1st Gen Roof Rack on a 2nd Gen?

ThatKevin · Post by **ThatKevin** » Sat Oct 29, 2011 12:56 pm

I was wondering if anyone has put a 1st gen roof rack on a 2nd gen.

If someone has.. what exactly needed to be done and are there any pictures?

NickKo · Post by **NickKo** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 7:48 am

I'd like to know as well.

A guy at work (who just aquired a 2nd gen Neon) was asking me about doing this.
I don't know anyone who's done this, that I'm aware of.

Free bump for this thread.

- Nick

superdan · Post by **superdan** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 11:31 am

No it wont fit. I guess you could possibly heat it up and mold it. I wanted to use the 1gn roof rack too but I lost interest. Not the greatest picture but when you sit the roof rack on our..."roof's" lol the 2gn is a lot more rounded. Also the side rails for the roof rack are a tad too long and over lap onto the window seals.

The gap is a lot worse than this picture shows.

ThatKevin · Post by **ThatKevin** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 11:37 am

NOOOOOOO

I need a roof rack for the winter so I don't have to take out my sub every time I go and play snowboards

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 12:04 pm

http://www.yakima.com/#

There are options. Just not the one you were trying

ThatKevin · Post by **ThatKevin** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 12:18 pm

Danteneon wrote:http://www.yakima.com/#

There are options. Just not the one you were trying

The site wont let me "choose" my car, also I'm afraid of how much it's gonna cost

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 12:36 pm

I was able to do mine. Just select the year, make and model and check the box that says you have a spare. Next it will ask what kind of rack you are looking for. Click roof. Spend lots of money.

See? Easy.

ThatKevin · Post by **ThatKevin** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 12:44 pm

Danteneon wrote:I was able to do mine. Just select the year, make and model and check the box that says you have a spare. Next it will ask what kind of rack you are looking for. Click roof. Spend lots of money.

See? Easy.

Still won't let me do it. I cant select anything under "fit my car" or at the bottom of the page where it asks you the model, year, etc.

Post by **occasional demons** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 2:35 pm

It works for me, maybe try a different browser?

Or just http://www.yakima.com might work better...

Danteneon wrote: Spend lots of money.

QFT!

ThatKevin · Post by **ThatKevin** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 4:37 pm

That worked... But I was cool with a $50 1st gen rack.. but $400 just for the base is not within my budget

NickKo · Post by **NickKo** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 11:48 am

superdan wrote:No it wont fit. I guess you could possibly heat it up and mold it.

The gap is a lot worse than this picture shows.

I wonder, *if* this is possible, or if it would work.....

A decent heat gun, and some patience, might do the trick.....

- Nick

BeatsBejar · Post by **BeatsBejar** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 1:04 pm

Did that roof rack end up working? I'm thinking about getting one, but wasn't sure if it worked or not...

ThatKevin · Post by **ThatKevin** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 3:28 pm

BeatsBejar wrote:Did that roof rack end up working? I'm thinking about getting one, but wasn't sure if it worked or not...

Never tried it, ended up getting a rack for a 2gn shortly after this thread was started.

caustic neon · Post by **caustic neon** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 9:32 pm

Can you post up some pics of your car with the rack installed?

ThatKevin · Post by **ThatKevin** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 9:48 pm

caustic neon wrote:Can you post up some pics of your car with the rack installed?

Pics in my progress log, link in my sig.

caustic neon · Post by **caustic neon** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 9:09 pm

THANKS MAN!

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