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alfamale

Member Since: 25 Jul 2011
Location: Stroud, Gloucestershire
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2011 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 XS Auto Zermatt Silver

Thanks for the tip...might give them a ring.

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24th Apr 2017 8:03 pm

armalites

Member Since: 17 Aug 2013
Location: Herefordshire
Posts: 1918

2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 S Auto Buckingham Blue

What about these and grind the sides

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/20mm-x-20mm-Roof...SwjVVVg~io

Or these

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Select-Size-M6-M...0_asZYMhNQ IID PRO
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24th Apr 2017 9:43 pm

alfamale

Member Since: 25 Jul 2011
Location: Stroud, Gloucestershire
Posts: 2185

You could be on the money with those. Will take a closer look.

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24th Apr 2017 9:47 pm

Tufty

Member Since: 13 Jul 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 480

2009 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Java Black

Cut the heads off M6 bolts and weld M8 nuts onto the studs?

24th Apr 2017 10:05 pm

armalites

Member Since: 17 Aug 2013
Location: Herefordshire
Posts: 1918

Here's another option, buy a length of the 1/2 x 1/4, drill and tap to M6 at intervals than cut into pieces. You can bolt through you brackets and slide into the rail.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cheap-Aluminium-...rkt%3D1%26 IID PRO
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24th Apr 2017 10:05 pm

alfamale

Member Since: 25 Jul 2011
Location: Stroud, Gloucestershire
Posts: 2185

armalites wrote:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Select-Size-M6-M8-M10-M12-M16-M20-304-Stanless-Steel-T-Bolts-Square-Head-Screws-/282297322684?var=&hash=item41ba3b4cbc:m:moMBLdY1dBD1w0_asZYMhNQ

I'm going to give these ones a go and have ordered some, but realised after that they're coming from HK so have to wait until 11-May at the earliest.

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25th Apr 2017 9:19 am

Hardware

Member Since: 28 Jun 2016
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2011 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 XS Auto Sumatra Black

did they materialise ? are they as you expected ??

I now find myself in similar position ... bought a set of rails from Lidl and looking to make them fit D4. won't be able to go to the place I recommended for a good few weeks as things stand.

Don't need roofbars often so not fussed if they are no longer lockable when I'm done. .

Dean
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2011 D4 XS - OBD port protection, RLD spare wheel protector, All LED interiors lights, Timed Climate enabled, iiD tool paired.
2011 D4 Landmark - Stolen from same dealer before I paid for it
2011 D4 GS - Stolen whilst at dealer

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22nd May 2017 12:21 pm

alfamale

Member Since: 25 Jul 2011
Location: Stroud, Gloucestershire
Posts: 2185

I went for the set from China and, thinking they'd take too long to turn up, also bought some of these:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/152473561755

Both as expected and both work for what I needed them for.

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22nd May 2017 2:18 pm

alfamale

Member Since: 25 Jul 2011
Location: Stroud, Gloucestershire
Posts: 2185

If you struggle, I might have a set of bars with tracks for the D3/D4 rails. They'll not be aero bars, but do fit as I've had them on mine before now.

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22nd May 2017 3:09 pm