Thule SquareBar Steel Load Bars (Set of 2)

Great replacement for my old rusted out thule bars

The bars seem sturdy and make my small car more useful!

These bars (unfortunately) had to replace my old, completely functioning bars when I bought a new car. Stinks cause I can’t sell the old ones now…But aside from that, installation was just as wonky as the first ones. The diagrams get you 98% there, the other 2% is fine tuning adjustments to get it set “right”.I see other comments about wind noise – but I have a cheap solution to that which I used on the old style bars as well: BUNGEE CORDS! I used to have a loud droning even at 25 mph – so I found a solution QUICK. Remember, if you need these rails and towers, your car was designed to not have anything on top of it. So by adding this, you’re adding wind resistance and therein, wind noise or “whistling”. Solution; go buy a cheap set of long bungee cords, wrap one around your bar 4-5 times, hook on the ends and space out the coils. Job done. Wind noise reduced to pretty much nothing.There’s literally nothing Thule can do about the noise on their end. Creating a braided bar of some sort will not work with whatever racks you’re trying to put on top. Bungee Cords can be moved as needed!

I put these bars on my WRX 2018, the weight is within my expectation, slim but strong enough to hold a Thule basket