Removal Of Roof Bars

[fritz56]

Hi has anyone removed the roof bars? seen a few cars with out and looks sweet.Thanks

[BKC34]

hey mate i have already asked about this, have a look thru the threads and you shall find your answer

[rb26stagea]

Mine are off at the moment, but I am waiting to reassemble the rail replacement kit. We should have these available to purchase in the next couple of months: I will post when they are ready...

[BKC34]

oh sweet, you are gonna make like a mould of the plastic thingies you need to put in?

[rb26stagea]

Nope: the entire rail replacement - all 2m (each side) of it. They are fibreglass, by the way...

[BKC34]

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet. so basically, pull off the roof lining, unbolt the roof racks, put in (your) rail replacements and bobs your uncle?

how much you looking at selling these for roughly?

will defintely have to ge tone off ya when they are made

[rb26stagea]

cost is not yet finalised, but they'll be reasonable. Remember, you also have to fill the holes left in the roof by the rails themselves: they screw through the roof metal... Thr ails are HEAVY! wait 'til you have them off: must do wonders for the centre of gravity... Will keep you posted as to timeframe/cost, but am expecting to start fitment in the next week or 2....

*edit* Actually, I don't have them in front of me, but i THINK the replacements have screws in them...

[BKC34]

tru shit aye, they are that heavy. hrmm nice, just a good excuse to get rid of them then

[Raysboostin]

how did you get on with those fill panels??? im keen as for a set

[darrinspencer]

how did you get on with those fill panels??? im keen as for a set

They did not happen. Slack body kit shop

[rb26stagea]

Yeah, sorry guys: I was led around in circles for months over this by the body shop in question, and have decided to get mine done the old fashioned way (welded metal). However, I have a proposition for you:

The rail replacement kit I bought from Japan does not fit to my liking, which is where the issues started: we were going to make a hybrid rail replacement using parts of my Japanese kit, and moulded sectios of the factory rail trims (the black strip along the roof that the rail slots into), to create a much better quality product. This was due to the front end of the Jap rail kit sitting way too high at the windscreen end. The issue was that the smash repairs I used for my respray bent the rail trims on my car when they removed them, so we had to supply a donor car.

Long story short: we had everything organised and ready to with 20 mins notice, and were misled, palmed off and lied to for months,because the body shop didn't want the work, but didn't want anyone else to have it either. Once they started telling other Stagea owners that Myself and the donor car's owner were to blame for the delays, I pulled the plug on them, and now refuse to recommend them to anyone.

Anyway, enough of my ranting: let's get down to what I can do for you:

THE PROPOSITION:

I am willing to give my Japanese roof rail replacement kit (which by the way cost in excess of $900 and 6 monthsof my time) to a member of these fine forums for free, ON THE PROVISO THAT THEY FINISH WHAT I STARTED. That is: I want you to use them, and your factory rail trims (if necessary) and come up with moulds so that the rest of the guys and girls on here can purchase rail replacement kits for their own Stags (preferably at close to cost price, but I can't tell a body shop what to charge), if they choose to.

Obviously, I have no way of Policing this myself, so I will have to rely on the honety and integrity of whomever gets them to do the right thing, but damn it: this is such a good group, I want to do something for the benefit of the SAU stag community: you guys have helped me out no end, and I appreciate it!

Here ends my proposal. Let the volunteers make themselves known!

[-RBD2-]

i know a crash repairer in adelaide who has done some work on my stag,im very good mates with his brother.he mite be able to make something up,but he would have to look at the rail kit and work out whats going on,he didnt know what a stagea was till he saw mine.as for providing the kit to others,im more than happy,as long as i can get it done at a reasonable price for everyone

let me know what you think micah,pm me if you like

[-RBD2-]

another thought.same S1 and S2?

[darrinspencer]

Micah

I will have a chat with Andrew at CCubed and see if he is interested

His will fit perfect and will be able to make them out of true carbon as well.

[rb26stagea]

S1 and S1 are identical, to the best of my knowledge. Anyone got access to Nissan parts catalogue? If not, I'll try giving the local dealership a s1 and a s2 vin, and see what part numbers they come up with...

RBD2 - sounds good, but transport is difficult: they've aready been cut and joined once, so ideally, I'd like to not have to cut them again: If Darrin's guy is able to do it, I'll be able to drive them up to him. If not, then I'll consider whipping out the Jig saw....

[darrinspencer]

Micah I just sent you a text

If you are prepared to pay for quality

Cut and paste email form Andrew ate CCubed

Will need a 50% deposit form people $300/600 upfront!!!!

"Ok, I am always nervous of group buys, we would need to get things sorted properly with everyone who is buying these units.

Not to say I don't want to do it, but I've seen these things go pear shaped all too often.

Ok on to your questions,

1. Time frame.

I would need to get the offending pieces down to me here and fit them to my spare car and see what we have to be able to give a realistic time frame.

But ball parking it I would say one week to fit and modify the plug, one week to mould and then one week per pair of products. BUT! that depends on when this order is placed at the moment we have approx a 4 week lead time. So say you got things moving in the next couple of weeks, it would be one six weeks to have the moulds ready to produce parts and then products to follow on weekly intervals from there. That would be with deposit paid orders too, I've been stiffed too many times on things like this, so no deposit no order.

Costs

You would be looking at about $600.00/pr in fibreglass. That's a gelcoat finish ready to be given to a paint shop etc.

For carbon you would b paying $1,200.00/pr.

All our components are vacuum formed and resin infused. This allows us to maintain a extremely high level of quality and finish.

We only use high quality resins as these are much more stable and of a higher structural grade. If you need more information regarding this process please let us know."

[GreenGhost]

plus one for me

[too_much_boost]

Has anyone considered making rail replacements out of strips of auto body mould like found at clark rubber?

ie remove existing rail, buy about 5m of 2in wide rubber body body mould (like the bump strips on the side of cars), cut it to length and stick it to the roof where the rail was?

I think i'll head down to clark rubber to see if they have something suitable

[rb26stagea]

Ok: sounds like we're getting sorted. I'm in for a fibreglass set. It's going to heaps less hassle this way.