can roof rails on Avant be taken off without a trip to autobody shop

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

Sep 29, 1999 | 11:25 AM

Herb

Guest

Posts: n/a

can roof rails on Avant be taken off without a trip to autobody shop

Sep 29, 1999 | 12:52 PM

Reggie

Guest

Posts: n/a

Why???

Sep 29, 1999 | 02:21 PM

Jack Martin

Guest

Posts: n/a

Re: can roof rails on Avant be taken off without a trip to autobody shop

Don't know how they're mounted to the roof, but the system's good for a 220 pound load. My guess is that there's a fairly substantial fastener going through a good sized hole under each of those six columns.

But, yeah --- WHY?

Jack

Sep 29, 1999 | 03:58 PM

Ray Calvo

Guest

Posts: n/a

Sure; hacksaw should work fine

Beyond that, even if you do take them off, prob. will be left with either
a) studs sticking up at the ends
b) holes in the roof

Sep 29, 1999 | 04:27 PM

Herb

Guest

Posts: n/a

because I already have a mondial cross bar system & doesnt attach to roof rails

Sep 30, 1999 | 08:03 AM

gmm

Guest

Posts: n/a

Headliner has to be removed, then holes patched/painted,

so no. Probably would require a trip to dealer AND a trip to body shop. Let me know if you make the plunge, I'd like to see what it looks like. I've seen pictures of the RS2 from overseas websites that don't have rails (don't know if they were built this way) and thought it was an interesting look. The A4 Avant would look a lot less like a station wagon without the rails, especially the bright finish ones on the 2.8.