New roof rails but no holes
 

Hi I bought some roof rails for the X5 but there is no holes to put them on
Do have have to drill the roof to find the holes.
Has anyone got pictures of how I do it.

Nothing in life is simple.

Thanks in advance

Romal

:hammer:

Dont think nails will work:rofl:

Do I have to drill and tap holes

Romal

Are there not plugs on the roof? I thought the factory just plugged the roof rail holes when X5's didn't come with them.

NO THERE IS NO HOLES,IF I TOOK THE HEAD LINING DOWN WOULD THE HOLES BE THERE AND I COULD JUST DRILL INTO THEM

DOES NOT MAKE SENSE THAT MOST HAVE RAILS AND THE ONES THAT DONT
HAVE NOT EVEN GOT THE HOLES,BIT SILLY BY BMW.
tHANKS
ROMAL

Do NOT drill and tap, can you snap a quick shot of the roof so I can see what you're dealing with?

will get pics tomorrow thanks

There are nuts welded within the holes that I capped. I don't think you're going to have much luck mounting them since I highly doubt those nuts are there since there wasn't a hole to fill for them to weld into.

Don't know what year you car is.
But on my 2010 i dropped the head liner and accessed the mounting points for the roof rails.

I have been told they might be under the lining.

How hard is it take down the lining

Cheers Romal

Romal you are driving people nut here, there is no answer for your question.

A pillars have a screw under the plastic SRS tab, remove all the other pillars and get ready to remove a big piece of pressboard. I did in in a 750iL one time, took some interesting moving around of the seats, coming sideways out the back door to get it out. You wouldn't have to completely remove it from the car to be able to bolt on the roof rails, but you'd better make sure you really want roof rails before you start remomving the headliner and drilling holes into your roof before you do this.

As pretty as the X is, I think it's a sin to put stuff onto the roof, so deleting them was the first thing I did. If it doesn't fit in the trunk, I don't need it. It's so much easier to wash and dry now that I don't have to work around them.

This site is for asking questions on how to do things,If you cant ask a question and get an answer whats the point of having an x5 site.

If I am driving you nuts dont read the thread.Simple

Romal