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Hmm interesting when I bought mine they highlighted that it was only for 2011 onwards. Saw someone with a 2012 theirs fit much more snug then mine. Not sure whether they have changed it or not... Can't say it's affected the use of the rack and no water ingress issues thus far.
Hmm, It sounds like they just changed the manual to say 2007 instead of 2011! I didn't realise the newer hard tops were slightly different shape but that makes sense.
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I believe the only difference in the later tops is around the larger rear window....I'm not away of a change in the top of the roof.....but I haven't had the two side by side.....
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I believe the only difference in the later tops is around the larger rear window....I'm not away of a change in the top of the roof.....but I haven't had the two side by side.....
That's my understading as well. They just made the rear window larger.
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I believe the side windows increased in size also. They definitely originally marketed the backbone as 2011+ only when it was first released.
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Incase anyone is interested, here is the current installation manual if you purchase the backbone kit, stating 07 onwards:




An example of how the mounts don't totally contour to the hardtop, this is a centre mount and the least likely one to leak, but still, it shows how it just isnt a perfect contour on an 07 top. The front and rear mounts had similar amounts of air gap. Nothing a little black silastic wont fix.



Not so keen on spending around $750 to purchase the 3 racks, I made up my own. If you see on the previous pic of the roof mount you will see I had drilled and tapped extra mounting holes (2 x 8mm threaded holes) as I just wasnt happy with the single 6mm tapped hole the genuine rhino racks mount to. Primed and ready for black paint:
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Apparently I don't have enough posts or something to have the 'like' button yet.
But I'm looking at the backbone myself and that photo was exactly what I wanted to see.
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Apparently I don't have enough posts or something to have the 'like' button yet.
But I'm looking at the backbone myself and that photo was exactly what I wanted to see.
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I've only just got the 'like' button myself.

If theres anything else you need to see let me know. So what does that photo tell you - you no longer want the kit? haha
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