sjg1138

This is my first post on here so be gentle please. I just acquired a 1999 996 Cabriolet. It came with a hard top - which I have yet to try putting on. Anyway, I would like to take the car up to the snow in the winter (snow around here stays in the mountains where it belongs) and it would be terrific if a roof rack could be fitted to the hard top. Anyone know if this is possible?

Millemiglia

Welcome to rennlist!
With the hardtop mounted and with proper winter tires, the 996 is a wonderful winter car!

About the roof rack or root transport system as Porsche likes to call it, Pelican lists it as "No Longer Available" for the 996 Cabriolet.
So I guess you'll have to hunt one down on fleabay or amazon...

Part # is 996-801-055-00-OEM

http://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog/...ec996_pg20.htm

btw. please post some pics of your car.

fpb111

Look at the mounting instructions and see if your car has the bolt holes to mount the RTS. There is a 996 owner in UK that posted a RTS for sale because he couldn't find the threaded mounting holes??
http://www.911uk.com/viewtopic.php?t...ea8efae#858115

http://www.pelicanparts.com/techarti...port_page6.htm

mrtoro

anything is possible...I think this looks great:

http://rackattackboston.wordpress.co...ack-cargo-box/

TomF

I have considered the same idea. I wonder if the standard coupe RTS would fit the hardtop and mount into the "seam" area. It would require some customization for sure, but the look would be great. I would like to measure the RTS and see what could be done.

The RTS for a cab is an elaborate and very expensive system designed to be able to lower the cab roof while installed. It's a completely different animal compared to the simplicity of the Coupe's.

Dharn55

The standard RTS will not work on a Cab. There are no holes in the hardtop like there are under covers on a coupe.

Porsche made a special rack for the Cab, but no longer makes it. I bought one last year on eBay. It mounts to the front A pillars where there are holes for it behind the weather striping, and to special mounts near the convertible flaps by the rear quarter windows. I have yet to mount mine.

Watch eBay, you will see them on occasion. I have seen them as low as $150 and also for over $500.

porsche951

I just purchased a bike rack rack for my 2002 Targa. www.seasucker.com

sjg1138

Thanks for your replies everyone. Really useful. the Sea Sucker is an interesting concept. Somewhere on the web I came across a guy who made a bike rack for a Lotus Elise of all things using the same concept - Suction Cups. Seems crazy but it worked for him.

Some pics of the car are below. Tomorrow she gets a new Clutch/RMS/IMS...



https://rennlist.com/forums/members/...622-154158.jpg

sjg1138

https://rennlist.com/forums/members/...622-154158.jpg

porsche951

This months Road&Track has a brief article about the Seasucker rack.

TomF

My thought was to add mounting points under the cab hardtop seams. I recognize that there are not existing mounts there.

My personal opinion is that the RTS for the cab is fugly...reminds me of a full roll cage on a CJ7...

Cheers,
TomF