Picked up my new Patriot roof rack earlier. I watched them assembling it, and I have to say, I have a lot of faith in their engineering - they certainly have attention to detail. It's more a hand-crafted piece of industrial-strength artwork than a roof rack.
One slight problem is that the sunroof threw a spanner in the works. Most of their Disco II racks have been on Commercials, so the standard height didn't allow for the plastic moulding around the rear sunroof, which was a little too close for comfort. So they've set it up with spacers (which, even though they're there for a short space of time, were again lovingly hand-crafted to measure) and I'll be dropping back in a few days to get the vertical supports replaced by a custom-built set which will be a few mil higher. This will also change the ladder height fractionally so they're re-fabricating a custom ladder too. See what I mean about attention to detail.
I'm also very tempted by an older prototype rack-mounted toolbox they have in the showroom (as per another post). They will build custom toolboxes, but the cost's justifiably high, so I'm hoping I'll be able to buy this prototype off them for a reasonable price.
So, I'm a very happy Patriot customer so far. They're just about the most expensive roof racks out there, but you can see where your money is going - I think you'd be hard-pushed to get a better roof rack. Hopefully I won't need to buy another for some time.
David