How To Take Off Roof Bars

Again most commonly found on estate cars the solid roof rail pictured below is a more modern version of the raised roof rail.

How to take off roof bars.

Remove the end cap. 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. Slide the crossbar off the roof rack. Some said you could either go to a dealer to get new keys and cylinders or go to a locksmith.

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. The vehicle comes with the 4 chromatic caps that cover the holes where the bars attach to the rails. Because of this simple design removing the rack is almost effortless. Thule mounting rack systems attach to your vehicle s roof with a compression clamp system.

Don t use the roof rack if you do not have the crossbars installed. Let s face it i never use roof racks never have most likely. How can i remove this thing. I too dislike the looks of them.

I had my dealer remove them prior to pickup of my new limited. Top pops off and bottom slides out. Use 12mm wrench or socket to remove bolts on forward most cross bar. Roof bars for cars with solid roof rails.

Repeat these steps for the second crossbar. 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. When the crossbars are removed from the roof rack make sure to store them somewhere safe.

Remove plastic track caps one on each end of slider from rear slider secion 5. Reverse these steps to reinstall the crossbars. No problem at all. 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.

Removing roof bars just ease perswade them off. I saw a few posts about roof racks with missing keys.