855 bike rack ideas please.

Post by **BlackBart** » 12 Apr 2021, 09:45

If you don’t already have a hitch, plan $150+ and you laying on your back drilling holes in your frame rails, then electrical connections if you want a trailer, then the cost of the bike carrier. My son had a Yakima that carried 5 bikes - the whole team! It was heavy, and I have the same concern about blocking the rear lights. But more convenient not to lift.

Post by **abscate** » 12 Apr 2021, 09:55

I put a Draw Tite on a 1999 and it was bolt on - all holes already existing.

Post by **abscate** » 12 Apr 2021, 09:58

Chuck W wrote: 12 Apr 2021, 09:02
rguzz wrote: 12 Apr 2021, 07:50 Thank you, great looking S70 and old fashioned glass block!
Thanks!
(It's also actually an 850 )

abscate wrote: 12 Apr 2021, 08:29 Chuck - if OP doesnt want, whats is your ask on those? Im missing a cover and they are NLA - and I could use them on either of three cars now.
$25 plus the ride. (None of our cars have the factory rails, but I have 2 full sets of the Thule 850 towers.)

okay - sold pending OP first refusal.

Can you PM me paypal or Venmo details or I can go analogue, too.

Post by **Goupil** » 12 Apr 2021, 13:53

I'm using a fancy setup on mine, it was expensive (altought I got some good deals) but it was worth the money as I use it quite a lot.

Thule wingbars with 757 feet on the stock rails, and a pair of Proride 598

If I was to do it again I would get some low profile racks, those look like airplane wings

Post by **BlackBart** » 12 Apr 2021, 14:32

We had a rail-less roof and old school Yakima feet with hold-down hooks that fit the doors (you'll find little holes in the tops of the door openings that these fit into), then Yakima round bars and bike trays with fork mounts.

Post by **erikv11** » 12 Apr 2021, 15:50

BlackBart wrote: 12 Apr 2021, 09:45 If you don’t already have a hitch, plan $150+ and you laying on your back drilling holes in your frame rails, then electrical connections if you want a trailer, then the cost of the bike carrier. My son had a Yakima that carried 5 bikes - the whole team! It was heavy, and I have the same concern about blocking the rear lights. But more convenient not to lift.

850s have threaded factory mount holes for the standard aftermarket hitches. I bought from Curt.

Post by **rguzz** » 14 Apr 2021, 13:43

Can you elaborate on "standard aftermarket hitches" please. I'd be tempted to go that route if I didn't have to do much modification. I'd be carrying 2 bikes, and not towing anything.

Post by **BlackBart** » 14 Apr 2021, 14:21

Curt is a good brand, or go to etrailer.com and read up. They are beefy welded steel tube hitches that bolt into the rear frame rails, and have a receiver tube and safety chain hooks. That's what mine is, and I believe it came from etrailer. I have maybe a tiny patch of surface rust, and it's been under a car in Montana for probably 20 years.

Post by **rguzz** » 16 Apr 2021, 15:49

I think I'll go with a Drawtite hitch, and hope for an easy fit. A little drilling is ok if needed, conflicting whether even necessary. Thanks for the input. Will report after installation.

crlande · Post by **crlande** » 16 Apr 2021, 16:23

You can get two bikes in the sedan with rear seats down and the front bike wheels off.