bend and the seal won't work...survived a monthlong trip to AK and a winter in Chicago + years of PNW rain and never leaked, so I guess that's pretty good long-term testing

oh and mine is attached to my steel roof rack w/expanded steel floor and has no poser stickers

 

[Moody]

Poser....meh. Function wins every time. Just wait until you are called a tourist (gasp)!

I'd dig a 'hybrid' magnet...

 

[DrMoab]

The warm, heart melting smiles this sticker gets me from the eco-nuts is great...until the realize it's on a gas guzzling Jeep and really doesn't mean crap. :victory:

 

[R_Lefebvre]

I've had mine for maybe 10 years (was an old-school yakima)...it's been beat to crap by branches, being overstuffed, etc you name it...I'm on my 3rd or 4th seal now and it's still waterproof...I just peel off the old one, clean it up, and put a new rubber foam seal on - like the kind you buy at HD or Lowes for window sealing. I tried a fancy neopreen door seal replacement and that didn't work at all (go figure)...for me, the key is to make sure the seal hasn't shifted and there isn't too much stuff in there because the plastic is thin and will bend and the seal won't work...survived a monthlong trip to AK and a winter in Chicago + years of PNW rain and never leaked, so I guess that's pretty good long-term testing

oh and mine is attached to my steel roof rack w/expanded steel floor and has no poser stickers

That sound pretty good. The new ones I've looked at in stores have no seal at all.