Ford Focus - Will a roof box fit on my Ford Focus 03

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Mon 31 May 2010 18:03
Ford Focus - Will a roof box fit on my Ford Focus 03 - aaedwards

Hi all i hope you can help me i have a 03 reg 5 door ford focus and i have genuine ford roof bars and was wondering if i can fit a roof box to these as im a bit worried they are to far forward please note there is fixed mounting points so i can not adjust them on the car regards Anthony

Edited by aaedwards on 31/05/2010 at 18:06

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Mon 31 May 2010 18:25
Ford Focus - Will a roof box fit on my Ford Focus 03 - mikej

FWIW, a friend of mine used to have a 5-door mk1 Focus and he used a roofbox on it.

I'm guessing it's not so much how far forward the bars are, but more to do with the distance between them - you'll have to check the roofbox manufacturer's requirements.

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Mon 31 May 2010 18:37
Ford Focus - Will a roof box fit on my Ford Focus 03 - aaedwards

Hi thanks for the reply i have the distance between the bars and a box will fit fine but it looks as if the box will be hangin over the front of the car to the end of the wind screen

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Mon 31 May 2010 20:13
Ford Focus - Will a roof box fit on my Ford Focus 03 - jc2

The Centre of gravity of the box needs to be roughly over the c of G of the car otherwise it can affect the handling.

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