Has anyone fitted roof bars to a tipo hatchback? Struggling to find anything compatible!
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Anyone, please? 
Have you tried google ? Quick search found these, which appear to be what you are looking for. I'm not vouching for any of them, but they do see to indicate that they fit.
shop.parks.uk.com
or
parts.vospers.com
or these appear to as well
Fiat Tipo Roof Bars for Luggage/Cargo/Transport/Load - Mounted Kit of 2
Genuine Fiat Tipo Hatchback | Tipo Station Estate Roof Bars For Tipo 5Door.Transversal roof bars. To be installed directly on the roof. Perfect for roof racks, roof boxes and maximising your storage space. These New Fiat Tipo Roof Bars are easy to fit and come complete with a fitting guide and...
shop.parks.uk.com
or
Genuine Fiat Tipo Hatchback Without Roof Rails Transversal Roof Bars - Vospers Parts
Transversal roof bars. To be installed directly on the roof. Perfect for roof racks, roof boxes and maximising your storage space. These New Fiat Tipo Roof Bars are easy to fit and come complete with a fitting guide and all of the necessary fixings and fittings. Max Load Capacity: 50 Kg...
parts.vospers.com
or these appear to as well
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Of course ive Googled but looking for opinion of someone who has fitted any 
Dealer ones look a rip off but if they guarantee to fit might be best option...
Dealer ones look a rip off but if they guarantee to fit might be best option...
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Tha ks for the links too btw!
I've maybe misconstrued what you meant when you said "Struggling to find anything compatible!" Maybe someone will still be along, with experience.Of course ive Googled but looking for opinion of someone who has fitted any
Dealer ones look a rip off but if they guarantee to fit might be best option...
The roofbox company lists the ones that are "compatible", and there is a range of bars on the site, as below, with the cheapest being the one I listed earlier.
They have a phone number, so you could call them to see how confident they are about the fit.
Roof bars & Roof racks | Fiat Tipo five door (2016 on)
Find roof bars and roof racks to fit your Fiat Tipo five door (2016 onwards). We stock a range of Roof bar types from top brands including Thule
www.roofbox.co.uk
Be sure to report back, with what you purchase and how you get on, it may help someone in the future.
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Gonna pop into dealer tomorrow and ask them. Halfords don't even do one which I find bizarre. I bought a cheap set of euro car parts too that were awful and cheap so sent straight back!
I have a set of genuine mopar roof bars for my Tipo hatchback. I have only used them a couple of times. In all honesty they are very fiddly to fit but feel quite solid once they are on. My only real issue is that they are screwed into holes located in the roof inside the door frame, which means the brackets then break the rubber seal on the top of the doors. This causes lots of wind noise as a result.
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I have fitted after market. Also fiddly to fit. The door frame hole is mated to a pin which is needs seating and then has rubber pads on the rack that curve around the roof skin. Once on they were very secure, carried cycles no problem. One issue is that the curve of the roof skin above the door is very very thin metal (like most panels on the tipo) and it I think it will crease very easily if the rack is over tightened So you have to follow the instructions to the letter.
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Try roofracks.co.uk
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Got some genuine ones off ebay in the end for a steal!
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Great. I’m still trying to get Fiat to tell me the exact ones I need for my TIPO Cross which I bought last year. They won’t confirm or deny that the raised estate bars are the same.
Richard Morris
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Following on from the above, I’ve finally managed to get a set of roofbars for my 2021 TIPO cross. It’s taken a year and eventually one very sensible guy in the parts department at stoneacre dealers in wrexham. to cut a long story short, the cross bars are in fact the same code and part number and delivered as the estate . £235.
