Roof Bars!

[m4xyj]

Hi guys, recently bought a 1992 e30 316i Touring and i am trying to find some roof bars to mount my BMX bike on, anyone have any suggestions? Cheers Max!

[Brianmoooore]

https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid ... ike%20rack

[parakeats]

I got a set of these with mine when I bought it, anything that clamps onto the gutter would be fine i'm assuming... Then you can either get a proper bike thing for them, or do what i did, tie it to them.
But take off front wheel, pedal facing down and tie/cable tie anything that can move to a fixed place to ensure it doesn't take paint off the roof It stayed on with 90 on the motorway, but that depends on how good your knot tying is!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Paddy-Hopkirk ... 4d2551a2c0

[Brianmoooore]

Used many sets of the Hopkirk ones above over the years, and can confirm that they will happily carry at least four times their rated load, but they're not always in as good as condition as they look. The bars themselves are relatively thin steel inside a thick plastic outer layer, and they can rust out inside with the outside still looking as good as new.

[parakeats]

What he said ^ I guess if you're buying something second hand, need to check them I'd always make sure that any rack comes with the rubber protectors/you buy them extra, else there's a very strong chance of damaging the paint on your gutters, which you don' want!