Hi John, like you I wanted Aussie made too, so I waited for Kaon to design theirs and I can say I'm more than happy with it. I bought the shelf and lightweight barrier as a kit and it fits my needs perfectly. Thanks for the video! Keep them coming. Enjoy your trip overseas!
I skipped the bushes as I couldnt work it out, but will call KAON and ask to send the right ones. worst part was taking out the factory cargo barrier a few words may have been said
Looks like it might be a little closer to the ceiling compared to Bison product, meaning not quite the same storage capacity. Could just be the camera angle I guess. My shelf is approximately 190 mm between roof lining and rack.
They should let the bloke who designed or built the thing write the note in the box of new parts , it would go something like this "We had a bit of a stuff up but here are the right parts " . not wishy washy airy fairy PR talk that only makes it worse .
Actually, I recently purchased and installed the very same model Kaon shelf. Like John, I had "trouble" fitting the bushing. It is a high quality elastomer material but my ageing fingers were not strong enough to force it over the OEM cargo barrier fitting. I warmed the material with a hair dryer, coated it with a dab of detergent and it slid into place.... I rang Kaon and spoke to the developer to let him know. He was most receptive and agreed that the bushing hole to accommodate the OEM fitting could be widened a fraction without compromising the integrity of the bush which has a retaining track just inside the lip to retain the disc-shaped protrusion on the OEM fitting. This is probably what's been done... The product, I might add, was presented in high quality packaging, the instructions were written in clear, gramatically correct English... They are a hard working, responsive company without pretensions. Pleasure to deal with!
Hi John, like you I wanted Aussie made too, so I waited for Kaon to design theirs and I can say I'm more than happy with it. I bought the shelf and lightweight barrier as a kit and it fits my needs perfectly. Thanks for the video! Keep them coming. Enjoy your trip overseas!
Many thanks Steve, I really appreciate your comments and support, John
Used and have a lot of Kaon products and they are usually pretty good, professionally made and look the goods.
Hard working Australian company.
Totally agree , I will always go for Australian made if I can.
John
I skipped the bushes as I couldnt work it out, but will call KAON and ask to send the right ones. worst part was taking out the factory cargo barrier a few words may have been said
Nice work John.
Glad you enjoyed it, appreciate you checking it out.John
Looks like it might be a little closer to the ceiling compared to Bison product, meaning not quite the same storage capacity. Could just be the camera angle I guess. My shelf is approximately 190 mm between roof lining and rack.
They should let the bloke who designed or built the thing write the note in the box of new parts , it would go something like this "We had a bit of a stuff up but here are the right parts " . not wishy washy airy fairy PR talk that only makes it worse .
Actually, I recently purchased and installed the very same model Kaon shelf. Like John, I had "trouble" fitting the bushing. It is a high quality elastomer material but my ageing fingers were not strong enough to force it over the OEM cargo barrier fitting. I warmed the material with a hair dryer, coated it with a dab of detergent and it slid into place....
I rang Kaon and spoke to the developer to let him know. He was most receptive and agreed that the bushing hole to accommodate the OEM fitting could be widened a fraction without compromising the integrity of the bush which has a retaining track just inside the lip to retain the disc-shaped protrusion on the OEM fitting. This is probably what's been done...
The product, I might add, was presented in high quality packaging, the instructions were written in clear, gramatically correct English...
They are a hard working, responsive company without pretensions. Pleasure to deal with!