[ikev85]

my i30's first Ikea trip was a success. and yes, I changed how I strapped the box down before I took off lol.

also added in a few pics of very frosty tail lamps from a few days ago.


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[Asterix]

 

Like those rear LED's.

[asathorny]

nice 

[Dazzler]

Hi Kev (Did you see what I did there) 

Thanks for the photos.. You may be aware, but just letting you know that you can post photos much larger than 50kb by hosting them via Photobucket or similar... 

[ikev85]

Yeah I know, I'm just lazy. I try to use my iPad for alot of my computing and tapatalk only lets 1024x768 max resolution.

[ikev85]

Let's try this:

[Dazzler]

Thanks, now we car admire your car properly (very nice) 

P.S. I wasn't having a shot at you, more concerned with you struggling to get your photos under 50kb...

[FatBoy]

Nice photos!!  I like the tail lights too.

I don't mind Ikea, although the wife hates it.  We did go to the cafe there for lunch one day, we ordered a sandwich which came out in plastic bags "unassembled" with instructions and an allen key.  We followed the instructions and put together the sandwich, but we ended up with two bits of tomato left over.  I went over the instructions to make sure that we had followed them correctly, and we had.  I decided to keep the tomatoes, just incase we needed them later on.

[Dazzler]

Very wise Jamie

[baroudeur]

Let's try this:

The box seems more horizontal in the second photo but the roof bars seem to be in the same place so how did you level up the box?

I don't know what the box weighs but Ikea gear tends to be heavy    so perhaps a restraining strap to stop the box moving forward under heavy braking would seem advisable? If an emergency stop is needed that box could slide out and become a projectile.

Bit like people who strap down hardboard sheets or a mattress across the roof bars without realising that the front edge WILL lift  when the car moves but drop back when stopped............ if the load isn't ripped off beforehand. 

I don't know what the box weighs but Ikea gear tends to be heavy    so perhaps a restraining strap to stop the box moving forward under heavy braking would seem advisable? If an emergency stop is needed that box could slide out and become a projectile.

Read ikev85's first post, the way the load was strapped down was changed before leaving Ikea.

[baroudeur]

Read ikev85's first post, the way the load was strapped down was changed before leaving Ikea.

I did...and?

Read ikev85's first post, the way the load was strapped down was changed before leaving Ikea.

I did...and?

Well your former post mentioning advice on how the load should be restrained meant that you didn't notice that ikev85 had "noted" and changed the way in which he had strapped the load as to the earlier pictures that were taken.

[Doggie 1]

Nice photos!!  I like the tail lights too.

I don't mind Ikea, although the wife hates it.  We did go to the cafe there for lunch one day, we ordered a sandwich which came out in plastic bags "unassembled" with instructions and an allen key.  We followed the instructions and put together the sandwich, but we ended up with two bits of tomato left over.  I went over the instructions to make sure that we had followed them correctly, and we had.  I decided to keep the tomatoes, just incase we needed them later on.

Yes, I prefer to buy my women in packs from Ikea.
It does take a while to screw them together but well worth the effort in the end as the ending is usually a happy one.

[ikev85]

Ugh yeah I have a plastic bag full of misc IKEA parts and pieces.

@baraduer: yeah I re-tied the box down so it wouldn't move forward or backward with wind resistance or heavy braking. As for the box it must just be the angle of the photos. I didn't move it.
I was sort of worried it would run into the shark fin antenna but it had 3-4cm of clearance.

Also I must say the car wasn't very happy having to push that brick through the air on the freeway. It was raining a bit but the car felt like it was being blown around a lot and I had to actually downshift going up a grade. Just something to keep in mind I guess when loading cargo.

[baroudeur]

Read ikev85's first post, the way the load was strapped down was changed before leaving Ikea.

I did...and?

Well your former post mentioning advice on how the load should be restrained meant that you didn't notice that ikev85 had "noted" and changed the way in which he had strapped the load as to the earlier pictures that were taken.

But there was no detail of what had changed so was it restrained from sliding forward?

However, I was more interested in how the levelling up  (if any) had been arranged.  It may be that it just appears the load  level has altered between the two photos rather than it was re-arranged to level it up.

swedes love ikea as much as u brits...used to hate going there when i lived in london..here it's a dodle

But there was no detail of what had changed so was it restrained from sliding forward?

However, I was more interested in how the levelling up  (if any) had been arranged.  It may be that it just appears the load  level has altered between the two photos rather than it was re-arranged to level it up.

All your answers are in the post prior to your last "reply 14"

[Shambles]

swedes love ikea as much as u brits...

Don't tar all us brits with that brush

[ikev85]

i'll take ikea any day over the Americana crap that gets sold in most furniture stores here in the US. overstuffed grossness for giant houses: UGLY FURNITURE - YouTube

@baradeur: i kept one of the tie downs going crossways and one front to back so it wouldn't move either way. And it must be the angle of the picture as the cross bars are equal height front to back