How To Take Off Roof Bars

I saw a few posts about roof racks with missing keys.

How to take off roof bars.

How can i tell if this thing is currently locked. I drove away from the dealership with the bars in my cargo area. Simply loosen both feet and lift your thule rack off the roof of. Again most commonly found on estate cars the solid roof rail pictured below is a more modern version of the raised roof rail.

I called a local locksmith who said he could probably get the locks open but didn t think he could get or make keys for it. Iirc when facing the side of the car place your hands around to the back of the roof bars and try and pull the cover away from where it wraps around the body of the main roof bar. Roof bars for cars with solid roof rails. Reverse these steps to reinstall the crossbars.

Remove plastic track caps one on each end of slider from rear slider secion 5. Remove the end cap. Top pops off and bottom slides out. Some said you could either go to a dealer to get new keys and cylinders or go to a locksmith.

The vehicle comes with the 4 chromatic caps that cover the holes where the bars attach to the rails. Let s face it i never use roof racks never have most likely. Repeat these steps for the second crossbar. You can remove the thule roof bars from your car truck or suv in a matter of minutes.

Slide the crossbar off the roof rack. Use 12mm wrench or socket to losen bolts on rear cross bar and slide bar forward on track and lift off. How can i remove this thing. Thule mounting rack systems attach to your vehicle s roof with a compression clamp system.

No problem at all. Use 12mm wrench or socket to remove bolts on forward most cross bar. When the crossbars are removed from the roof rack make sure to store them somewhere safe. Don t use the roof rack if you do not have the crossbars installed.

I too dislike the looks of them. Removing roof bars just ease perswade them off.