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    Surfboard and Roofrack questions

    I have soft pads on the rack and ties. Nothing fancy at all.
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    Surfboard and Roofrack questions

    I love the setup. My board looks identical to yours. 10ft Two Crows. I think the issue for me was that the tail seems to shake a lot in the wind going down the freeway.
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    Surfboard and Roofrack questions

    The stress cracks are on the board from the board fluttering in the wind. I don't worry about the glass on the roof cracking as the load is not on the glass if the racks are installed correctly. Range loss is significant with the board on the roof. Around 30 to 35% for me since its highway...
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    Surfboard and Roofrack questions

    Curious why you would expect to take the racks on and off. There is only a 2% loss in mileage with them on. I wouldn't even think about taking them off after putting them on. I was so nervous that I booked an appointment to have the service guys look to make sure I had installed them correctly.
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    Surfboard and Roofrack questions

    Its a "Two Crows" 10ft 23" wide. I was super surprised as well. However the old car was a Volvo Wagon so the racks were fairly spread apart
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    Surfboard and Roofrack questions

    I have put the 9 foot foamtop inside the car but the 10 foot board is too long. Also way too much wax and salt for the interior.
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    Surfboard and Roofrack questions

    Hi all. I'm a new M3 owner and was very excited to buy the car and installed the roofrack since I surf. I have a 10 foot longboard that got about 30 stress cracks on the underside due to the wind force. As far as I can tell its because the racks are too close together and don't really support...
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    Surf Report

    I recently upgraded to a Tesla M3 with the roofracks specifically so I could carry my 10' board on top. Unfortunately because the racks are kinda close together I have about 30 stress cracks on my board from the wind pushing up on the board.