March 13, 2009
Rack Attack Team
"The Edge's Vista Roof opens all the way back over the rear compartment, so the people who are sitting in the rear of the vehicle can actually look up and see the sky above them," said Doyle Letson, Edge's chief designer.
The class-exclusive panoramic glass roof allows nine square feet of natural light to flood the vehicle cabin. The look and feel of the roof was inspired by interior décor cues, specifically the expansive windows of the popular urban loft condo, according to Earl Lucas, interior design manager for Edge.
"When you sit in this vehicle and look up and see the sky all around you, you just want to take it out for a drive and chase the horizon," said Peter Horbury, Ford's executive director of Design, North America.
This is a great option for those who want to chase the horizon, but Ford does not make it with an option for a roof rack. That is where Rack Attack comes in. We are able to Rack the Edge with the vista roof. With the custom installation we install Thule Track with Flare-Nuts,these are very similar to factory tracks that you see on quite a few new vehicles.
The advantage of the tracks is you get the ability to move your towers and crossbars anywhere in those tracks. You can spread them out wide for a ladder or a canoe, or move them closer together for skis and bikes. Another advantage of tracks is that the weight is distributed across the length of the tracks, rather than in one small mount, giving you a weight capacity of 165 lbs. Once the tracks are installed we went with the Thule 430R Rapid Tracker Foot Pack and Thule RB53 53 Inch Rapid Load Bars.
The RB set up uses aluminum crossbars, so advantages are that you never have to worry about the bars rusting down the line and still gives the vehicle a real nice look. The Tracker towers are also quick release, giving the option of removing the towers and bars in under a minute, so pop the rack off when you don't need it. Once the bars are installed any rack accessory is available to carry any load from Cargo boxes, baskets, bikes, to boats and even lumber. On this particular set up we have only added the Thule 91726 Universal Pull Top 6 Ski/Board Rack, this is a slide out ski/board rack that gives you the ability to load and unload your skis and boards out on the side of the vehicle rather than having to climb up onto your roof. This custom option can be installed on this Ford Edge or almost any other vehicle in under 2 hours by our installation techs. Check us out at Rackattack.com.
