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PostPosted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 3:35 pm    Post subject: split / bay bus rack??? Reply with quote

Any idea if the rack pictured will fit a split bus? I know the pic isnt the best but any help would be great.

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 3:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If it fits a bay properly, it won't fit a split without mods.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 3:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thom wrote:
If it fits a bay properly, it won't fit a split without mods.


Thanks.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 4:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I picked up a rack off craigslist, turned out it was a bay rack, he feet didnt sit down in the gutters like they should, also the rack ill damn near touch the roof. roof rack thread... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=102045&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have a bay rack on my split bus and it fits fine. It sits maybe two inches above the roof in the middle. I've never had any other type of rack, so I don't know how high they are supposed to sit.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thom wrote:
If it fits a bay properly, it won't fit a split without mods.

you have that backwards. if it fits a split, then it will fit a bay without mods. the drip rails are the same width, but the roof of a split bus is higher in the middle than the roof of a bay.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 6:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i had one on my old bus. i liked how close it was to the roof.

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mine always scrubbed the roof with all the weight I put on it so, my buddy kevinMC hooked me up before he split town and up-dated my rack to fit the bus. I need to repaint the roof because of all the scrapes on it and other probs.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

this is the bay rack I had on my splitty

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