Can You really Use the Roof Rack?

The roof rack first appeared on overseas station wagons, mostly in the form of "luggage basket+fixed rope", supplemented by practical decoration. For long-distance travel vehicles, luggage racks can be installed according to their own needs, such as placing bicycles or luggage. Now SUVs are more likely to walk around the city, and vehicles do not need to carry a lot of luggage. Therefore, the luggage rack is more used to make SUVs look more "game".

The roof rack is also divided into several types, such as split longitudinal rail, integrated longitudinal rail, and T-slot longitudinal rail. Let's take a look.

Separate longitudinal rail

This longitudinal rail is in arch bridge shape, most of which are separated from the roof, and only a few fixing points are connected with the roof. If you don't want to load a suitcase on it, you can use ropes to fix things directly. This kind of luggage rack is slightly rough, and the cost is relatively low, which can be seen more in practical SUVs.

Integrated longitudinal rail

This type is the most common city, SUV model. This kind of longitudinal rail is completely fitted to the roof, which looks shorter. The streamline is beautiful and completely connected with the roof, making it more high-end. However, this kind of travel rack is more troublesome than the separated longitudinal rail in use, and it needs to install professional racks and suitcases to play its role. This also makes it more decorative in SUVs.

T-groove longitudinal rail

There is another kind of longitudinal rail that is hard to find at ordinary times. It is a T-groove longitudinal rail. When such longitudinal rails are not equipped with luggage racks, the overall beauty of the vehicle will not be affected. It is also convenient to add a luggage rack if necessary. The height is lower than that of the above two longitudinal rails.