Do the towers mess up/destroy the point of contact of the car?
335926
No. There are rubber pads that go under them. They are form fitted to the base of the towers. No damage. Have had mine for 3 years.
335927
No. The padding that comes with them protects the contact points. Carry 2 kayaks on mine and you can't tell where they were when you take them off. Had to put a sharpie mark so I knew where to put them back on. Mine are on a Ford Eacape. Hope that helps.
335928
The tower has a thick rubber pad which does surprisingly little damage to the car's paint finish. My problem was the attaching clip which hooks into the gap between the door and the frame. The clips were regularly popping out, which resulted in my cargo box bouncing around with the Q towers leaving multiple dents in my car's roof. Also, the clips themselves scratched the paint inside the gap. Major damage which will cost me much more to fix than the price of the towers. However, I put Yakima Tracks on my Tacoma and it works perfectly. I wish I had mounted these on my Nissan.
335929
No, they do not mess up or destroy the point of contact on my car (2013 Honda Fit). Install both part carefully and you will have no trouble
335930
When I bought these towers didn't come with the rubber base. The rubber base I ordered later and they work pretty good. They protect that contact area.
335931
I am pretty OCD about cars so I would not use this if it hurt my car in any way. If you keep the pads clean and properly apply the stickers to the clips, you will be OK. I washed and waxed my car before every time I put the rack up on my car. Had it for about a year and the rack is on about 90% of the time and my car still looks great.
893554
I've dropped mine from hip-height onto concrete quite a few times getting out of my car. It has gotten a little scratched up but still completely functional.
1221754
I am not sure if the cars will random or not but my 2 year old has had this since he was 1 and he has tipped it over and climbed on top of it and is really well made the parts don't pop off but the little lift on side might it's harmless though it pops right back on his destructive sister pulled it off.
1588113
Yes, they do a demo video on the site where they drive over it. Mine is at the beginning of the driveway so I've only driven over by accident a few times when I pulled in too far, and it held up.
934299
Not completely, it depends on the height of the car parked next to you, their bumper may hit your car above or below the position of the bumpTek bumper. Its better than nothing and blends in with my car nicely.
2158699
No, the base is directly connected to the mechanics that moves it. I guess you're talking about the base plate.
959593
Yes. They aren't flush with the case which makes it more susceptible to early destruction.
160638
It is best if the sensor is placed where nothing will break the line-of-sight between the sensor and the receiver, like a car, metal building, etc. The unit will sometimes NOT WORK AT ALL if placed where anything metal, especially things affected by a magnet, can break the line-of-sight between the sensor and receiver, but if the sensor is placed really close to the receiver, sometimes it works OK. I would not chance it to work if the vehicle was passing between the sensor and receiver. Hope this helps.
423428
If I recall, there is a sensitivity setting. And no, there is no away a car will set it off. Its detection range is limited.
2177119
What happens to that screen in a front collision? Seriously, dont't do that.
1588110
I would say most definitely not. The unit is molded plastic & I think driving over them would colapse them & they would not spring back into shape.
1465121
Not directly, no. I think. In my car (09 G37), I have definitely lost and re-acquired signals significantly more often after using the blendmount, but I believe it's because it mounts it above my cars nav system and the signals from that mess it up. A few people with the 9500 and the same car have said the same thing, so that leads me to believe its a car-specific issue.
951402
the way it is set up all the openings for sliding things in are pointed to the left or towards the back. So yes. in fact I never thought of puting it on the passenger side but on my commuter car it makrs sense. i was worried about the impact on the radar detector but there is none.
1903340
So far I've had no issue - will say that when I've been at risk of a strong thunderstorm I've covered it with a contact wrap to help shield it (particularly so it doesn't run into the ports in case road vibration caused the rubber covers to come loose) - but that's probably me being ultra cautious versus the product requiring it.
1892893
I Recently dropped mine while exiting my car (It was on my lap). It fell about 4 feet onto the road. Through these same circumstances I have lost 3 screens (iPhone 5). But, all it did is scuff up a corner of the Outer ring but no real damage.
1326390
Not particularly but if you go slow and don't yank when turning the corners you should be okay. Get a second as back up, just in case. Best wishes
2103799
No it will no be damaged. It can be placed anywhere in the car as long as you can see it. I put it on the p/s front corner of the dash - right below the p/s A-pillar. I have the battery operated one, and it turns on automatically when it senses motion. I've had it for several months - so far so good and programming took 5 minutes.