How To Take Off A Roof Rack

Nylon screen material can be purchased from a hardware store.

How to take off a roof rack. Sand down the area surrounding the holes with sandpaper. To remove the factory roof rail plugs without damage you need to know how they work. Start by locating the point at which the rack attaches to your roof typically crossbars a side rail or a door jamb. Bunch a nylon screen and insert it into the holes.

It is not necessary to sand past a half inch of the hole circumference. Once the front cross bar bolt is removed remove the rear cross bar bolt as well. Once you ve done this a time or two most roof racks will only take about 5 15 minutes to remove. Depending on the size of this bolt various models have unique bolts remove the bolt accordingly.

Most simply clamp around your side rails or door jamb and can be removed by loosening a few bolts.