That sounds like a good idea. I'll certainly be speccing the roof rails but the bars I'll only use twice a year for family holidays. Any idea of the type of price a week they are likely to charge, as if it's too much it might be better to just buy the bars?
I think they really suit the car - even before you start thinking about the practicality side. The roof rails and cross bars on the Freelander 2 were awful - looked like you'd had the scaffolders in ......... :?
Would the roofrails still be aluminium colour if you ordered a Black Pack?
I use the Thule wingbars which secure directly on the roof without roofrails (only use them once a year for camping with a large 510 litres roofbox)
That sounds like a good idea. I'll certainly be speccing the roof rails but the bars I'll only use twice a year for family holidays. Any idea of the type of price a week they are likely to charge, as if it's too much it might be better to just buy the bars?
Whilst it is a personal taste thing I'd be inclined to agree with you on an HSE in Loire. As you don't have a black roof and are not going for the black pack the silver bars will imo tie in better with the other silver bits on the car.
That's what I'm thinking Lofti, especially when I look at these pics here. The Loire is quite a conservative colour so a little extra silver might lift it.
HSE has light grey trim rather than bright silver; indeed the fog lights surrounds are black on all cars but the HSE Luxury. I would still opt for silver roof rails as Loire Blue can be a bit dark otherwise in my view
I go for silver as well I think it would work well with the dark colour.
True the HSE has black bits ie flog lamp and rear tailgate finisher, but is also has bright parts such as the grill, wing vents and under shields which would go with the bright rails.
Anyone know if you can buy the rails and self fit? On the verge of getting my DS ordered, and the salesman thought they could only be dealer fitted now, but he wasn't 100% sure.
The normal places like Duckworths seem to be lacking them, but I found fitting instructions in another post, and I fitted them myself on my current Evoque, so I would be keen to do so again since it was an easy DIY job and to save a few quid too.
The rails bolt directly to the roof fixings under the original ditch finishers, so can be self installed with the aid of a torque wrench. Once installed, the fixings are then hidden by the top caps.
It's worth noting that the aluminium roof variant will require an ditch finisher to fill the void under the rail but the Pano variant doesn't.
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