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florinelu07
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04 Dec 2017 06:53 #186988 by florinelu07

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I do understand that, but I'm afraid of water leakage after "tampering" the OEM rails.
Given that the rails have a limited load limit of ~40kilos and the roof rack weights about 5 kilos now (with mounts and paint it will gain 1-2 more kilos), I would say that I'm having a safe 30kilos of load to carry.

In the end the purpose of the rack is to carry some light luggage when travelling and 99% of situations will just hold the roof lights/ledbar.

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04 Dec 2017 07:02 #186989 by Lambert

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Ah no, the rails are held on by captive studs protruding up from the roof, there no path for water ingress.

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04 Dec 2017 09:02 #186997 by jackonlyjack

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As 11/60 says i have had no problems with water
Also if you actually removed one of the roof bars
You will see just how flimsy they are

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04 Dec 2017 09:31 #187000 by Daniel30

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No leakage here either

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04 Dec 2017 10:58 #187002 by florinelu07

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Thank you all.

I'll have a look under the rail covers.

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04 Dec 2017 11:01 #187003 by florinelu07

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Quick question: recommended AT/MT tyre to fit the standard rim and size (205/70 r15)?

For winter I intend to keep the dedicated snow tyres, but for the other 3 seasons I would like to use somenthing suitable for tarmac/mud but also for road use.

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