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    Roof bars

    I am after some roof bars for my newly acquired D2 2001. It has the roof rails on the lower part of the roof, have seen these on ebay. Anyone purchased these?
    3X Landrover Discovery 92 04 Universal Technician Roof Racks Hooks Land Rover | eBay

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    They look identical to the Rhino racks I have. Maybe a copy??

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    Yea I was thinking that also.

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    long as the plastic is good quality they should be OK.
    Watch out for car parks.
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    I bought these:
    Landrover Discovery 1 2 1992 2004 Adjustable Roof Racks | eBay

    They appear to be a direct copy of Rhino Rack, i reckon even the Rhino accessories like shovel holder would fit.

    I've got a roof top tent bolted to mine and they appear fine. We slept in it the other night with no dramas.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jazzman View Post
    I bought these:
    Landrover Discovery 1 2 1992 2004 Adjustable Roof Racks | eBay

    They appear to be a direct copy of Rhino Rack, i reckon even the Rhino accessories like shovel holder would fit.

    I've got a roof top tent bolted to mine and they appear fine. We slept in it the other night with no dramas.
    I've just discovered these roof bars caused a high pitch hum at 100km/h. You may want to consider a different brand.

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    I've just discovered these roof bars caused a high pitch hum at 100km/h. You may want to consider a different brand.
    IMHO all roof bars cause a hum at high speed except maybe proper aero bars which sit very low which is not really possible with a Disco, and even those cause some noise.

    I found even the factory cross bars cause an increase in noise.

    The fix is to fit them no further forward than the "B" pillar and this tends to reduce the noise that you hear.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jazzman View Post
    I've just discovered these roof bars caused a high pitch hum at 100km/h. You may want to consider a different brand.
    I'm also in the market for some RoofBars but I want ones that will sit fairly close to the roof, not a mile high like some u see. These ones I think sit fairly high as well ?

    The noise is probably from not having the rubber inserts along the bar ??

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    Quote Originally Posted by PhilipA View Post
    IMHO all roof bars cause a hum at high speed except maybe proper aero bars which sit very low which is not really possible with a Disco, and even those cause some noise.

    I found even the factory cross bars cause an increase in noise.

    The fix is to fit them no further forward than the "B" pillar and this tends to reduce the noise that you hear.
    I agree anything on the roof will create more noise. But this was like an excessively loud sound effect. It was louder than the radio at normal listening volume.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Robmacca View Post


    I'm also in the market for some RoofBars but I want ones that will sit fairly close to the roof, not a mile high like some u see. These ones I think sit fairly high as well ?

    The noise is probably from not having the rubber inserts along the bar ??
    These ones don't actually sit excessively high. As I had the same though you have before i got these. There are not slimline as you describe though.

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