Need your opinions on mounting kayak to mustang (2007)

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Originally Posted by Kaleb

Hmm the Yakima rack only provides 18" of bar spread, not rated to carry a kayak. Unless i buy the extender kit, total of over $500 ='(

I really liked the Tbar Hitch set up but my mustang doesn't have a hitch. so thats atleast $400 for hitch a tbar.

How about just the simple foam blocks set up?

The extender kit you mentioned is the Q stretch kit, which sells for $60 on ebay. Thule or Yakima sells these extension kits. Research yakima.com or thule.com, find what length cross bars and clips you need. Craigslist search, ebay search for used sets. The used kits will run you around $150-$275. The link i provided earlier has a guy selling the cross bars and towers for $150, all you need is the correct clips and the extender kit.

The simple foam blocks works but its going to be a bit hard to unload/load the kayak if you're doing it by yourself (without scratching your car's roof).

Hope this helps you decide. I say buy the kayak first so it will motivate you to get the roof rack.