Member Since: 17 Jan 2011
Location: Solihull
Posts: 248
Width of Roof Bars?
Hi,
I have some roof bars with regular clamps for securing to roof rails. I have tried these on my Disco3 but it looks like I need to get new fixtures.
Looking around I see LR Bars look a lot flatter and 'wider' than my bars. I'm concerned that the clamps used for securing to the box itself won't fit. My question is, for those of you with these 'aero' bars (and who would be kind enough to measure) is how wide are the bars? I mean the width - e.g. 6cm, rather than the length.
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2006 Mercedes CLK350 Convertible
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9th May 2011 10:41 pm
RSAChris
Member Since: 16 Apr 2010
Location: Centurion RSA
Posts: 154
You are in luck
I did not want to fit the Frontrunner rails to my D3 just to install their roof rack. I used all the Frontrunner attachments and just made up 30mm x 30mm square nuts that go into the standard D3 rails (Frontrunner square nuts were 15mm x 15mm).
Edit - O, the square nuts are 6mm thick - see if you can buy them over there, here in Africa one needs to manufacture it yourself.
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. My question is, for those of you with these 'aero' bars (and who would be kind enough to measure) is how wide are the bars? I mean the width - e.g. 6cm, rather than the length.
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10th May 2011 10:12 am
WhiskyDisco
Member Since: 17 Jan 2011
Location: Solihull
Posts: 248
Thanks for the replies - I have dug out the 'alternative' clamps. They slide in, rather than clamp around the bars. All I need now are some bars for less than a ton....Previous cars
1988 Austin Metro 1.0
1996 Mazda MX5 1.6
1990 Toyota Celica 2.0
2001 Volkswagen Passat 1.9
2004 Lexus RX300 3.0
2005 Disco3 4.4 V8 (300bhp)
2006 Mercedes CLK350 Convertible
2010 Ford S-Max 2.0 Titanium X (240bhp)
2009 Disco3 2.7 TDi
2016 VW Caravelle Generation Six (204bhp)
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