A set of aluminium locking bars for €86 delivered, or about 1/2 of what Thule want. My existing Thule 750 feet will not in any way work with the new fitting kit (confirmed by Thule and a few posts on-line) which requires a 754. A 754 is over €100, plus the fitting kit at around €40. The existing bars are possibly ok, but a tad short. Thule refused to tell me if I could modify the 750 to make them work, so I took this as a yes, but it's a (financial) risk. Thule told me there was no way except to use a 754. They lost their sense of humour when I pointed out that they had competitors and that I can buy and throw the Menabo bars away and still have enough cash left over to buy another set. Perhaps there's no price comparison internet in Sweden.
So Menabo bars it is. They're ok. For reasons best known the them (well, it's cheaper) the bars don't use the threaded holes for the bars under the gutters. Still, they fit just fine and are nice and light. Like Thule, they use an annoying allen key to tighten it all down.
A nice touch on the rails is a channel you can drop fixings into, so the ski rack can just slide on.
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