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Old 06-12-2007, 03:38 AM
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Roof Rail Removal = castrating your car.

I did it to my X5 this weekend and put them back today. It made the car look like a station wagon. And it no longer looked tough. I felt like i had neutered my car. Anyone else agree with me. Im just giving people the heads up, becasue it is missleading when you see the pics of it done on the red 4.8is. His car looks sick despite having the rails removed, only because his car is that sick!


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Old 06-12-2007, 03:52 AM
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I agree that it looks good on some colors, but if I wanted a 540 wagon thats what I would have bought!

Sounds like it was easy to reverse though so be happy it wasnt a permanent mod or something that cost a lot of cheese.
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You're being kind, looks more like a mini-van with the rails off then a station wagon
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looks like a cayenne. I think the appearance of no roof rails is bad ass.
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So basically, those ass-ugly non-descript rails DEFINE the X5.......?
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Old 06-12-2007, 10:36 AM
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So basically, those ass-ugly non-descript rails DEFINE the X5.......?
No, but stripping them makes it a b_tch
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I agree, the X looks MUCH better with the rails. I still don't understand why some want to remove them. But, everyone has an opinion and should do what they feel makes since for them.
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If you remove them doesn't that make the x5 faster?
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If you remove them doesn't that make the x5 faster?
Yup and if you remove the headlight washers it changes wind resistance and gives you better 0-60 times....



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Cool

I don't get it. A roof rack is something that belongs on the family truckster...

For some reason this does not make a luxury european vehilce look good:

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