I used a Ford-branded Yakima Rack that I recycled from my old Ford Windstar. The Ford Part Number F77Z-7855100-CA KIT - LUGGAGE RACK. They also sell the same one on Amazon.
Unfortunately, the mounts are too narrow to fit on the wide channel of the Taurus X. I found a piece of 2-inch wide aluminum channel that happened to be the perfect width to lay on top of the Taurus X roof rails. I cut the channel into 4 pieces and drilled 2 holes to place under each of the mounts.
The Ford/Yakima rack came with "A Plates" which are too small to grab the inside of the channel. I ended up getting some 1 3/8" (or 35 mm) diameter washers to help anchor them in place. I placed the washers between the roof rail channel and the A Plate and I bolted everything together with 25 mm long fasteners.
I ended up using 4 aluminum channels, 8 washers, and 8 fasteners to make it all work. Everything seems to hold together pretty well and I was able to reuse all my Yakima hardware from the Windstar. I purchased the washers and fasteners from Graingers.
I read some of the other posts and it looks like a "C Plate" would work better than the "A Plate." Does anyone have the dimensions of the "C Plate" ? The 35 mm diameter washers seem to work great. I might order some C Plates or I might try and weld the A Plates to the washers to make them more robust.



