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Will Hay

Member Since: 04 Oct 2010
Location: Beautiful Yorkshire
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2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Manual Java Black

You can't fit a bike rack to the LR roof bars

I had to change the title to ellicit a response

Can anyone recommend a bike rack to mount on the roof cross bars of the D3?
I have a set I used on the previous car but of course these don't fit on the wider D3 roof cross bars

I don't need anything fancy, they're only light kids bikes.
Thanks

D3 incl. genuine glass windscreen, front bi-focal headlights, full width rear bumper, self levelling washer bottle contents and audible 'tick tock' indicator stalk
911 GT3 had one [never]
R8 V12 just gone [past me]
Piiss highest up a wall winner runner up 1979

3rd Jun 2011 1:09 pm

Will Hay

Member Since: 04 Oct 2010
Location: Beautiful Yorkshire
Posts: 613

...bump, although I'm fearing I'll have to buy genuine LR bike racks

D3 incl. genuine glass windscreen, front bi-focal headlights, full width rear bumper, self levelling washer bottle contents and audible 'tick tock' indicator stalk
911 GT3 had one [never]
R8 V12 just gone [past me]
Piiss highest up a wall winner runner up 1979

8th Jun 2011 2:36 pm

Ted Newman

Member Since: 09 Oct 2010
Location: SE London
Posts: 840

2011 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 XS Auto Rimini Red

The Thule racks come with two types of 'clamps' one is the standard 'round the bar' clamp and the other is made of long bolts with large square heads that slot int the cross bars - just lift the central rubber strip, unlock the cross bars and slide the locking piece out, slide in the bolts and replace locks.

If you intend to use the bike racks often the shorten the rubber strip so you do not have to remove it each time.

PS my Thule came with both types and at first I wondered what the bolts were for when I changed cars - Sorento to Discover - I found out

LR Discovery 4 XS pulling an Airstream 532 Caravan also own (since new) a 1996 MGF

8th Jun 2011 2:50 pm

Will Hay

Member Since: 04 Oct 2010
Location: Beautiful Yorkshire
Posts: 613

Brilliant, thanks.
Just so I'm clear, all thule racks come with the two sets of clamps as standard?
Thanks again, D3 incl. genuine glass windscreen, front bi-focal headlights, full width rear bumper, self levelling washer bottle contents and audible 'tick tock' indicator stalk
911 GT3 had one [never]
R8 V12 just gone [past me]
Piiss highest up a wall winner runner up 1979

8th Jun 2011 2:53 pm

Ted Newman

Member Since: 09 Oct 2010
Location: SE London
Posts: 840

Unnecessary quote removed

Not sure if they all come with them but mine did and it is a standard Thule item - I will try and see if I have which model they are BUT that will be in my garage which is three miles away

LR Discovery 4 XS pulling an Airstream 532 Caravan also own (since new) a 1996 MGF

8th Jun 2011 2:55 pm

The Large One

Member Since: 20 Apr 2007
Location: Down the polytunnel
Posts: 6143

2009 Discovery 3 TDV6 XS Auto Stornoway Grey

The LR genuine rook mount racks are THule manufactured anyway

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I no longer work for a Landrover Dealer

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8th Jun 2011 2:58 pm

Ted Newman

Member Since: 09 Oct 2010
Location: SE London
Posts: 840

There you go!! LR Discovery 4 XS pulling an Airstream 532 Caravan also own (since new) a 1996 MGF

8th Jun 2011 3:00 pm

Will Hay

Member Since: 04 Oct 2010
Location: Beautiful Yorkshire
Posts: 613

Thanks Nick/Ted

Ted Newman wrote:
...will be in my garage which is three miles away

Christ your driveway must be a pig to clear when it snows

Hey Ted!
1996 MGF?
I have a 2002 MGTF160 I play with on weekends

D3 incl. genuine glass windscreen, front bi-focal headlights, full width rear bumper, self levelling washer bottle contents and audible 'tick tock' indicator stalk
911 GT3 had one [never]
R8 V12 just gone [past me]
Piiss highest up a wall winner runner up 1979

8th Jun 2011 3:14 pm

Ted Newman

Member Since: 09 Oct 2010
Location: SE London
Posts: 840

Yep real pig and my caravan is 2.5 miles away

The rack we have is the 591 - a very elegant, simple and easy to fit bikes and very secure. Seems most rack have Aero Bar fitting capability except the 530 and then you buy the T bar kit.

PS I haven't just rushed up to and back from the garage but did a 'GOOGLE'

Had the *F* since new - bought it sight unseen when it was launched in 1995 took delivery in February 1996! Spent last weekend driving around the Chilterns and Cotswolds staying in a small hotel on Cleeve Hill. Great fun - off to Monaco for an MG meet in September. LR Discovery 4 XS pulling an Airstream 532 Caravan also own (since new) a 1996 MGF

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8th Jun 2011 3:32 pm

Will Hay

Member Since: 04 Oct 2010
Location: Beautiful Yorkshire
Posts: 613

Thanks.
Think it's the 532 for me, they're only small bikes for a nine and seven year old. D3 incl. genuine glass windscreen, front bi-focal headlights, full width rear bumper, self levelling washer bottle contents and audible 'tick tock' indicator stalk
911 GT3 had one [never]
R8 V12 just gone [past me]
Piiss highest up a wall winner runner up 1979

8th Jun 2011 3:33 pm

Ted Newman

Member Since: 09 Oct 2010
Location: SE London
Posts: 840

Looks good - didn't exist when we bought our racks some 6 years ago

LR Discovery 4 XS pulling an Airstream 532 Caravan also own (since new) a 1996 MGF

8th Jun 2011 3:40 pm

Navigator

Member Since: 17 Mar 2010
Location: Stay at Home. One of the lives you save could be your own.
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2015 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 SE Auto Causeway Grey

Will Hay wrote:
only small bikes for a nine and seven year old.

In four years they will be BIG bikes for a 13 and 11 year old! A vaccine does not stop you catching a virus, or passing it on, or getting ill from it, really ill. It does reduce the likelyhood of you dying when really, really ill. Stay Alive - KEEP AWAY FROM PEOPLE.

8th Jun 2011 4:23 pm