Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 15:01:06 GMT From: dransfieldnopsamVEiname.com (Dransfield) Subject: Re: Why Second Hand Roof Bars Too Wide for my New 900?
The bars are for a gutterless Saab like mine (which is also gutless, but that's a different storey!). Also, my problem is that the car is too narrow not too wide - perhaps I should have the car widened to fit :-¶ On Fri, 31 Aug 2001 22:01:27 -0700, "Michael Glover" <mikenopsamersandy.free-online.co.uk> wrote: >I guess your roof bars could be for the "old" classic 900 - these were >narrower than the GM 900 / 9.3 series. > >Mike Glover >Leicester >UK > >"Dransfield" <dransfieldnopsamVEiname.com> wrote in message >news:3b8f3897.215935nopsam.virgin.net... >> 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? >> >> 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), >> >> 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'. >> >> TIA, >> Dransfield > >
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