
Mine was assembled with a rubber top plate. The picture shows it so I will scratch your crossbars. metal on metal. I converted mine by wrapping the panel in rubber sheeting to avoid damaging the roof rack. You can see the difference in my photo. Left - how they came, right - how I built mine. I mean really, why cover the bottom panel without damaging the roof rack and leaving the top panel uncoated?

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