We have flat 32" wide viper 11 foot by 13" high kayaks, can I use these V-Wing racks to carry them safely?
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Yes, cautiously. I am not very familiar with vipers I have seen some and would say those would. Unless your kayak is totally flat like many sit on tops I would say this would work it does need some kind of contour. If it is flat like a surfboard may be bit of a challenge for a snug fit
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I have a 31" by 10 foot kayak, the front of the kayak is V shape an fits the wing well - the aft is more a flat bottom and contacts the outer edges of the wing only. I bought the Rhino 571 that adjust to the kayak bottom. Our second kayak is V shape front and rear - wing works Great!.
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If it's not flat or almost flat, I would not trust them to hold your kayaks. Even if the roof were flat I wouldn't trust them to go very far.
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I don't think you would have any problem. I use these in my garage to hold my kayaks. My largest one is 14 ft and two hooks work perfectly. You have to screw them in on your studs of course. They are very sturdy.
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Yes. In the picture they don't look that big, but they are. I loaded a tandem kayak with a width of about three feet and it carried it just fine. As for your Acura, the racks will sit high, but it should carry the weight. I mounted mine on a set of Malone square tubing cross bars.
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That's exactly what we have for a car and the answer is, how big are your kayak's? If they are small, one person kayak's you may be fine. If you are trying to haul an old town two up with jump seat, no way. That was what I tried to do and almost lost a kayak on the interstate. Regardless, you'll have to buy some heavier straps if you buy these racks. The straps included are close to worthless. If you have small kayak's, 10' or smaller, you may be fine.
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I can carry two kayaks with my two Malone sets on my Grand Cherokee so I woul think you'd be fine with your xterra. These racks are still the best I've seen! I can load my kayak by myself.
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I use my crossbars on my 2011 Forester to carry 2 kayaks. They work fine, but have a fair amount of flex in them.
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Sure will. As they are 2 separate pieces the width is issue. My kayak weighs about 75lbs and it is no problem.
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You should have plenty of room. The kayak wing has a universal attachment and comes with two sets of screws, long and short, and wing nuts. I used this one along with the attachment for the back which helps it slide on. It is a nice rack.
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I'm not sure but I carry two sit on top 10 ft. kayaks with no problem. They are high quality and I have the Mont Blanc rack they attach to, really nice rack and kayak carrier.
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If you have standard factory cross bars you should not have ny problem. We love our racks and are currently using them to transport our kayaks all over Canada on our 4 Runner
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Beverly, I don't if ALL kayaks fit; I don't know ALL kayaks. I use the SeaWing to carry my Ocean Kayak Torque kayaks on top of a Dodge Caravan. I use the factory rack and the SeaWings fit nicely. The Torques are ~14ft long, almost 30" wide and weigh ~75 lbs. each; they are larger than average. I have driven at 70 mph and the kayaks are stable up there. The biggest reason I have these SeaWings is that I can drive into the garage with them during kayaking season, and don't have to take them off all the time.<<http://g-lu.smugmug.com/Family/2012-Christmas/i-nsrHfXs/A>> Beverly, I don't if ALL kayaks fit; I don't know ALL kayaks. I use the SeaWing to carry my Ocean Kayak Torque kayaks on top of a Dodge Caravan. I use the factory rack and the SeaWings fit nicely. The Torques are ~14ft long, almost 30" wide and weigh ~75 lbs. each; they are larger than average. I have driven at 70 mph and the kayaks are stable up there. The biggest reason I have these SeaWings is that I can drive into the garage with them during kayaking season, and don't have to take them off all the time.<<http://g-lu.smugmug.com/Family/2012-Christmas/i-nsrHfXs/A>>
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I would say yes, we were very impressed how well board racks fit, I wouldnt be affraid to put a kayak on ours!
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No, it wouldn't be wide enough even on the widest setting. It would be nice if they made another top piece that was on an angle just for kayaks.
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You are referring to Malone's Cross Rail System? Most definitely you can. We carry two Dirigo kayaks, a fairly wide kayak, so any kayak that is within that width or less, will easily fit. Also, our factory cross rail system is only 44" wide, when the Malone Downloader is locked into it's upright position we still have several inches between the two upright hoops and the kayaks do not touch in any way.
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yes, I have carried my 30+ inch wide 70+ pound old town twin otter kayak with my rack w/ no worries!
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Yes. It will fit. They are adjustable to handle any width. Your challenge will be if you try to put two of them side by side. You need to make sure the support bars the glides attach to are wide enough to get both kayaks side by side. If you are just doing one.....you should be fine.