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Old 07-03-2011, 03:01 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Bondo, your designs look awesome !

I have noticed the same thing about roof top cargo carriers for years. They are all backwards.

Even the manufacturers show the carriers mounted the wrong way. Its the old idea that pointy ends are better than blunt ends.

If I already had one of these, I would investigate mounting it backwards and upside down, lining the front edge of the box up with the back of the windshield. This should allow the air coming off the windshield to continue flowing up and over the box. I'd also look at cutting the circumferential lip off (at least on the new "front" area) to allow the air to flow over it better. I don't know what effect mounting it upside down would have on the weatherseal (probably bad).
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