LWB roof bars: Rivnut on ?

[stinka]

Ok, so i got out of bed and had a cup of tea, got my cordless impact driver with a philips, a flat blade screwdriver, and a 14mm socket to drop of seatbelt swivels off pillars.

Pull off a, b and c pillar trims, all grab handels, sunvisors and interior lights and lining comes out, absolute piece of piss, took 15 mins and it was on floor

 

[stinka]

Now, to get the masking tape on the roof, roughly where it mounts. and mess about alining them

 

[Fez_uk]

then the part where you need to commit and drill.

 

[96terrano]

Now, to get the masking tape on the roof, roughly where it mounts. and mess about alining them

That's what I did. Just don't look back when drilling! :nono

 

[stinka]

Drilled spot on, just need to go up town and get a 12mm drill bit. those big spacers drop in as i thought and sit on the cross bars

 

[Fez_uk]

make sure you tell your insurance :jesterbg

 

[96terrano]

I just had a good look at you're roof and all the cross members are in the same place as mine. Even though its got a sunroof

 

[kitchenman]

If you carry ply it may be wise to put a rope from tow bar to front bull bar to stop taking off

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

well there is certainly not a cross member to support the front end of the bars in my swb van with no sun roof.

 

[stinka]

DONE !!

Not too bad at all. masked off and marked it up after doing a dry fit less bolts

Then drilled all the holes etc. those lugs were spacers for cross members as i suspected:

Rears were a bit tricky to access but not too bad:

I used 'evo stick- sticks like' which is something i use all the time for joinery related stuff. its flexible and sticks anything and is waterproof. now i used this stuff to form a bond between the roof skin and the side structure. this will take all the flex out of the front bit that is in the middle of 2 cross members:

and everywhere else:

And that was it, pretty straight forward:

 

[Kamsin]

Looks good matey

 

[stinka]

Cheers mate

 

[christof30]

Thats made my mind up I definately want some now.

 

[makeitfit]

That's pretty much the way I did my LWB rails onto my SWB :thumbs

 

[96terrano]

you've done it identical to how i did, same mounting places and everything:thumbs:thumbs btw, what's you're roof lining like? is it fabric or like a fibre board? i'm wanting to upgrade the lining in my T2 for a fabric one but not sure if the newer ones are fabric:nenau