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Date Registered: 07-2009
Location: Palmerston, NT
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Mine came with the Exy installed as part of a huge package deal upon purchase way back in 2003. Never removed them for anything never ever, oh wait I lie I lifted the passenger front side up an inch to slot in my UHF antenna mount thingy but prompty placed them back on the roof rail nice and tight again. emoticon

I'd say a big design inclusion that is simply a must have is some sort of embossed X-Trail logo either punched into the front side rails so you can see them from the front or cool little engraved X-Trail logos on the sides where they connect to the roof rails, maybe painted. Oh and they gotta be aerodynamic cos that's a necessity at warp speed for less resistance and better fuel economy when not carrying the kayak or whatever.

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Date Registered: 01-2010
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Hey guys,

Thanks for all your input. My main worry was weather the bars were made to put the load on a different direction than vertically.

I don't think I'll ever put more that 30kg on the roof mostly light stuff the kayaks only 20kg.

Are the racks made out of aluminum my concern is making them too heavy I could glue half a PVC pipe to the front of them to make the square tube more aerodynamic.

Does anyone have a detailed pick of the mounting end of the roof racks?


Cheers

Fil
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Date Registered: 01-2009
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The easiest way to mount your home made bars would be to purchase the appropriate mount for your model from a roof bar dealer and then mount your cross rails to that. Mind you you wouldn't be saving that much. If you factor in the cost of your time and materials then the roughly $200 you'd spend on a set of properly engineered roof bars doesn't seem that much after all.

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Date Registered: 01-2010
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As I said I have all the materials except for maybe the bolts so this is not a problem. Also I didn't pay for any of them.

So far it has cost me $0.

All I can see myself needing is paint and bolts.

Buying the mounts off a dealer they would probably be asking $500 for them. emoticon

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quote:

filtrail wrote:

Buying the mounts off a dealer they would probably be asking $500 for them. emoticon




Given that the local dealer just said around $200 for 2 bars complete I don't think so in fact RRP is $184 for the legs (not that members here pay retail).

My final word on the matter, I didn't come here to be insulted by idiots who don't want help.



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Alan,

There is no need to insult anyone as not everyone is aware that you are offering members of this forum special prices and deal on roof racks, certainly not "regular member" who haven't yet upgraded their membership to access the "discounts" section of the forum.

We have given Fil plenty of advice and opinions in this thread in response to his question, so it is now upto him to weigh-up the pros and cons of self manufacturing these roof racks.

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Date Registered: 01-2010
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What are you talking about I wasn't insulting you.

I was unaware that you are selling roof racks as Jalalski said I have not upgraded my membership so how am I supposed to know.

My reasoning for saying that a dealer would ask $500 was
1: I was recently quoted $400 from a wreckers.
2: It was an over exaggerated figure to make people laugh also know as a joke. emoticon

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Hey Fil,

That wrecker wasn't located close to Nissan head office was he? LOL emoticon

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Date Registered: 01-2010
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Ha ha.

Yeah they are very sort after roof racks, tow bars and nudge bars in Melbourne I don't know what it's like where you are.

The cheapest I've found them were $185 but I didn't have the cash then.
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quote:

filtrail wrote:
I was unaware that you are selling roof racks as Jalalski said I have not upgraded my membership so how am I supposed to know.


Try reading the 6th reply to your original post......


The bars I sell can have kayak carriers fitted to them as well as tie down points etc etc


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