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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 06:18 PM
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I picked the above roofrack up today thinking that these would work for my car. They were on a passat (cant remember the year now) but since it had the B5 body style sticker I assumed that they would fit my car. Well going by the above pictures they don't unless I am missing something...
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 06:26 PM
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Default I'm sure that's a generic picture.

The passat bodywork is actually quite different from the A4 on the roof pannels and rails.
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 06:29 PM
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thats actually a picture of the stuff in my garage =)
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 06:33 PM
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thoroughly confused -------&gt;
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 06:38 PM
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Default Nope. Wont work. Thule makes those racks for Audi and VW. They use different fit kits,...

they use different shaped roof pads and different shaped metal hooks (Thule calls it a "fit kit").
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 06:38 PM
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ouch...yea thats not gonna work.
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 06:40 PM
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Default yup...and each of the 4 corners have different feet....since they're all slightly different.

I have an extra fit kit i think....if you need it BSK.
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 06:52 PM
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<center><img src="http://i34.tinypic.com/293wqz8.jpg"></center><p>I think you'll need the roof racks in the pic. the Passat has a slight different contour to the roof line.
By the way, I've found the factory racks quite sturdy. With 2 18ft kayaks on top, they were absolutely fine. Dare I say, they have even hauled some lineal cedar siding(very carefully!). Hope you've gotten in some decent diving this season.
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Default I got these cheap and want them on my car

picked them up along with tons of other stuff today. need to get those puppies onto my car.
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