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Old 27th July 2012, 07:26 PM
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Cheers all - I like it and they are actually the Wing bars and very quite they are too when no load is on and you have your foot down
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Only 1 better option than aero bars and that's whisper bars - although not checked if they do an a8 option?
Whisper bars are much quieter yes
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Old 27th July 2012, 09:39 PM
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Only 1 better option than aero bars and that's whisper bars - although not checked if they do an a8 option?
There is a whisper bar option for the A8 - I already had a third of the Thule kit so that's the way I went.
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Old 28th July 2012, 06:49 AM
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Now I've looked at this on a decent screen rather than iphone, those bars are much thinner profile than original Thule aero bars have they changed the design recently?
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Old 28th July 2012, 09:29 AM
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Now I've looked at this on a decent screen rather than iphone, those bars are much thinner profile than original Thule aero bars have they changed the design recently?
You might need to read more carefully, they are not aero bars:

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Old 28th July 2012, 11:45 AM
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I read psyche's post and thought that's what they are - so having looked on halfords site, yes these 'wing' bars are replacements for thule 'aero' bars and akin to the 'whispbars'

I blame it on a lack of sleep this week courtesy of our 2 yr old.....

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Old 29th July 2012, 01:58 PM
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