Spoilers & wings & hatch-mounted bike rack

[BarracksSi]

USDM Si spoiler & Yakima carrier:
http://img66.photobucket.com/albums/v201/BarracksSi/Bike_Rack_Wide.jpg
http://img66.photobucket.com/albums/v201/BarracksSi/Bike_Rack_Top_Straps.jpg

Mugen style wing with the same carrier:
http://img66.photobucket.com/albums/v201/BarracksSi/Bike_Rack_n_Mugen_CF_far2.jpg
http://img66.photobucket.com/albums/v201/BarracksSi/Bike_Rack_n_Mugen_CF_near2.jpg

In deciding on the Mugen style cf wing, I figured that the carrier top straps would do well going through the slot. Good thing it works... lol

[Civicvtec1ps]

Found a good home.
:)

[BarracksSi]

Yup, and thanks for packing it well, too -- I think the box, bubble wrap, and pile of paper weighed more than the wing itself!

[dtexan]

what model yakima rack is that? Does it move any back there?

[BarracksSi]

I can't very well remember which model it is -- it's about 7 years old now. I think its current equivalent is the MoJoe (or maybe it's just the same model anyway), judging by the straight top window tubes. It's the only carrier I've owned, but I don't feel any need to get a different one.

It moves a bit, of course, but that mostly depends on how tightly I secure the straps. I cinch them down tight enough to strum like a guitar string, and it wiggles a bit over bumps & stuff. The bike never moves more than about 4 inches to either side at the most (swing range of roughly 8" total). Then again, I haven't charged down gravel roads with it, either.

FYI - the installation at top (the one with the Mugen wing was just a quickie) is what Yakima recommends, or at least the best I can figure out.