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Hey Yaaaaall,
Haven't been on here much lately (though i have been casting an eye over the riff raff from time to time you know who you are!!!!) so as i needed to touch up/respray my passenger roof rail from roof box paint damage i thought i'd better make a small contribution in the way of a simple how to
As some of you know i will be selling the x so i'm getting all the niggly jobs that i have been meaning to sort out for a while now ready to sell the beast.
The roof rails are really easy to take off there are three size 40 torx screws either side hidden behind rubber bungs and that's pretty much it.

roof rail bungs....


torx screw to remove...three at size 40...


put something down so's not to catch the roof paintwork (as this is a little harder to respray )


rails removed leaving the holding plates...


rails all sprayed up.....i couldn't find a perfect colour match as the rails had naturally faded aswell so i ended up spraying both to keep them the same ....


the rattle can that i used....


all back on and looking like new




This was a really simple job to do if your rails are scratched/worn or looking tatty

Nice job....

Did you need to use an 'etch' primer because of the alloy base, or was the damage superficial so no bare metal showing?

Very nice

i did this on my old x5, but i did them in the same black sapphire as the car and they looked well

Never covered before - GOOD JOB!

Now to that makes for a nice mod. Take them off completely!

Base spec available in Europe ...

[quote=""Sanj""]Never covered before - GOOD JOB!

Now to that makes for a nice mod. Take them off completely! [/quote]

You could spray yours 'Mango Orange'.

[quote=""X5Sport""]You could spray yours 'Mango Orange'. [/quote]

That pukey Vermilion Red rings a bell....

Ooooops, I seem to have touched a sore point.....back to the Dizapa...diaxesp.....pills.

Never

Nice one. Do look so much better. Mine are a lovely gloss black with a think layer of lacquer to hopefully protect them.

You star! I'm about to do this job on mine - so a very helpful How-To.
My paint has flaked off on one so presume I'll have to use the etch primer mentioned?

Thanks again.