I didn’t mount it on the roof rack because with the lights sticking up branches would destroy them really fast unless they were very short lights, or protected very well by something to lift up the branches. And all the ones that I saw attached to the roof rack were attached with U-bolts, and didn’t look as clean or as strong.

So other than the fact that attaching them to the roof rack isn’t as permanent, does anyone have a REAL reason why they shouldn’t be attached to the hatch, or is everyone just talking out of their asses?