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Fitting expo rack on my07...
I've acquired an expo rack and have it fitted currently.
I need to put the front brackets on, but the instructions all tell you to take the trim off and drill a hole in it. My trim has a small circle plug (which I haven't removed yet) is it possible that they've updated the vehicles with this plug instead of having to remove the whole trim.
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28th Jun 2011 8:21 pm
grahamandsam
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My D3 has those plugs and i've a rack fitted
- just pull one out with a pair of pliers and this should be the fitting for the front feet
28th Jun 2011 8:26 pm
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allreet bodsy
mine is a 56 d3 with plugs in the trim so just take the plug out n fit the expo foot.put some grease on the fixing bolt so it come off easy when you need to
i only lift the trim to put wiring under then down the a pillar cover
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28th Jun 2011 8:27 pm
Rob_whp
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Yep the holes already there as it was on mine ! Took ages trying to prize the pug off though and then realised it screws off !
28th Jun 2011 8:28 pm
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Excellent!
I'd better get off my backside and go and do it then!!!!! Bodsys Brake Bible
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28th Jun 2011 8:30 pm
Frans@yamorna
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Correct,they screw out.....keep them to refit and keep water out when you take the RR off.If not,you will have to put the bolts back,and that does not look neat I only fit my RR when I need it,otherwise the car fits in nowhere
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28th Jun 2011 8:53 pm
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Mine was the same Bodsy MY54 pulled the gromits out
Could not get one of the plugs to come out. They are not actually threaded, just serated, and ended up pulling the top off. So, destroyed the centre with a long self taper, punched the remains down as far as I could with a screwdriver, and the bolt went in just fine!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.
28th Jun 2011 11:18 pm
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Cheers all, they're now removed, but I don't think I'll bother putting them back in, my patience with them errrr wasn't conducive to recycling
What do you chaps who have got the rack fitted do for antenna mounts? There is no exposed rail to fit Uncle Ray's brackets back on.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.
28th Jun 2011 11:31 pm
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What about in the side rail of the rack? Depends on which aerial you have of course and whether it will go 90 degrees.Bodsys Brake Bible
What do you chaps who have got the rack fitted do for antenna mounts? There is no exposed rail to fit Uncle Ray's brackets back on.
Just get 2 bolts or 1 (depend on if you have the HD on or standard) and slide them in the rail of the roof rack it's self then use the top part of the RLD mount and bolt it on. Filming something somewhere...
They are all SO235 fitting and only go straight up. 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.
Just get 2 bolts and slide them in the rail of the roof rack
I thought that sounded like a great way to do it - but I can't find a way to slide the bolt in. Neither the rear cross-rail or the movable one have cutouts to allow the bolt to drop into the slot. I'm more reluctant to cut notches in the rack rails than I am to punch a couple of holes through the roof. Any other ideas? 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.
All the floor rails should have a slot? Failing that, a couple of "U" bolts around the rail may be your answerI know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
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and have it fitted currently.
I only fit my RR when I need it,otherwise the car fits in nowhere 
