Your only cargo carrying option for your cross-country trip include ABS plastic rooftop cargo boxes that can mount to your Yakima Q-Tower roof rack.
Many cars have a rooftop cargo weight capacity of about 100-lbs (but check your Acura RSX owner's manual to be sure!). The thing about a cargo box is that even empty smaller ones like the Yakima Skybox 12 # Y07334 can weigh upwards of 40 - 50-lbs. This means that you've potentially used up about half of your roof's weight capacity just for... view full answer...