Great find! (How did you arrive at that downloads area?)
Now, how do I find just the parts? Those "clips" are the part I need most, that would be the most difficult to fabricate.Ah. Sorry for the confusion. That's not my car pictured. Those are images that Yakima shared with me. Typically Yakima is quite good about this though. The clips will likely compress the rubber behind the chrome trim enough to keep the clips away from the glass. Still, I really REALLY don't like this approach. If Yakima were to duplicate those little clips that will come with the OEM unit, and use those to fasten their Landing Pads to the anchors in the roof, we'd have an ideal, flexible rack solution (not quite as sexy as the OEM, but so much more convenient!)
Ah, thanks! Man, you are on top of the Tesla rack page, my friend!
Indeed. I'm somewhat surprised that Yakima hasn't yet done this, of course. And I think we should call this "semi-permanent" warts. When I've bolted on warts before, they have been through the roof skin *permanently*. If we can attach warts to the anchors, they can be removed completely with no permanent changes to the car. THAT is what I'm after!
Wow, KISS went out the window. Why didn’t they just put a little door that covers up screw points!? That’s what my WRXs had. Flip open, screw down and done.
Even better IMO: Attach the "pad" to the anchor with the clip and nut. That wart stays there for "rack season." Then you open a hatch on the tower, slip the tower over the pad, and lock it down when the racks are needed. Having to screw down the towers each time is quite an annoyance at this price point.
Yeah. That's the annoyance that I was mentioning. All the fiddly stuff needs to be done *every* time you want to use the racks.
Which removable rack system doesn't require fiddly stuff? haha
The racks on all of my previous and current cars. Anything with a "landing pad."
Agreed. The warts aren't pretty, but it's super nice to be able to quickly pull the entire rack off for a longer trip that doesn't need them. I actually use 4 river straps suspended from the ceiling with eyebolts to remove and store/hang this system. Makes it so one person can do it easily.
Nice! Did you bolt the landing pads directly into the sheet metal?
These are in fact the 11s on my S. The S and 3’s rooflines are so similar I would guess that part of the fit would work. So you’re correct, perhaps you could get creative with the factory clips and get 11s to work.
Actually not so sure now that I look at them. I fear the 11s will hang off the side of the roof (towards windows) as the mount point on the S appears to be about an inch further toward the center of the vehicle.
It appears to me that there's enough real-estate for the 11's, but the curvature of the 3's roof outboard of the mounting point will be an issue. An issue that could easily be solved by Yakima if they fabricated a proper rubber gasket that accounted for the curve. Or maybe some creative shaping of the bottom of the Landing Pad is in order.
