These soft foam pads help you to safely transport a large stand-up paddleboard (SUP) or surfboard on your roof rack crossbars. Pads wrap around crossbars and secure with bungee cord and hook and loop fasteners. Tie-downs included.
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Today we're going to be taking a look at the Malone Rack Pad Kit for stand up paddle boards and surfboards with tie downs. Part number MPG312. The Malone Rack Pad Kit enables you to safely carry your surfboard or your stand up paddle boards on the roof of your vehicle. It does so by having this padded material that's going to protect your boards while it's traveling. It comes with all the tie downs necessary to secure it to the roof and transport it safely. Our board straps here have this padded material underneath the buckle, again to protect your board during travel. The blue board straps also measure about nine feet long. The pads are constructed from a foam material with a polyester covering over it, which is fade resistant.
It connects to your roof rack system with a hook and loop strap underneath, as well as these shock straps on either end. The pads themselves measure 30 inches long by four inches wide by two inches tall. While we have them on these arrow bars as you can see here, these do also work with square, round, elliptical, and some factory roof racks as well. When comparing these to other pads, one that comes up is going to be the Yakima stand up paddle board and surf board pads. The biggest difference between these two is that the Malone pads do come with all the tie downs necessary. Now that we've gone over some of the features of this product, let's go ahead and show you how it installs. When you open the box, this is what you'll find along with our companion pad here.
We'll have the pad, the draw strings, the tie downs, as well as this grab loop here, and our ratcheting tie downs. Take our pad. We'll undo the hook and loop fasteners on the bottom. We'll open it up, and start fitting it around our bar. Then we'll come to our draw strings.
Feed our second line through. Now we take our surfboard. Set that in place. Now we'll take our loading straps. Just toss them over to the other side, leaving the buckle end on this side. We'll wrap it underneath our cross bar.
Then toss it back towards the passenger side. Wrap it up underneath our bar here. Bring it up a little bit, so the buckle's on top. We'll thread it through the eyelet here. Now tighten it down. It's nice and tight around the board. We'll repeat that for our other tie down as well. Once you're satisfied with how tight the straps are, we can fold up and tie off the excess. Next we'll take our grab loop. Come up underneath our bumper here to a tow hook. Pass it through, making a strap. Attach our carabiner to it like so. Bring it up to our surfboard, attaching it to our loop here. Then pulling it tight, so it's nice and taut. Then we'll tie off our excess. There you have it for the Malone Rack Pad Kit for stand up paddle boards and surfboards. Part number MPG312.
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 Customer Reviews)
These soft foam pads help you to safely transport a large stand-up paddleboard (SUP) or surfboard on your roof rack crossbars. Pads wrap around crossbars and secure with bungee cord and hook and loop fasteners. Tie-downs included.We got this on our Acura in 30 minutes. It is sturdy on highways fully loaded (within weight limit). Minor wind noise along windows since seal is affected, but we aren’t bothered by it. The rack is used daily. Great product for the cost! So glad we didn’t buy the expensive models when this meets all our needs! I hope to report back in a year that we are still just as happy with it. We also bought the Malone pads and strap system to hold our boards and sails, and it’s working well. 691263
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