Lester Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 In case they are useful, a couple of snaps of a Thule roof bar fitted to my AYH30. The 30 Series is the first Alphard / Vellfire version which will take clip-on third-party roof bars as far as I can see, due to the re-design of the sliding doors which allows the clip to seat. The Thule foot pad to suit the 30 Series is standard in the catalogue but is a special order in the UK, mine took 3 weeks to arrive following the request from the local dealer. I went for the Wingbar Evo Bars x2 | 711500, the Evo Clamp Feet x4 | 710500, and the Kit to fit feet to 2016 Toyota Vellfire | 145194. I set the gap between the bars at around 105 cm, seems fine although the Thule instructions suggest 78 cm or so. I wanted as large a gap as possible to fit a 2.5 m long Thule 3200 awning in due course, the choice dictated by the availability of a Thule 3200 adapter kit for roof rack mounted awnings | 301925 to suit the WingBar Evo. I really do not want to drill holes in the roof .... (smile) Clearance calculations suggest that the Vellfire roof height is around 6', 1.83 m; then with the Wingbar the height at the front is more exactly 6'3", 1.91 m, and at the rear 6'5", 1.96 m; and then with the Thule 3200 cassette fitted, height at front around 6'6", 1.99 m and at rear 6'8", 2.04 m. So, careful attention for those signs which give a height restriction as 6' or even 2 m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerMonster Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 Nice! And jealous you got some decent bars to fit. We have some third party bars from Japan on our 2007/petrol. They are ex-ski racks that we stripped and painted to try and make look good. Yours look much better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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