I wrote a review on the Q Towers thinking they were the Lowriders, which is the correct tower for my 97 Audi Wagon. Sorry for the confusion. I love the Lowriders...they work well, are secure and don't scratch the car.

I have had the Q Towers on my '97 Audi A6 Wagon and love them. They were fairly easy to install and I bought locks for them as well. I have an older Rocket Box and bike rack on there and the Towers has held up well. I sometimes drive very fast and no worries with this system. No damage to the car and a secure fit has me giving the Q Towers a thumbs up!

I've had these for about two years now and they work great. I move across country usually twice a year (Texas to Montana)and take my 17 foot sea kayak and mountain bike with me each time. That equals up to about 10,000 miles of traveling with this rack system. I've driven at times up to 90 miles per hour, driven through torrential downpours, windstorms and on dirt roads so bad I’ve actually seen people crack their oil pan on it and these Q Towers have always held on tight and secure. If you buy the lock cores you can lock your rack to your car which is a relief. Since I travel so much, the clips have made a few scratches in the paint where they grip onto the car but that's probably cause the stickers started coming off allowing the metal clips to rub against the paint. Replacing the stickers solved that issue. If I had any gripe with these it has to do with the rubber feet on the towers. One, they stick pretty solidly to the finish of my car and getting them off can take a while. Two, they have left a faint outline on the finish of my car that i just cant remove. Three, I tried to clean them up a bit to get all that road grime that had built up on them off thinking that that was what marked my car and they basically turned to jelly and became unusable. I had to buy a new set. Note to others, DO NOT USE SIMPLE GREEN TO CLEAN THE Q TOWERS PADS – THEY WILL TURN TO MUSH. Other than that these have been great.

These towers are very well constructed and are very secure. I never worry about the towers failing. I bought a set back in 2000 and they still work today as if they were new.

I had these on my old 98 Ford Ranger. They really didn't fit that great and I would say I wasn't that confident in my stuff staying on my roof with this system.

I dont know what this person is talking about the Q towers falling off. They come with grips that keep it on your car, plus when attached with the CORRECT q clips for your specified car, and are tightened down and locked, I have never had a problem. I have a low profile, Chevy cobalt with these on them and as long as you install correctly, make sure there isnt slack in the bars when you install them, you should have no problem. I've put about 10k miles on my coupe with these on and never had a single problem. Furthermore, the ease of taking these off to make a quick couple hour trip without skis or board, but wanting the extra gas mileage is so easy its ridiculous.

No complaints about these puppies. Although they should ship them out with clear decal stickers to protect your paint. Otherwise the dirt will eventually work its way in and scratch it up.

So far, the Yakima system I put together from 3 different suppliers has worked just fine. I bought most components from this site as was pleased with the price. The system is fairly easy to setup and feels sturdy enough to not worry about putting my new Cannondale on. I certainly would purchase this whole setup again.

Simple install... works great on my Subaru Impreza and my girlfriends Honda CR-V.

Solid and reliable. Instructions and installation are easy. Transferable to multiple vehicles (with proper Q Clips). Well worth the money.

These installed easy and great price. I love the rack!

Easy install, durable, and works great

This site was the least expensive source of Yakama Q Towers that I could find. The other rack parts I got from another source. I used them to portage my 15-foot fiberglass sea kayak (75 lb) from the West Coast to the East Coast, and back, on top of a Toyota Corolla. They stood up to a strenuous two month trans-continental trip with no trouble.

I have been using my system for about three years and have always been a little critical of the build quality. install, removal and security are good as i expected and i have taken these on 3000mi+ road trips with no incidents. but sometime into year two i started to see some rust forming on the clips and elsewhere on the towers as well as some significant bubbling and peeling of the paint. additionally when my system is in storage (summer months) or in my trunk when im trying to cut down on fuel consumption- ive had to essentially put the plastic housing back together that encloses the metal internals as it doesnt like to stay together. i might be a little too critical but when your pay a couple hundred bucks on bits of metal and plastic i would hope that they were built to be the highest quality to ensure longevity for the price. and yes these systems will put a dent in your mpg, with a lift ticket 6 i drop upwards of 25-30% in a V6 sedan but what else can you do?

These towers help put your mind at ease while hauling your gear around on your roof. I never get the feeling that my stuff isn't secure while driving at high speeds or taking corners. Yakima really sets a high standard with the Q towers.

I installed Yakima Q-towers on my 2008 Honda Civic. The directions and installation process were well-written and easy to use, and I painstakingly applied every measurement exactly as directed. When I finished, I could grab the rack bars and shake the car back and forth without budging the racks. I was horrified six weeks later when the entire system flew off my car at 70 MPH, destroying my wife's and my surfboard. I mailed the entire setup back to Yakima at my own expense, and have received nothing but grief from them. Since then, I have stumbled across ELEVEN other people who have experienced catastrophic failures of their Q-tower system- almost all of them have been installed on small, low-profile vehicles. Engineers and rack reps have explained that Yakima uses a few clip designs to fit many different models of car (Thule, by contrast, designs a specific clip for every individual vehicle.) The Q-tower base system also has an intermittent flaw of loosening due to road vibrations, even when installed tightly. These problems in combination make Yakima Q-towers very slippery, and thus undependable. Thule racks are a bit pricier, and definitely uglier, but not as ugly, or as expensive, as your prized possessions crushed under an 18-wheeler, or worse yet injuring other motorists.

I installed Yakima Q-towers on my 2008 Honda Civic. The directions and installation process were well-written and easy to use, and I painstakingly applied every measurement exactly as directed. When I finished, I could grab the rack bars and shake the car back and forth without budging the racks. I was horrified six weeks later when the entire system flew off my car at 70 MPH, destroying my wife's and my surfboard. I mailed the entire setup back to Yakima at my own expense, and have received nothing but grief from them. Since then, I have stumbled across ELEVEN other people who have experienced catastrophic failures of their Q-tower system- almost all of them have been installed on small, low-profile vehicles. Engineers and rack reps have explained that Yakima uses a few clip designs to fit many different models of car (Thule, by contrast, designs a specific clip for every individual vehicle.) The Q-tower base system also has an intermittent flaw of loosening due to road vibrations, even when installed tightly. These problems in combination make Yakima Q-towers very slippery, and thus undependable. Thule racks are a bit pricier, and definitely uglier, but not as ugly, or as expensive, as your prized possessions crushed under an 18-wheeler, or worse yet injuring other motorists.