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I'm on a road trip, now in South Florida with my Tesla and the roof box, so I have to get back home to measure my garage door height from the ground. Originally, I had parked the car half pulled in to the garage with the highest point of the roof rack (at its midpoint) directly beneath the garage door and measured about 19 inches gap before rushing over to my REI to do further math. My MYLR is on 19 inch aero wheels. I had installed brand new Bridgestone Turanza Quiettracks the day before which are 800 treadwear rated and has thick rubber compared with OEM Contis. I don't know how much of a factor this would be. The OEM roof rack is 3 inches tall from the glass roof at its midpoint and about 2.8 inches towards the door frame. Interestingly, the Thule Force XT Sport roof rack per my measurements is approx 14.5 inches at its tallest section. I wonder whether the height measurement of 16.75 inches on the factory sticker is including the locking jaws installed. I believe that's the case from the clearance I have from my garage door which is a good two inches. Hope this helps.I’m currently researching cargo boxes and also want to be able to pull into our garage with it attached. We have a MYP, so I think that buys us another inch in height, but the height from floor to the lowest part of our garage door is 83 inches. That gets us about 19 inches of play, minus whatever the factory roof racks add.
What is the total height of your setup? In your garage clearance pic, how high is that opening for your garage door? Thanks!
I bought the exact same box for my Tesla S 2021 - the roof rack were installed by Tesla, but I wasn’t able to install the box as it seems like the racks are about one inch too far apart and do not fit within the box’s groove… did you get that problem? Tesla says I cannot move the racks as they can only fit in their specific spot because if the glass roof… i thought I bought the wrong box but see you installed it… thoughts??Attached are some photos of the 11 cu ft Thule Force XT Sport cargo roof box on OEM roof racks. The front overhang is what I was worried about, but I found this View attachment 746141View attachment 746142acceptable.View attachment 746144View attachment 746145
Sorry to hear about the issue. I have a 2021 Model Y. I did not have the issue of the OEM racks being spaced too far apart for the 11 cu ft Thule Force XT. I took some measurements for comparison purposes. The distance between the inner edges of the OEM roof racks is 30 inches (back edge of the front cross bar to the front edge of the rear cross bar). The distance between the outer edges ( the front edge of the front cross bar to the back edge of the rear cross bar) is 36.5 inches in my case. I measured these close to the midline of the car, not exactly at the midline. I am wondering whether the Model S cross bars are further apart than a Model Y. I can't possibly think of any other reason.I bought the exact same box for my Tesla S 2021 - the roof rack were installed by Tesla, but I wasn’t able to install the box as it seems like the racks are about one inch too far apart and do not fit within the box’s groove… did you get that problem? Tesla says I cannot move the racks as they can only fit in their specific spot because if the glass roof… i thought I bought the wrong box but see you installed it… thoughts??
Anser, Can you help me solve a mystery? My Model Y (made May '21) has Tesla OEM crossbars that measure 39 inches front edge (front) to back edge (rear). I'm wondering how yours are closer together. According to the instructions, the center of each mount point should be is 227 mm (9") from front edge of glass and 412 mm (16.2") from rear edge. Those match my installation. Can you measure yours and determine what's different about your installation? Did you mount where the glass showed the mount points (hard to see). Wondering if Tesla changed something with the roof during the year. Having a hard time finding a Thule box that has claws that support outer edge of bars (39").Sorry to hear about the issue. I have a 2021 Model Y. I did not have the issue of the OEM racks being spaced too far apart for the 11 cu ft Thule Force XT. I took some measurements for comparison purposes. The distance between the inner edges of the OEM roof racks is 30 inches (back edge of the front cross bar to the front edge of the rear cross bar). The distance between the outer edges ( the front edge of the front cross bar to the back edge of the rear cross bar) is 36.5 inches in my case. I measured these close to the midline of the car, not exactly at the midline. I am wondering whether the Model S cross bars are further apart than a Model Y. I can't possibly think of any other reason.
MDelectric, I am on vacation and unfortunately my car is back home. The crossbars were installed by tesla service at the time of delivery, so I assumed they did a good job. Strangely, recently I noticed that they were not aligned parallel to each other and there was forward and backward sliding possible to the tune of nearly an inch at all four attachment points. I'm planning to bring it in to Tesla service and check it out. With this wiggle room of nearly an inch with each bar, I won't be surprised if they tighten them down and I end up with different parameters of the distances between the crossbars. If that's the case I may end up with numbers closer to yours and having to struggle with my Thule roof box. Hoping that doesn't happen. But I was definitely surprised to see that almost an inch of fore and aft movement at each "leg".Anser, Can you help me solve a mystery? My Model Y (made May '21) has Tesla OEM crossbars that measure 39 inches front edge (front) to back edge (rear). I'm wondering how yours are closer together. According to the instructions, the center of each mount point should be is 227 mm (9") from front edge of glass and 412 mm (16.2") from rear edge. Those match my installation. Can you measure yours and determine what's different about your installation? Did you mount where the glass showed the mount points (hard to see). Wondering if Tesla changed something with the roof during the year. Having a hard time finding a Thule box that has claws that support outer edge of bars (39").
Anser, how did you end up resolving this? Another poster was unable to fit the Force XT Sport on their Y:MDelectric, I am on vacation and unfortunately my car is back home. The crossbars were installed by tesla service at the time of delivery, so I assumed they did a good job. Strangely, recently I noticed that they were not aligned parallel to each other and there was forward and backward sliding possible to the tune of nearly an inch at all four attachment points. I'm planning to bring it in to Tesla service and check it out. With this wiggle room of nearly an inch with each bar, I won't be surprised if they tighten them down and I end up with different parameters of the distances between the crossbars. If that's the case I may end up with numbers closer to yours and having to struggle with my Thule roof box. Hoping that doesn't happen. But I was definitely surprised to see that almost an inch of fore and aft movement at each "leg".