just did this mod!

fyi, Lowe's sells the plugs!

just finished this mod too. We dont have lowe's in canada, so i checked out home depot/canadian tire/walmart and finally found a rona that had some hole plugs, but only had 5x11/16 and only 1x5/8, so after i drove to every rona in calgary, and with my luck not a single store had them in stock. So wanting to do this mod so badly, i search for other ideas, and actually came out with a better idea. I went to canadian tire bought 8x11/16 thin rubber washers, after i went to this store called Gregg's where they sold rubber grommets with the centre's filled, which was perfect. So i got 10x3/4 rubber grommets, the 3/4 fit nice and tight for the 5/8, but loose for the 11/16 hole, so i placed the thin rubber washers into the grommet's, and it fit perfectly nice and tight. I was worried about water getting into the holes, but with these grommets i have no worries. Heres a quick shot i took on my phone this morning after the mod, i'll take some more tomorrow with close ups.

http://www.mobilesource.ca/x5/roof_delete.jpg

IMO makes it look like a mini-van :dunno:

mini van??? what da?? i love the look without the roof rack. I always liked how the cayenne's / rdx and the srt-8's had no roof racks, gives it a more sporty/lux look. C'mon i know you wanna!!

:iagree:

Wagner, I would think roof rails = minivan not the other way around....

That's why there was the whole IMO thing. :)

:rofl: :tgif:

I just removed the rails on my 2003 3.0i X... and I don't know about others, but when i bought the 11/16 stops to put in the holes they were way too big... for my car the bigger wholes were 2 sizes down from 11/16.. and the 2 smaller holes one size 3 sizes down from 11/16..
...now i got 10 extra plugs... anyone got some wholes to fill?? :)

Can someone who has done this post some close-up photos of their roof with the grommets (or plus or whatever) shown? I love to see the final product.


Thinking about doing this to mine.


Thanks in advance!

Hi

When you put the gromets in did you seal them with anything? did you paint them. Any advise would be good?

Many thanks.. The car looks very well..