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grifterkid Posted a lot Posts: 3,627	Safely mounting a Desmo roof-rack...grifterkid @grifterkid
	Mar 13, 2014 16:43:30 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I don't know if this is strictly technical but here goes anyhow...!!! I have maanged to get hold of an old 70's Desmo roof rack for my Toledo and I just wanted to ensure that when I put it on the car I don't mark or damage anything...! It mounts on to the roof gutters so what would you good people of this parish recommend in order for me NOT to ruin the gutters or bodywork in that area...?! I am sure that they can't do much damage or they wouldn't have sold many when they were still churning them out by the lorry load! I was thinking that I need some kind of rubber sheeting to use as a kind of 'gasket' between the car body and the roof rack clamps themselves...?! Any help and/or advice would be hugely appreciated...
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chrisdcapri Part of things Avid collector of rust Posts: 205	Safely mounting a Desmo roof-rack...chrisdcapri @chrisdcapri
	Mar 13, 2014 16:47:46 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I've cut up old bicycle inner tubes in the past and used small sections, seems to work quite well
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grifterkid Posted a lot Posts: 3,627	Safely mounting a Desmo roof-rack...grifterkid @grifterkid
	Mar 13, 2014 16:53:20 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	That sounds like a good plan and just what I had in mind...
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sprintmini North West Posts: 489	Safely mounting a Desmo roof-rack...sprintmini @sprintmini
	Mar 13, 2014 17:28:08 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I seem to recall they came supplied with a rubber boot that fitted over the end of the rack which sat in the gutter,that then had a flap that fell over the gutter where the second part of the rack was bolted to. I have used inner tubes in the past without bother,just don't over tighten if your car has a chrome strip on the gutter as that bends easily.
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barty Posted a lot Posts: 1,088	Safely mounting a Desmo roof-rack...barty @barty
	Mar 14, 2014 20:46:21 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	i had one a few years ago and used a bit of garden hose,(split length ways) it was much thicker so offered a bit more cusioning


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	Mar 15, 2014 19:56:50 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Why not buy yourself a Mondeo estate as they are a lot more useful than a roof rack and cost less?


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RobinJI Posted a lot "Driven by the irony that only being shackled to the road could ever I be free" Posts: 2,995	Safely mounting a Desmo roof-rack...RobinJI @robinji
	Mar 16, 2014 12:30:27 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Mar 15, 2014 19:56:50 GMT @1300dolly said: Why not buy yourself a Mondeo estate as they are a lot more useful than a roof rack and cost less? A lot harder to put on the roof of a Toledo without damaging the paint though.
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	Mar 17, 2014 22:05:01 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	That's true but Grifterkid will get the joke, it was a serious suggestion on another car forum.


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