Roof Basket Placement

[A3M0N]

I put a roof basket on my Grand Cherokee for our move. It's a lot shorter than I thought it would be and I have it installed at the back of the roof. To me it looks a little goofy, all tiny perched at the back of the roof. But my gas mileage doesn't appear to be suffering too much. Where do you guys have your baskets installed?

 

[BigRedXJ]

I put a roof basket on my Grand Cherokee for our move. It's a lot shorter than I thought it would be and I have it installed at the back of the roof. To me it looks a little goofy, all tiny perched at the back of the roof. But my gas mileage doesn't appear to be suffering too much. Where do you guys have your baskets installed?

I have mine sitting towards the middle on my 01 XJ. That way the weight is more evenly spread out from front to rear.

 

[madZJ]

On my '98 Grand I have it sitting towards the back almost at the rear edge of the sunroof. Plan on transferring it to my '02 and putting it in the same location.

 

[Weasel with a Diesel]

Most manufacturers recommend the installation in the rear of the roof to decrease wind noise.

I use a small ARB roof basket.
It does look good because it has the same width as the roof.

Before that I used a Thule basket, it looked goofy because it was a lot smaller than the roof. It was also a pain to load stuff on it. I got rid of it.