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Originally Posted by Humble Leader
I have heard of people having this problem on this forum. I was considering that exact same setup as you and read this online and decided to go with another option.
there's an article on trail 4 runner that installs this exact set up as well and they didn't mention this issue. have you tried opening up the feet completely before setting them on the rails - that seemed to help others. personally I wouldn't like the feet sitting that way and not wrapping around the rail. I am surprised Rhino would say the feet not wrapping around is normal, did they see the pictures?
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I know the article youre talking about. Its this one, right?
Rhino-Rack Pioneer SX Roof Rack 5th Gen 4Runner, Review/Comparison
So the interesting thing is if you scroll to the bottom of the page in the comments section, someone posted a photo very similar to my situation and the author of the article responded:
"Yeah, same issue. I was searching around after we installed ours and found another guy with the same issue. We have had ours like this since the install and no problems. Looks a little sketch but I have thrown a ton of stuff on the rack and not had one problem."
This is driving me crazy. It certainly feels sturdy and I've been doing my best to push it around and drive it on different conditions and so far so good. But its just unsettling. I might have to fork over the money for a backbone rail system.
