putting bike racks on 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe with just side rails

[kristyVB]

My new 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe has side rails sort of. They are raised ridges that run from the front to back of the roof on both the driver side and passenger side. But there are no gaps or anything in the side rails to allow for a roof rack to attach to the side rails. So I'm wondering what I could use as a 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe roof rack that would give me the crossbars to attach bike racks to? Here is an example picture of what the 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe roof rack side rails look like:

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You will need to utilize the fixpoints on your 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe roof top. Fixpoints are a feature that many car makers are providing on new model vehicles to allow owners to attach after-market car rack systems to the rooftop for a very sleek and integrated look.

For a 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe roof rack system you'll want to go with either of the 2 options from Thule Racks.

1) The Thule 460 Podium roof rack system is the first option.The Thule 460 Podium system includes four Thule 460 Podium Feet, four Thule 024 Fit Kit brackets (these Fit Kit plates are specific to your 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe and mount to the fixed attachment points located on your Santa Fe siderails) and two load bars (the 50 inch load bars are the recommended length for the 08 Hyundai Santa Fe roof top). You can then attach any of Thule Racks roof mount bike racks to the front and rear load bars.

2) Thule also makes the Thule 460R Rapid Podium system as the second option. The Thule 460R Rapid Podium works exactly the same way as the regular 460 Podium and uses the same Fit Kit brackets. However it uses the very sleek, low profile and premium looking Rapid Aero load bars. You will need to choose the RB53 inch bars for the 08 Santa Fe roof top.

Finally, you can then choose from any of Thule Racks excellent roof mount bike racks. All connect to the Thule 460 Podium and Thule 460R Rapid Podium base rack system load bars. Please note that Thule roof mount bike carriers require a set of Thule Xadapt Kit adapters when mounting to the Thule 460R Rapid Podium elliptical load bars (check with each specific bike rack product page to determine which Thule Xadapt Kit is required). All Thule bike carriers mount directly to the regular Thule 460 Podium square load bars.