Nigel - your roof rack

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Phil Lee

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Hi Nigel
I noticed on a photo once that you have a roof rack on your HGT. Just bought some new skis and looking to drive over to France next year. Have you got original Fiat ones, or are any other alternative roof racks ok? - I have no experience of them whatsoever - what am I looking to pay?
many thanks.
Phil
 
Roof Rack

Phil

Mine is a Thule one. The bars are standard ones or you can get aerodynamic ones (Cant see the point in those though) and then you buy a foot pack 750 and then the foot kit 1059 which fits the Bravo, Brava and Marea. It is an excellent component system because all you generally need to do is swap the foot kit if you change the car (as I did between the Bravo and Alfa 156)

Thule have an excellent web site that tells you the component numbers for what you require. Halfords also sell them and their own equivelant, although I don't know how good it is.

You can buy special ski holders to fit the bars as well as rack locks if required. All in all a damn fine system, but it may cost you about £80 plus, but like I say it can be swapped around cars as the foot kit only costs about £20.

Hope that helps

Nige
 
Re: Roof Rack

Thanks mate
saves me some time in checking different types and buying the wrong one.
aint nothing better than tried and tested...
also - have you ever had a problem with the fuel injection light coming on.? happens every couple of weeks and goes when I switch the engine off and back on again. I think I remember you having a problem with your FI some time back, but yours is a 155 - mines a 147 - same system?
In the maual it suggests that it happens every now and again, but now not so sure....
Phil
 
FI Failures

I had huge amounts of probs with the FI on my 155 until they realised it wasn't standard, even for a 155! Therefore I can't really give any guidance on your model.

However, I would suggest to get it looked at by a dealer as mine nearly wrote me off an a couple of occasions when it failed, once on overtaking and once on a high speed double bend.

On the roof rack thingy, just make sure when you fit it that the door seals fit back neatly over the top of the bracket as if they dont you will get a wet seat if it rains...caught me out when I had a silk suit on!

N.
 
Re: FI Failures

Thanks Nigel
followed your advice and bought the Thule roof rack with ski kit. Whole thing was £76 not including the footholds(out of stock)
A friend got me 12.5% on top of a 10% sale in Halfords..not bad eh?
if I have pobs fitting the rack I will contact you.
Cheers
 

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