Anyone interested in a roof rack colour swap?

[candy_wagon]

Hi all.

I have had my candy white RS wagon for a couple of months now and I will soon start my 'stormtrooper' conversion which revolves around gloss white and matte black surfaces. Not sure where I got it from, but I just think the simple black/white graphic looks sublty mean. And whether its a Skoda, a Porsche or an Aston Martin, I would be doing the same thing.

So with that in mind, I am looking at changing (among other things) my roof rails from silver to black. Now, I am happy to vinyl wrap them (as I will do to the mirrors and chrome grille surround), but I only noticed the other day that some non VRS Octavia's have black rails.

Therefore, I was wondering if anyone with black rails would like to do a straight swap for my silver ones?

I am in Melbourne, they are in perfect condition with no racks ever attached and as mentioned, just months old. I'll even help with the changoever.

PM me, or reply here if you're interested.

Cheers,

BEN

[Mysticality]

90TSI/77TDI (base models) Wagons have the black rails.
Anything higher than base model has silver.

I'm eventually gonna wrap mine, too. Gloss black

[Tigger]

The colour of the rails is what made me choose the Platin Grey colour of paint. That way the rails did not stand out too much...

I hate the rails, and wish we could have them removed. It would make the car sit so much lower (visually) and look tougher.

Or at least if they had to come with rails, why couldnt they be the type that sit flush on the roof like the audi's have...?

[cbay]

i would consider it but i'm in sydney

[Mysticality]

i would consider it but i'm in sydney

Can you post a few pics of your rails?
I might swap you

[candy_wagon]

Or at least if they had to come with rails, why couldnt they be the type that sit flush on the roof like the audi's have...?

Mmmm... The A3 style runners would look good, but I am not sure I could like no rails at all.

Guys, I will send a couple of pics tommorow, but they are the standard silver items fitted to all VRS wagons. I have looked and they simply unbolt with around 5 allen head bolts each side. Literally a 5 minute changoever job.

[Tigger]

what would be involved with "plugging" up the holes and sealing them...ie leaving them off?

[candy_wagon]

what would be involved with "plugging" up the holes and sealing them...ie leaving them off?

Not sure - I guess that's a question for a panel beater. But I assume the old fill, sand, paint thing would be logical. You would hope they can fill it with metal rather than some kind of bog though.

[cbay]

Can you post a few pics of your rails?
I might swap you

I may consider it, the Mrs was keen on silver too, to match for when we eventually get new rims.

but then I saw this....

[cbay]

Mmmm... The A3 style runners would look good, but I am not sure I could like no rails at all.

Guys, I will send a couple of pics tommorow, but they are the standard silver items fitted to all VRS wagons. I have looked and they simply unbolt with around 5 allen head bolts each side. Literally a 5 minute changoever job.

Sounds too easy, would the process be something similar to what's outlined here ?

[candy_wagon]

Sounds too easy, would the process be something similar to what's outlined here ?

Sure is. Although, he uses a fancy tool to remove the covers on each end of the rail, but in effect you can gently remove them with your hands.

[Mysticality]

Sure is. Although, he uses a fancy tool to remove the covers on each end of the rail, but in effect you can gently remove them with your hands.

Next time I take the covers off mine, I'm definitely going to get some kind of fancy tool like that.
I bent my fingernails back. It was an amazingly horrible experience.

[wfdTamar]

Search for 'Trim tools' on ebay. Meant for interior stuff. Get a set for a few bucks.

[cbay]

Can you post a few pics of your rails?
I might swap you

don't have any good pics of them at the moment, and i can't take one right now as i've been using public transport to work. if you really want i can take a few shots on a dslr when i get home. i'm assuming you want to see a close up of the finish of the rails? it's a matte black, no scuffs or marks. never attached anything to them. my octy is 7 months old. always garaged and cleaned meticulously. comes from a smoke and pet free home

just thinking about future wheel options, i may want to swap you if you're still keen

[Mysticality]

DSLR pics would be awesome.

I'm slowly going through the process of making all the silver things black.
Next on the list is roof rails... And roof, of course. ;D


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