Summit SUP-957 Premium Integrated Railing Bar for Cars with Running Rails, Aluminium, Set of 2, Silver

I bought the aluminium ones with the T-Track to fit out 2011 Volvo XC60. These bars will also fit most modern SUV's and estate cars with integrated roof rails. These are fantastic for the price, they have a 100KG dynamic (driving) load limit, the same as more expensive Thule ones. Other cheap brands have a dynamic limit of 75KG. The T-Tracks work perfectly with any accessories or roof boxes which use a T-Track fitting system. The roof racks look smart and like they should cost a lot more, they feel robust and are easy to install and remove. These have also won quite a few accolades with some well known UK motoring magazines in group product tests. I can't fault them.

These are great, very sturdy and secure. The only issue I have is that water seeps onto the lock mechanism through the protective plastic casing. Hoping this does not cause rusting and hinder the locks.

Bought these on the back of the Auto Express award as was needing to expand the load capacity of the car with a roof box. Had no idea what I was buying and Thule kits were so complicated as you had to buy bars, brackets and foot kits which ended up costing a fortune. These bars are fully assembled out of the box.The bars are easy to fit, take a bit of time measuring up against the end of the roof rails on your car to ensure they’re parallel and they’ll really look the part. I’d advise reviewing your car’s owners manual for ideal positioning for your particular car.Driven with a roof box on and they hold nice and sturdy, also did a motorway drive without the box, they do make a bit of a noise in the turbulence at 60mph+ but it’s not too loud and not annoying.I would recommend buying a 5Nm torque key for fitting them, I bought one and 5Nm (as advised in the instructions) is a lot tighter than I was expecting. I don’t think it’s worth the risk of not tightening enough or over tightening and the bolt snapping or coming loose on a journey! Torque keys of this level are quite common in cycling so your local bike shop should be able to advise or I’m sure they sell them on Amazon - about £15 for a fixed 5Nm key.

These bars are solid and easy to install, but the end caps fall off and you are left with a sharp metal edge that is highly likely to damage the things you are planning to carry. Not good at all. They also create quite a lot of wind noise, so the only option is to keep taking them on and off the car..I know these bars are cheap, but it's a false economy.Unfortunately, I wasn't able to install the bars immediately, so I am unable to return them as the time limit for returns has passed. I am now having to buy a new, more expensive set. Lesson learned I suppose...but take my advice and steer clear of these cheap and not not so cheerful bars. Waste of money.

Used this on top of my sportage. Easy to fit and add a roof box. Solid enough for basic needs, the locks are a bit flimsy and feel like you could just snap the plastic caps off but for the price of them I'd say they are OK and do the job. Remember to fit in the bottom strip otherwise they will whistle above 60mph.

Great bars great price

Iread the reviews on this before buying and thought whats the worse that could happen.. If I did not like the fit send it back. I have a 2018 Kia Sportage and I was not 100% sure it would fit but thought it likely would from the reviews and the questions. I can confirm that it does, or seems to.. The test will be this coming weekend when me and my wife hit the road with Cycles on the roof. To be clear these roof bars are attached to the existing roof rails on the Kia Sportage and you need cycle carriers, shown in one of the pictures, if you want to load cycles on it, they are not included.As others have mentioned the fitting is a bit fiddly and if you are not reasonably good at figuring things out or you are uncomforatble using an allan key then get someone to fit it or buy something else. You do not want to fit something on top of your car incorrectly!Also make sure that the clamp mechanism is seated within the channel of the bars correctly as one of mine was not and I had to take it off and refit as I realised something was not seated correctly when I tried to fit the key cover and it would not go in easily, I had to force it in. Thats when I found that one side of one of the clamp attachments was not in the bar correctly.. It was easy to see one you compared to the other bar and clamps. The instructions are terrible, I agree, but everything seems logical. Everything fits where you think it would and then refer back to the manual, if you can call it that, and it then makes some sense. Take it easy fitting and tighten each side.. I tightened each side a bit, moving to the other side, then a bit more, back to the first and so on. It doesnt say to do that but I thought it best. Also the bolts need to be tightened to 5N.m NewtonMeters and to do this you need a torgue wrench and allen key bit to fit. This means that you can then tighten it without over tightening. I did this but if you do not have a torque wrench do it up until you feel its tight enough, but you be the judge of that one! You will see from the pictures that the roof bars fit snugly to the rails and are firmly clamped in place. I have pulled and tugged them with all my strength and 80KG bodyweight to see if I can move them and they seem fine, no movement. They come with some strips of rubber to cut and put in the groves of the bars which hopefully will help them overcome the noise issue when driving at speed. Most bars do get affected by road speed and wind anyway its unavoidable, but putting biccycles on the roof is going to add to that anyway.One of the reasons, apart from price, they are very reasonably priced so lets put that in perspective, was that they apeared to have a channel in the top of these bars. I have the Thule Freeride 532 cycle carriers and these have a system called T-Tracks. With this system attaching the cycle carriers is easy as the T-Track locking nuts slide into the track on the Thule roofbars and also these ones which I was hoping. Once set up and fitted I am pretty sure I can take the whole roof rack/cycle carrier off as one unit and store it, so that its easier next time. So my advice is do not rush the fitting of the bars. Take you time and make sure its seated correctly. Tighten it up correctly and then hope! I'll report back after the weekend away as to how we got on.. Oh one last thing. On the end of the roofbars there are plastic covers. I was not 100% happy with the way they clip on so I have gaffer tapped them to the roofrack just so I do not loose them.. Again, I remind people that the price of these is reasonable. I was from £215 locally for basic bars without T Track up to £320.. These cost IRO £90 so a bargain in my view.#UPDATE: Added image with Bikes on the cycle tracks/racks.. Obviously the bikes and bike tracks/racks, are NOT included but I am just showing that you can fit these Thule Cycle racks to the Kia Sportage and they fits well..

Easy to fit. Light but strong, probably the best roof rack I've ever had. Comes off as easily as it goes on, with no movement once secured. Took about 10 mins to fit, and 5 to take off. Superb.