After struggling for over an
After struggling for over an hour just trying to fit the front Q5 clips to my 2013 Focus, I searched to see if others are having similar issues. I've used the Q-Tower setup in the past with a Contour and older generation Focus and they worked great. Then when I got a Mazda 3, I had the same issue with a poor fit, and the rack would slowly side backwards on the car. I eventually ended up going with the Control Tower setup on that car, which worked great. However, the Focus doesn't have hard mounts, so the Q-Tower is Yakima's only roof solution.
The $360 in parts I just bought today (Q-Towers, clips, and two new crossbars) are going back to REI, which sucks as I'll have to buy a Thule rack and sell my other Yakima parts (including two Highrollers for my bikes). I'm not taking a chance after they already did a recall on the Focus setup once, and it's obvious that their new recommendation isn't much better.