Anybody try this on 2014 Forester factory flat/elliptical aerobars? Seems it'll work, but anyone confirm or provide spacing between carriage bolts?
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I can't say for certain for a 2014 but I know it fits on a 2007 forester factory rack with plenty of room.
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I have them on my 2014 outback with factory elliptical bars and they work great.
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Hi Neal, our boxes will fit to the factory installed crossbars systems. We do have a fitment chart available to determine rear hatch clearance. If you would like a copy please contact us direct. What we would need to know is the distance from your front crossbar to the fist point of contact when the hatch is open, that measurement will allow us to determine which models will fit without interference. Thanks!
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I used it first on my wife Highlander with aero cross bars an it worked great. I now have it on a Yakama round bar and can not get it tight enough to not rotate. So your oval should work well , but the bolts may not be long enough. Contact manufacturer to be sure.
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No. You should check out ones made for aero bars. Check out barfly TT mount. Hope that helps
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The workable area between the bolts is a little less than 2 inches. The distance between the bolts is over 3 inches, but you'd have to rig up some kind of plate that would grab a flat bar. Good luck!
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I have the 2014 Forester but my understanding is that the roof rails are the same as the 2015. AS for this product, I used these aero bars to mount a yakima box 16 and drive from Nevada to Ohio. They work great and are sturdy. They may add a little wind noise if you have the moon roof door cover open, otherwise it's pretty quiet.
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Also, they fit my 2014 Forester perfectly. One bar is made slightly different. One fits up front and the other in the back. Switch them if they aren't fitting correctly.
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i googled the 2008 forester and see that the rails are similar to my liberty. the liberty's rails only come up about that far as well. ought to fit fine. hope it helps
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I actually did have this mounted (Position 13) on my 2010 Forester which is basically the same car before the styling change without issue but...This car does not have the optional rear "spoiler" above the back glass. The upper straps, after the rack is ratcheted down with bikes mounted does put a decent load on this area and if a spoiler present, it might not support this load very well. If your car does have the spoiler, this will not work without damage.
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Sorry James, I don't know the answer to that. I would recommend emailing Yakima directly. This is my set up: I have elliptical rails on my Subaru and the Yakima rack system works with it. These gunwale brackets are made to work with that system, which have round cross bars.
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Well, I would say to measure the distance of the area that drops on your riser handlebars (in other words, the middle of your handlebars) to make sure there is enough space for the brackets on the aero bars (which is typically fairly narrow ranging from 3-4 inches). The other thing I would be sure of is the actual diameter of the aero bar brackets compared to the diameter of your handlebars. When I purchased the aero bars, the brackets had a larger diameter than my handlebars, and they did not fit.I hope this helps!
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it fit mine 2014 Forester. You just need to temporary remove both exhaust mufflers and a heat shield. Just follow the instruction and be done in a couple of hours.
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The only thing I know is that one bolt is bad. Since the bolt is not working, this aero bar cannot be installed on any handle bars. Thanks!
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Sorry, I have it fitted to the 2014 Forester. Have no experience with other models.
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Kiez, No. The Forester takes a standard 15" hook style blade : Bosch direct connect 40-515 would be fine.
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I don't know what you mean by "bolt up". Either though there were some differences in inlet, outlet position, mine went right on. I think as long as the bolt eyelets line up you should have no problems, maybe just a little line re positioning.
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6 1/2" thickness won't be a problem, but the 33" wide might present an issue. My Starboard is 30" wide and barely fits our forester. I think we had about an inch total width clearance when we had it on the highlander. You might want to measure the width from the inside of your vertical bars and subtract about a 1/2" on both sides because the brackets on the rack extend out about 1/2" each side. If you are still within a 33" measurement, then you should be fine.