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We are trying to get a roof cycle rack for our 07 Santa Fe.  Been looking in Halfords this morning, and it seems that the factory fit roof bars we have (flat/ovalish 3inches) will not fit any of the cycle racks.  Looks like we need to get new bars and rack.

Been looking at the Thule ones, getting the feet and the squarer bars, then getting the premium Halfords own cycle carrier that is on offer at the moment - £89.99 for a twin pack.  The Thule bits come to about £120.

Been googling and also found Mount Blanc ones, not major difference in price.

Any advice anyone??

Do the bars you have got have a rubber strip down the centre of the bars?

If so will this pull out to reveal a t track like they have on the thule aero bars

T track adaptor  

I have just changed to aero bars and this is how i have to fit my cycle carrier now

No force ten, there is no strip, its just a really wide (3 inches) flatish bar.  We were looking at the thule aero bars in Halfords as they fit the Halfords bike rack, but means starting from scratch with everything.  Still not found any Hyundai equivalent, their website seems to just mention replacing existing bars with Thule ones anyway and they are dearer than you can get elsewhere.

Will do a bit more searching tomorrow and look at the Roofbox Company aswell.  Need to get my act together as we go away in 3 weeks!

They look like them.  They are about 3 inches wide.  The guys at Halfords let us take a set outside to try them but they didn't fit.  The Halfords dearer range we were looking at could go up to about 2 1/5 inch wide bars, and the Thule box info said the same. The fixing clamp is just not big enough to fit and do up on the existing roof bars.

Another recommendation for www.roofbox.co.uk. We've bought a fair bit from them over the years and they've always been extremely helpful.

IMO Mont Blanc aren't a patch on Thule. But there are other options. There's a finder on the roofbox webiste where you input your car details and it tells you what your options are. And they do package deals.

Another one her for www.roofbox.co.uk ordered a set of the Thule Aero bars along with roofbox. Great Service and the roofbars look great. Got the aluminium 'T' bar ones.

This is from their search page:

http://www.roofbox.co.uk/scripts/rbvehsel2a.php?query=7270&emulate=whycar

Hope that's allowed!

Did you ever find out the answer to this without replacing the crossbars bars?  I'm also interested in a roof mounted cycle carrier for 2007 Santa Fe