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Any wind noise from that setup? I"d prefer the raised rails to give me something to get straps on.

I have a 13'2" board and it will fit in my 16 lwb up against the windshield and hanging off the back about 10". I bungee the barn doors to keep them tensioned to close.

BS

Those don't look like they'd stay open on their own.

Someone pointed out the hitch tongue rating as a limiting factor. Not true as tongue weight limit is about how much load the suspension will handle, not a max lifting number.

Wow thats fugly!

Oh shoot, replied long ago. Sorry.

That's a light bike! But because the weight is rearward of where the normal "tongue weight" is, you are supposed to cut the tongue weight limit in half. That means the 300lb tongue weight limit is reduced to about 150lbs. I hauled a 300lb old school 4 stroke around behind my 4Runner with 750lb tongue capacity and could barely notice it, but much bigger, heavier vehicle. That's a pretty good load way back there for a light duty vehicle. be careful. JMO!

Hows that ignorant bliss feel when you pay the rent, electric and water bills?

I'd have done it for $325. $500 is just enough to make he say "eh".

I like these. https://www.precisionfit.com/us/en/product/genuine-leather-custom-seat-covers.GT-GTGL 1/2 the price of Katzkins and the cut seems contemporary at least.

Their leather looks really "cludgy" in the pics. Live old full sized van seats. Scared me off.

Remembering discussions from prior years: the panels are glued in and the usual ways (heat, solvents) are used to release the glue. Clean up the surface and glue the glass in. Basically. Where did you source the glass and adhesive? Safelite wants $500 to replace 1.

Well my real world experience jibes exactly with the "Pro ethanol" sites (whatever that means). I consistantly got around 20mpg when I get 25-27 normally. That's not even close to twice as much and I've never seen anyone else claim 1/2 the mpg. Simply not the case. (E85)

I also have Fusion wheels waiting for summer tires for next spring. Do you need to change anything to use them on a TC? Different lug nuts or spacers or anything? Hub centric or lug centric the same?

It's might be for tying the car down to the cargo ship that brought it over.

You only need to worry about the weight rating if you plan to haul near the 1600 lb weight limit. For most that never approach that, it's a needless concern.

If you let any lithium ion battery sit too long and get too low on charge you damage it forever. The only way to keep those kinds of things alive is to charge them (and not up to 100% ideally) every other month or 3 months at most. it's a PITA and next to nobody remembers to do it, so they often don't work when needed.

BS - It's about a 20% hit on mpg's for equivalent cost reduction. It is stupid to make it from corn, that's for sure.

Double DIN installed and got it back with time and date correct but after the battery died I lost the setup and the double din install loses the buttons to set the time/date. There are no steering wheel controls. Any other way to access the settings or should I find a nice picture to mount there as I planned?

SafeLite will put the same one as oem for about $450

Maximum tongue weight is 200lbs and you reduce that for bike haulers because the weight is further back. Recommendation from the maker was 1/2 the rated tongue weight. You can see from the fender/tire gap that the back is sagging heavily. I wouldn't be happy driving that. JMO I've used a hauler on a heavier XR (300lbs) with a Toyota 4Runner with 750lb tongue weight capacity and you couldn't tell it was there but that was on a very hd vehicle. Does't the back end bottom on any bump?

Iv'e replaced seats in quite a few vehicles and it's usually the bracket bolted to the seat that is the individual part, and that bracket can often (not always) be used with other seats. FWIW

Decent leather holds up way better than any fabric and is much easier to deal with dog hair. I guess if your dog claws things up you might have a problem. I never have with multiple dogs over multiple vehicles. Yes Katskins or similar is what I'll do. I've also done them in a Miata, small world. Prices are similar.

I hate the velcro like nature of the fabric on my seats relative to my dogs hair. i want to add a seat heater and thinking I'll go all out and get a leather seatcovers for easier cleaning. Anyone replaced with anything they'd recommend or know of a good supplier for reasonable prices?