GENUINE AUDI Q5 SQ5 (Type FY 2017) Roof Bars for Vehicles with Roof Rails Bars Roof Girder Bridge 80 A071151

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ul>[*]Drill and bits[*]Angle grinder[*]5mm allen/hex key[*]tape measure/ruler[*]pencil[*]knife (to cut rubber strip)[*]optional extra - label machine to mark up each foot.[/list] The foot comes to pieces very easily - just remove the 2x hex bolts from the top of the rail and it will all fall off in your hands. The plastic casing is held together with friction and there doesn't appear to be any clips holding it as it is held together when bolted on the bar. Now all you need to do is remove your newly fitted bars and install the rubber into the groove of them. I found that I needed to take them inside and warm everything (including me) and rub a bit of washing up liquid on the rail to get the rubber to fit properly. I found that i needed to release the hex bolts again to get the feet to sit tightly against the car rails. Then I just tightened these up, got the label machine out to make sure that I fit everything the same way around. That way I shouldn't need to adjust them again.

Points to note:

[*]the rails on the Q3 are not parallel[*]one roof bar is shorter than the other![*]you are going to need to remove the foot with the 3 pegs on it, remove 2 of the 3 pegs, and shorten the bar by 10cm, drill and refit the foot.[*]It appears that the integrity of the foot is largely maintained by the grip around the outside of the car rail, so the pin is more of a guide to line everything up and even with only 1 pin doing the job its not going to fail. If you wish you can add in a new pin if you feel such inclined, but it will take some precision drilling and lining up of a new pin. Now fit the Bar which still has the other foot to the other side of the car and rest it on your newly farkled foot. This will allow you to mark the roof bar to see where you need to cut. In these pics the bar is just resting on the foot and is not attached.

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