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Martin Imber Over Active Poster Offline LPG Omega V6 - Keyfobs Rebuilt Posts: 20110 Worcester Gender: Drives: 2001 Omega 2.6CD LPG & 3.0 cams	Re: Advice on roof bars for saloon Reply #15 - 08. Jan 2007 at 21:24 The Halfords ones are about £20 or so, I needed them due to the contents of my boot!
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Paul M Omega Knight Offline Posts: 1689 Edinburgh Gender: Drives: BMW 840Ci, Yamaha R1	Re: Advice on roof bars for saloon Reply #16 - 08. Jan 2007 at 23:15 I'm surprised they're that cheap, probs go for a set then if they're secure enough. VX ones are going on £80
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The Barge Captain Omega Knight Offline Back in the land of the economicaly active Posts: 1827 Bristol Gender: Drives: Saab 95 vector sport 1.9TiD	Re: Advice on roof bars for saloon Reply #17 - 09. Jan 2007 at 00:12 My old man has a set of genuine ones for his saloon. I'll have a look at how they fit next time i go over to visit.
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Paul M Omega Knight Offline Posts: 1689 Edinburgh Gender: Drives: BMW 840Ci, Yamaha R1	Re: Advice on roof bars for saloon Reply #18 - 09. Jan 2007 at 00:50 Cool cheers that would be awesome. Ask him if he wants to flog 'em too
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Re: Advice on roof bars for saloon
Reply #19 - 09. Jan 2007 at 08:10

Paddy Hopkirk have renamed to Mont Blanc
So lots if interchangable boxes.
Ive an estate so their universal roofbars are fine for me.
I have seen inflatable roof bars for anything! nylon webbing straps go through the doors and join in the middle to hold them on!
just pump up the other bit to carry <100kgs!
Only ever seen em in a camping shop in Keswick though!

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Jimbob Global Moderator Admin Team Offline Third nipple removal completed succesfuly Posts: 20462 Chester / Flintshire Gender: Drives: 52 3.2 MV6 Estate & 98 3.0 MV6 Manual Estate	Re: Advice on roof bars for saloon Reply #20 - 13. Jan 2007 at 13:31 Found em online.... http://www.handirackuk.com/ may be worth a look depending on you needs.
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Re: Advice on roof bars for saloon
Reply #21 - 13. Jan 2007 at 23:09

Paul M wrote on 08. Jan 2007 at 20:45:

HI2DVY wrote on 07. Jan 2007 at 23:11:

Paul M wrote on 07. Jan 2007 at 18:04:

I'm looking for some roof bars to fit my saloon, to carry snowboards on. For the full details see my post in the wanted section here. There are a few on fleabay such as these but hardly any have pictures of the actual ones for sale so I have no idea of the quality or ease of fitting etc. You can buy them as accessories from VX, but as always they seem to work out the average market price and multiply it by 5 then add VAT, so seeing as I'm not yet a millionaire I'll give them a miss (unless a used pair come up).

Anyone got any advice in this department? Also my car has a little groove running along the length of the roof on both sides just above the doors, I take it this is the "gutters" for roof bar mounting they talk about?

I have a set from halfrauds which do the job. They seem to be a standard fitting for "gutterless" cars such as the facelift meega. Biggest problem using roof bars on the meega is the curvature of the roof which means that the bars sit at an angle to each other. Not an issue for me cos I use them for bike racks but I use a set which kink in the middle to compensate.

I see you're in Scotland Paul M - I'd be happy to lend them to you for a few days so you could try them out.

Cheers

Dave

Cheers for the offer Dave, I stay in Edinburgh these days so it'd be pretty easy to pop over one evening

. Where abouts are you? How much do the halfrauds ones cost?

Hi Mate - sorry for the delayed response - been offline for a few days. I still have the roofbars if you want to try them out. I'm in South Q and in Edinburgh most days. PM me and we'll sort something out.

Dave

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Paul M Omega Knight Offline Posts: 1689 Edinburgh Gender: Drives: BMW 840Ci, Yamaha R1	Re: Advice on roof bars for saloon Reply #22 - 14. Jan 2007 at 01:01 Cool cheers, will drop you a PM.
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