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74-3/4 x 24-3/4 x 16-3/4. This aerodynamic, low-profile cargo box holds small bags and carry-on luggage for up to 3 people. Built-in Quick-Grip clamps let you quickly mount the box to your roof rack, and the locking lid opens from both sides.
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Colin: Hey guys, Colin here at Etrailer. Today we have a 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan. We're going to do a test fit of Thule Force XT Sport rooftop cargo box.This box is going to be a great roof mounted accessory for your vehicle. Provides you with an enclosed space on your roof to get any excess cargo, luggage, or even sports equipment up in the box. And that's going to create more space on the inside of your vehicle.The box does have a very nice aerodynamic shape. It's going to help cut down on wind noise and drag.
Something that you do want to keep in mind, though: there is going to be some wind noise and drag, but that aerodynamic shape does help cut down on it.The entire box has an ABS very durable molded plastic construction. It's going to be impact resistant and it's going to be UV resistant as well. So it's going to protect your materials from the elements.The top of it is pretty cool, in my opinion. It's got an AeroSkin diamond pattern to it, so you can kind of see where I scratch it, its got that rough feeling to it. Gives it a more rugged look.
And it is going to hide scratches a lot better when you compare it to those glossier boxes from Thule and from other companies. And also, in my opinion, it just looks a little bit better.Now what's really cool about this box is that it is the smallest version of the Force XT line. And so with that, we have it pulled as far over to the passenger side as we can get it. And that leaves a lot of space on the other side of our roof rack for other accessories. Whether we got a bike rack, maybe even a kayak carrier, we just have other space to be able to utilize it.Something I do want to recommend is that if you have a big family trip, you got a family of five, six people, this box is not going to have the storage capability to hold all that luggage and all that cargo for that big of a family.
It's going to be great, though, for smaller families, you got some duffle bags to throw up there. Or even if you have a smaller vehicle and you want to throw your skis and snowboards up there and keep them out of the elements, it's going to be perfect for that as well, while also not taking up too much real estate on your roof rack.Now let's hop up there and take a closer look at it. Basically all we got to do is insert our key right here, that comes with the system. We're just going to insert it. Want to make sure you get it just right.
Now we're going to turn it to the right, and it just opens right up.Now on the inside, we're going to have 11 cubic feet of storage space. Like I said, it's going to be good for some duffle bags, some other cargo and gear, or even up to three to five sets of skis or three to four snow boards.Now right here, it's going to be how we attach this to our roof rack. We're going to have four of these quick mount grips right here. Let's come to the outside so you can actually see how it works. It's going to drop through the bottom of our box and come over our crossbars like that. And once we tighten it down, you can see the claws will start coming together. just like that. And as it gets tighter and tighter, it's going to clamp on. You just keep turning it until you hear a couple of audible clicks. We'll show you those in a minute when installing it. But it gives a really nice hold on our aero bar. We got our wing bar setup right here. But this is also going to work for most factory roof racks, as well as elliptical bars, round bars, and square bars.Let's get this off, and we'll go ahead and install it for you guys. Basically what we're going to do is drop it down into the track right here. This track can slide back and forth. That's going to accommodate a wide variety of cross bar spreads. Just drop it down through there.Like I showed you on the outside, it goes around that cross bar. And then we just tighten it down. And now the knob is going to let you know when it's tight enough by giving you that click right there. So once all four are tightened down like that, it's going to be very solid on our roof.We are going to have straps that come with this box, going to be able to secure your cargo if you don't have it filled to capacity, as well as six tie down points. Two at the front, two at the middle, two at the back to be able to use to secure cargo.When you're all done loading it up, it has a nice strap right here so you don't have to climb up to pull it down unless you have a height restriction. I'm about 5'9', which is pretty average. You can just pull it down from here. Now I've pulled that lid down to me, just put that strap back in and then close it all the way.What's really nice about this one key system is that you cannot lock it up and remove the key until each lock is properly engaged. Sort of pull down on it. There we go. Now we know it's properly secured.And just like a lot of Thule's boxes, this one does have a dual sided opening lid. We'll come around to the other side and show you guys that. Now in this situation where it's on the passenger side, it's probably not going to be that helpful, because you can reach everything from over there. But if you prefer to have this loaded on your driver side of the vehicle, you have that option to bring it all the way over here and still be able to open it. Just show you that real quick. It's going to be the same system. Insert the key, turn the lock, opens up the same exact way.Now something else you want to think about when installing this on your Tiguan is you want to keep if far enough forward that you're going to have access to your hatch. And like I said, with that track that you can adjust back and forth, you can push the box up if you need to to gain your hatch access. We've already set that up, so we can come back here, open up our trunk, and you see it doesn't even come close to making contact.If you find you are having troubles, like I said, just give it a little nudge forward, and you're going to be able to fit it.Well that's just going to about do it for our test fit of the Thule Force XT Sport rooftop cargo box on our 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan.
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