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Anyone selling roof racks?

Post by SIN6H » Mon Oct 01, 2018 10:50 am

Hey, anyone selling e70 roofbars? Preferably genuine bm ones?

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Post by sid10 » Mon Oct 01, 2018 3:22 pm

Hi I have a set for sale which type do you have Msport or Se as they are different for each car? Msport has flush rails, Se raised rails.

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Post by Spandex » Tue Oct 02, 2018 2:56 pm

Whereabouts are you? I have a set of Whispbar Aero-X bars in the shed:

https://www.roofbox.co.uk/scripts/rbveh ... Rank%2C6kN

Not OEM, but they're a lot lower profile (and therefore quieter) than most other styles of bar. No idea if they'll work with low profile rails - I've only used them with raised rails and don't really know what the low profile ones look like.

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Post by SIN6H » Tue Oct 02, 2018 9:09 pm

Looking for msport ones, based in midlands guys

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Post by lezmtaylor » Wed Oct 03, 2018 9:17 am

Why the prejudice against non oem roof  rack ?
I always check out the opposition on non critical items (I know r racks need to be fit for purpose), but you can save a bomb if researched correctly.

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Post by SIN6H » Wed Oct 03, 2018 11:48 am

[quote="lezmtaylor"]
Why the prejudice against non oem roof  rack ?
I always check out the opposition on non critical items (I know r racks need to be fit for purpose), but you can save a bomb if researched correctly.

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Fair point mate, i guess its because I dont have a great deal of time to do the research so normally buy oem as it does the trick (lazyness!!) but open to other suggestions

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Post by X5Sport » Wed Oct 03, 2018 8:57 pm

All mine are Thule which look awfully like OEM, but cheaper.
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Post by Spandex » Wed Oct 03, 2018 11:14 pm

[quote="X5Sport"]
All mine are Thule which look awfully like OEM, but cheaper.
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I was going to mention this. BMW don’t design or make roof racks. Any ‘genuine’ BMW rack will be a rebadged model from a well known manufacturer such as Thule, with a hefty price premium.

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Post by SIN6H » Sat Oct 06, 2018 8:04 pm

Guys, iv read online the se and msport roofbars are the same apart from the gripping feet, can these be changed? Would se bars fit an msport?

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Post by X5Sport » Sat Oct 06, 2018 8:34 pm

If you buy the Thule ones then yes.  Their roof bars can have any of a number of foot packs chosen depending upon your roof rail type.  Have a look at roofracks dot co dot Uk.  Lots of choices and all cheaper than OEM
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Post by SIN6H » Sun Oct 07, 2018 7:16 am

Thank you mate

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Post by Abbot26 » Sun Feb 03, 2019 2:17 pm

I have these if anyone is interested ?
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