e90 roof bars

palmyra08 · 09-09-2008, 12:48 PM

Hi,

bought BMW-made roof bars for the E90 second hand on eBay. Right... Now to my joy, the manual says there are 4 'roof channel protectors' with L/R markings and a spring, which go under the roof bar at the mount points. The slight hickup is that they are not in the box........

Does anyone know if the lack of these 'channel protector' plastic bits means that installing the roof bars will do damage to the mount points? as it will be metal on metal... considering maybe some rubber strips instead as a diy solution.

Any ideas? much appreciated.

Brussles 328i Owner · 09-09-2008, 03:14 PM

I would suggest that you purchase some double sided tape from a local walmart, and then cut either a rubber strip or some sort of plastic strip. The stip needs to be no longer than one half inch wide. My personal recommendation would be the plastic strip, since this would protect the metal portion of the frame better.

Hope this helps.

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palmyra08 New Member 5 Rep 15 Posts Drives: 320d SE, 2008 Join Date: May 2008 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	e90 roof bars - roof channel protectors Hi, bought BMW-made roof bars for the E90 second hand on eBay. Right... Now to my joy, the manual says there are 4 'roof channel protectors' with L/R markings and a spring, which go under the roof bar at the mount points. The slight hickup is that they are not in the box........ Does anyone know if the lack of these 'channel protector' plastic bits means that installing the roof bars will do damage to the mount points? as it will be metal on metal... considering maybe some rubber strips instead as a diy solution. Any ideas? much appreciated.
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Brussles 328i Owner Registered 0 Rep 1 Posts Drives: 2008 328i Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mons, Belgium iTrader: (0)	I would suggest that you purchase some double sided tape from a local walmart, and then cut either a rubber strip or some sort of plastic strip. The stip needs to be no longer than one half inch wide. My personal recommendation would be the plastic strip, since this would protect the metal portion of the frame better. Hope this helps.
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