nbunney wrote:

Starman, can you get Thule roof racks over there? If so have a look at their version for the ffrr, mine was fine.

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Sounds interesting but to use the roof fitments you have to remove the flush factory rails so if crossbars where fitted you would surely have two exposed grooves where the rails should be?

I knew I should have a taken a picture of mine before I took them off

As Tim has said the two cross bars bolt straight into the slots in the roof and I then bolted the Land Rover Roof Box to the cross bars. Worked perfectly for my recent trip to France, very easy to install and remove - I was sad enough to remove them in France and refit them for the journey back

The day after returning I removed them again and the bars and roof box are tucked away in my office until the next time I want them, returning my car to its original state

I dont like the long roof bar system as when the front to back rails are fitted they need to stay fitted The only advantage I can see from them is you have greater flexibility as to where the cross bars are located but for me the front two fixings were fine

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Ok so now i understand that there are different alternativs for crossbars without needing the roofrails.
But it is not going to work anyway. I mean my roofbox [skibox] is 220cm long, and by using the two cross bars like in this link http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/ImagePopUp.aspx?i=VUB502790 will mean that half the box is kind of "hanging". Like i said before, the crossbars would have been wider between them. And by using the first and last mountingplace will probably be too far between, due to the fixingpositions inside the box.
I think using the two bars like in my link might be fine when using a very short box.