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Get the bits of ebay and do it yourself - I'd estimate no more than £200 Steve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)
8th May 2009 3:17 pm
MacLeod 313
Member Since: 18 Apr 2008
Location: away
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Contact 10forCash, top man. He will purchase whats needed, and come to you to fit. All his OEM goods are from Nick, at Yeovil Landrover, and it keeps it within the forum.
Everybody who knows of Iain, 10forCash, will vouch for him and his prices. Just drop him a pm/email(his preferred way), give him enough notice and he will work his majic at a better price than LR.
Jason
8th May 2009 3:20 pm
Ken
Member Since: 20 Feb 2006
Location: Here
Posts: 10865
If Iains busy could be sorted at the next pub meet by the sounds of it
8th May 2009 3:55 pm
RupertKE
Member Since: 13 Apr 2009
Location: North Wales
Posts: 23
Well my roof rails arrive tomorrow. I've got the instructions and it looks simple enough but has anyone done this before and got any tips?
Thanks Honi Soi Que Mal Y Pense
18th May 2009 4:19 pm
CFB
Member Since: 02 Dec 2005
Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
Posts: 6100
Only thing that needs a bit of care is prising the trims out of the roof to get access to the mounts, I use a large flat blade screwdriver to prise the trims up from above the windscreen, just needs a bit of care not to bend them as they are quite flimsy. Depending on the year of your car the trims may just pop out or may be held in with trim pegs.
If it has no trim pegs you will see the mount points along the roof, however I was a bit baffled as I couldn't see how the new bolts went into the small holes. Turns out that there are plastic caps on the holes painted to blend with the car that need removing first!! Easy to do just stick a small flat screwdriver into the top and twist, the cap will then come out leaving a nice threaded hole for the rail mounts to fasten into.
Cutting the trims is very easy with a junior hacksaw, just measure carefully from front to rear as per the instructions, there is a bit of tolerance here so you don't need a perfect cut.
Good luck, it really is a very simple job 2020 BMW X1 18d XDrive X-Line Auto
18th May 2009 5:08 pm
JKB
Member Since: 25 Jan 2008
Location: Harrogate
Posts: 47
Just reading through this thread as I'm about to buy roof rails.
Do the genuine LR roof bars bolt straight on to the roof rails? If so this seems a better option than buying Thule bars plus the feet or foot pads.
Have I got this right?
Thanks.
25th May 2009 7:33 pm
SJR
Member Since: 09 Aug 2006
Location: East Manchester
Posts: 4030
If you have the genuine roof rails, they are basically a track system, the LR cross bars slot in to them the same as the thule ones do!
The best bet is to decide what you want to carry on them and decide whether any accessories you might want (kayaks/bikes etc.) will fit on both or only one type of bars I believe that every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
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25th May 2009 7:37 pm
MacLeod 313
Member Since: 18 Apr 2008
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they dont bolt, they Slide , once in you take up the slack with an allen key and lock them. 2min job
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, once in you take up the slack with an allen key and lock them. 2min job
