Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2001 21:25:21 +0200 From: Robert Brown <rjbnopsamnet.se.nospam> Subject: Re: Why Second Hand Roof Bars Too Wide for my New 900?
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