No Roof Rails mod.. on imola 4.8

[ljnlaw]

Great looking X...can you give us the size of your rims with width of the fronts and rears...BTW what kind of rims are they?

[Ajogu]

Very nice. I'd be too scared to take my roof racks off. All the same your X looks GREAT!

[XXX55]

how do you remove the roof rails? Is it easy to do?

[Lennon]

Fantastic car, did you use any kind of sealer when you put the gromet in the hole?

[Lennon]

Roof rails removed without any issue, looks much better.

[JayX5]

Looks great. Time for some Al RBs though.

[AlpineMsix]

I dont know if im going to get the Aluminum RB's. I might...


As far as taking the roof rails off, the torx bolts that hold them down, are pretty tight on there, but with some tools and a T-40 torx key thingy its a piece of cake.

And after doing this mod... i wondered to myself, could the roof rails be a safety "roll over" protection.. maybe not, but i can see how itd help, if the car did roll over.

[statdoc]

Originally Posted by imola4.8isWA

And after doing this mod... i wondered to myself, could the roof rails be a safety "roll over" protection.. maybe not, but i can see how itd help, if the car did roll over.

No structural strength in the rails, compared to the weight of the car. I would not consider them remotely like a "roll bar" or any such thing. Your mod should not decrease the safety of the X5 whatsoever!

[sidney]

Wow, Never realised how good imola red looks on an X5, nicest I have seen, wheels look ace, well done!

[dkl]

As much as I love this Imola 4.8, it's starting to transform into a wagon "look" with the suspension lowering and roof rails deletion.