Flush Roof Rails 2025 Sportage and Yakima Cross Bars

steveo said:

I know on mine, I raised the hatch and slid the crossbars and roof box as far back as I could w/o touching the open hatch when installing. And yes, you want the front of the roof box catching as little air as possible, so slide it as far back as you can w/o interfering w/hatch.

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Thanks for the reply Stevo,

Was it a Yakima, and if so which model? I called Yakima, and they said I should follow the engineer's instruction that says the front crossbar should only be 17" back from the windshield but could give me no reason.

Do you know how much weight you had in the box and how far you traveled?