Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 23:40:46 -0400 From: Four Weis <mweinopsamcom> Subject: Re: Why Second Hand Roof Bars Too Wide for my New 900?
Just a thought, could your bar have been meant for the 9000 series? Dransfield wrote: > Thanks Robert. > I conclude from this that my bars should fit on most Saabs without > gutters (although 95 and 3 dr 900 not known). > > But also that front and rear bars may be of different lengths - I'm > confused because both my bars are the same length, and both too long > by the same amount in both positions. > Regards, > Dransfield > > On Mon, 03 Sep 2001 21:25:21 +0200, Robert Brown > <rjbnopsamnet.se.nospam> wrote: > > > > > > >Dransfield wrote: > > > >> I've just bought some Saab roof bars for my New 900, but they appear > >> to be about an inch too wide (when done up as tight as they go). > >> > >> Any ideas why this is? > > > >You may have mixed up the roof bars. The wider bar is for the front, the > >narrower bar goes aft. There's even a little diagram on each of the side > >plates indicating which is which. > > > >> > >> > >> The pegs it in the holes on the car okay (on one side at a time of > >> course!), and there's even a label on one of the bars which says "Saab > >> 900 5D" (mine is a 5 Door). > >> > >> Did they change the widths of new 900s at some stage (mine's a 1997), > > > >No. I can tell you that roof bars that we originally had on our 1995 900 > >SE fit on our 1999 9-3 without problems. The instruction manual indicates > >that these same bars fit on the 9000 1985 onwards. > > > >> > >> > >> Also, am I missing some 'feet' which put some weight onto the edge of > >> the roof? - As they are at the moment, all the weight of any load > >> would be taken on those 4 'pegs'. > > > >No feet, apart from the plastic shield that sits on one of the endplates > >to protect the roof when taking the bars on and off. > > > >Good luck. > > > >Robert, Gothenburg > >
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