not for the faint of heart...

[etlsport]

...or those without roof rail covers! i cut mine all to pieces...

i was tired of my roof rack looking unfinished so i got off my lazy butt and did somethin about it!
before
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/roof_012.jpg (http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/roof_012.jpg)
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/medium/covers_002.jpg (http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/covers_002.jpg)
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/medium/covers_008.jpg (http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/covers_008.jpg)


thanks to bart and kenny for the idea

[Ldub]

Nice Work !

[nfpgasmask]

Yes, yes! Very nice! I never understood why the stock rack didn't just come with replacement rail covers with the holes already made. Makes no sense, especially since it is hella ugly with out the covers.

Good work dude!

Bart

[MZ-N10]

they did come with covers.....ppl just lose them

[nfpgasmask]

No, I mean replacement covers that already have a hole in them for the roof rack. I just don't understand why this was overlooked.

Bart



they did come with covers.....ppl just lose them

[Ascinder]

They look great!! :_drool: Mind sharing how you made them and what materials? I really need some of these to hide the shame of my hack-job roofmounts. :o

[nfpgasmask]

Hey, you need the stock rail covers to start, and a Dremel. Here is how I did it:

Rail Covers (http://www.nofuture.com/myvx/mods/roofrack.htm)

See my site for more info/pics here:

VX Madness ( http://www.nofuture.com/myvx/myvx.htm)

Bart



They look great!! :_drool: Mind sharing how you made them and what materials? I really need some of these to hide the shame of my hack-job roofmounts. :o

[etlsport]

i measured up how high off the roof the opening under the rail is on each position, then took the roof rack mount i have and centered it up against the cover, marked the edges.. measured up the distance i needed to cut, drew my lines with a dry erase board marker (easily wipes off when youre done) then used the bit bart used to cut away the bulk of the material.. then switched over to this to round it off and smooth everything out
http://www.mnpctech.3dpixelnet.com/images/pics/HDwing5.jpg

barts method probably works much better when doing more extensive cutting, mine required minimal cutting so i didnt worry too much about making a pattern make sure to test fit your roof rail covers on the roof rails and mark which goes where to make sure you dont cut the wrong cover

[nfpgasmask]

I :heart: http://www.unitedsewing.com/dremel-logo.gif

[VXD959]

Bart & all,

Nice job! How much for getting mine done? I don't have the tools, talent,and/ or the patience. I'll ship them to you...

[Knigh7s]

Looks nice!

I wish I still had my rail covers! The X threw mine out with the garbage! (by accident she said, I say, thats a load of BS!)

[jkstephens83]

Looks nice!

I wish I still had my rail covers! The X threw mine out with the garbage! (by accident she said, I say, thats a load of BS!)


Sounds like a good reason to dump her to me :) j/k nice work ETL

[nfpgasmask]

Hey, honestly, I would do it for you, but if I f'ed up, I would feel really bad. Not to mention, I would need to take off my roof rack and get my covers off again, which I don't want to do since I broke of of the tabs off one one of the rail covers and I don't want to risk that again.

Its really not that hard, all you need is a Dremel, which can be had for $50 at Wal*mart.

:) Bart


Bart & all,

Nice job! How much for getting mine done? I don't have the tools, talent,and/ or the patience. I'll ship them to you...

[etlsport]

id gladly help out.. but i dont have a stock roof rack.. so i wouldnt know how/where to cut... barts right though, dremels are pretty cheap... and worth their weight in gold

the best way i figured out to remove the rail covers is i took a small flat screwdriver and slipped it under the middle of the cover towards the outside of the vx, and then slid it to one side lifting gently until that corner popped up, then slid the screwdriver to the other side until that one popped up, then slid the cover straight towards the opposite rail (horizontally across the roof) and it just slid right off (might be helpful to put some e-tape on the underside of the screwdriver to prevent scratching the roof

[CrnCnn]

I think I may vomit... I only need one... It looks so f'd up with one missing, but i think it looks worse with all missing.. :: DRY HEAVE:: o the humanity.

No, it looks good. I would do the same if i had a rack (and all four covers)

[rowhard]

Bart, I think what you really mean is it should of come with both sets of covers casue it would really look butt ugly for us that don't run the racks to have covers that had holes in them.

[nfpgasmask]

Clint, have you called Merlin to see if he has one? If you just need one it shouldn't be too expensive.

Bart


I think I may vomit... I only need one... It looks so f'd up with one missing, but i think it looks worse with all missing.. :: DRY HEAVE:: o the humanity.

No, it looks good. I would do the same if i had a rack (and all four covers)

[CrnCnn]

Clint, have you called Merlin to see if he has one? If you just need one it shouldn't be too expensive.

Bart

No, I have been pretty broke since we are movin. Maybe by june I could try a bit harder.