Mounting the original Roof Bars on the Polestar 2

Complete overview of the polestar 2 original roof bars, ordered from the polestar shop. Of course mounted on a black P2. How do they look? Lets check that out.

[@82907]

Thank you! Good video.

[@jeremyparkphotographer]

Have alot of windnoise from mine. Trying to rectify with Polestar.

[@hoppla101]

Do you know or have you tried fitting a Thule ProRide 598 to those or whether you need any adapters from Thule?

[@Q8Patriot]

Just installed one on my polestar, once I go above 100km there’s some windnoise from rear rail, did it happen to you ? … thanks alot for th vidoe

[@paz1798]

Any chance you could fit a set of chains?

[@basementstudio7574]

Thanks for the video. What kind of wheels are those? They look good

[@BasinBjorn]

Thanks, they are RIAL M12 Polar-silver

[@michaelkitson7549]

For a product that's supposed to fit the Polestar 2 specifically it's weird that the plastic keyed covers don't fit more flush to the car. The clamps shouldn't be visible with a big gap between the car and the covers. Bummer.

[@karlholm6055]

Thanks for the clear video. Do you think you could carry a kayak on the Polestar roof? My kayak is around 5 meters and weights around 35 kilos.

[@BasinBjorn]

I believe that should work, I haven’t tried it but if it could hold my 70kg roof top tent at 115 kph then a kayak should be fine. But I’m no kayak expert.

[@alfredondatra]

@@BasinBjorn you had a roof top tent that weighed 70 kg and then you slept up there as well? Isnt the max weight allowed 75kg for this rack?

[@BasinBjorn]

@@alfredondatra The max weight on the roof bars is for when driving. It’s a max load for holding the cargo to the roof in case of hard braking or such.
The roof bars can take a much higher load during standstill. I loaded mine with about 250kg. Worked fine. But got some rubbing on the paint, I’d recommend using like a vinyl wrap on the roof to protect from scuffing.

[@alfredondatra]

@@BasinBjorn Ah that's great to know, thanks! Which rooftop tent were you using?

[@BasinBjorn]

@@alfredondatra I had the Desert Cruiser. A hard shell tent

[@rphenixx]

Any wear mark after taking them off? Just wondering if something should be taped to the underside anywhere the mounts touch paint.

[@BasinBjorn]

I didn’t see any marks the last time I took them off. Right now they are on but I’ll update you whenever I take them off in the future.
Tape or vinyl wrap shouldn’t hurt thou.

[@BasinBjorn]

Update! So after cleaning the car I did notice 4 marks. One under each rubber foot, where the roof bars made contact with the paint. It looks like a brighter surface. I tried to remove it by polishing but did not get it completely off.
If I would use roof bars again I’d wrap those parts to protect the paint.

[@nosoupforyou425]

That adds a lot of height.
Wind noise too. Bad ?

[@BasinBjorn]

With only the roof bars the wind noise isn’t that bad, it’s just a slight increase.
But with the roof top tent on top it’s a massive noise increase.