How To Take Off Roof Bars

Slide the crossbar off the roof rack.

How to take off roof bars. Roof bars for cars with solid roof rails. Iirc when facing the side of the car place your hands around to the back of the roof bars and try and pull the cover away from where it wraps around the body of the main roof bar. They tend to be found on cars from roughly 2006 onwards and are flush with the car roof ie there s no gap between the roof and rail. I called a local locksmith who said he could probably get the locks open but didn t think he could get or make keys for it.

How can i remove this thing. Thule mounting rack systems attach to your vehicle s roof with a compression clamp system. I saw a few posts about roof racks with missing keys. How can i tell if this thing is currently locked.

You can remove the thule roof bars from your car truck or suv in a matter of minutes. Use 12mm wrench or socket to remove bolts on forward most cross bar. No problem at all. Some said you could either go to a dealer to get new keys and cylinders or go to a locksmith.

Because of this simple design removing the rack is almost effortless. Top pops off and bottom slides out. I too dislike the looks of them. I had my dealer remove them prior to pickup of my new limited.

Simply loosen both feet and lift your thule rack off the roof of. Remove the end cap. I drove away from the dealership with the bars in my cargo area. Remove plastic track caps one on each end of slider from rear slider secion 5.

Don t use the roof rack if you do not have the crossbars installed. When the crossbars are removed from the roof rack make sure to store them somewhere safe. Use 12mm wrench or socket to losen bolts on rear cross bar and slide bar forward on track and lift off. Again most commonly found on estate cars the solid roof rail pictured below is a more modern version of the raised roof rail.

The vehicle comes with the 4 chromatic caps that cover the holes where the bars attach to the rails. Let s face it i never use roof racks never have most likely.