Quote Originally Posted by marcuskmt View Post
The VW Genuine roof racks look like rebadged Thule to me.
They appear to be made by Thule, yes. Not sure about the Tig, but I know for the Passat they are a slightly different design though to what Thule offer. The VW bar inserts into the foot and ends there (similar to the Thule ‘wingbar edge’ foot design) - the Thule rapid bar sits on top of the foot and is slightly longer. So slight differences in the Rapid bar package.

i wasn’t prepared to pay the price of the wingbar, so went with vw branded bars for a decent price. If you’re leaving them on the vehicle though I reckon the Thule wingbar would be worth the cash.