Just ordered roof rail kit and thinking of fitting it myself to save some dosh and past experience of scratches/damage when workshops do jobs like this.

Wondering if anyone else tackled this and how it went.

took less than 1 hour, easy enough job to do, if you are at all handy it shouldn't be a problem. There are no special tools required and no special landrover knowledge needed either.R rails that I fitted are visible on my gallery

Tandemman wrote:

took less than 1 hour, easy enough job to do, if you are at all handy it shouldn't be a problem. There are no special tools required and no special landrover knowledge needed either.R rails that I fitted are visible on my gallery

Can you give a brief run down on what's involved ? I take it that it's all done on the exterior is it ? I can see what look like mounting points on my roof for the rails to slot in . I'm reasonably handy and the dealer wanted close on £ 400 to fit them so if it's an hour labour and the rails only cost about £150 I know what I'll be doing some time very soon

PS I'm not a big football fan but it was great to see Chelsea get beaten by your lot the other day

the process of fitting the roof bars is on the FL2 Owners Info Site

http://www.ownerinfo.landrover.com/extfree2viewlrprod/index.jsp

Follow the links for accessory fitting.

Gekko, If you bought the Original LR Roof rails (making sure they are the correct ones for your car if it has the sunroof)

Your dealer would be able to fit these for you for the cost of 1 hours Labour only as your supplying these.

My Dealer did this for the Protection bars i bought on eBay  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

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Tandemman wrote:

took less than 1 hour, easy enough job to do, if you are at all handy it shouldn't be a problem. There are no special tools required and no special landrover knowledge needed either.R rails that I fitted are visible on my gallery

Thanks Tandemman for the feedback

I fitted a roof kit to my FL2 commercial, with the help of my son in about 1hr 15mins. The only potentially tricky bit is drilling out the chanell covers with a hole saw, but if you line them up carefully it is ok. 2009 Grey HSE Auto
Gone;
2006 Black FL2 SE manual
2007 Silver FL2 GS commercial manual.

Hmm commercial you say, was it a factory or dealer conversion? do tell

It is a conversion by Nene Overland. I spotted it on their website whilst looking for a previous model commercial as Land Rover dealers were telling me it would be two years before a factory commercial was produced. I test drove the demo model and bought it straight away. The latest edition of Stratstones legend brouchure shows pictures of a factory version, so I think it is about to be released. 2009 Grey HSE Auto
Gone;
2006 Black FL2 SE manual
2007 Silver FL2 GS commercial manual.

Picked up roof rails tonight (after waiting 4 days for them), got them home and discovered Stealer ordered sun roof kit after telling them NO SUNROOF

Guess I won't be fitting them this weekend now

Roof rail fitting is rather easy. Just take your time and follow the instructions. FYI, I had trouble finding a 19mm (or whatever it is) hole drill bit on this side of the pond and a 1 inch hole bit works just as well.

Been back to dealer - had correct bars all along - did not need to order

New problem - ready to fit but page 6/diagram 26 of instructions has a list of sealers to be used but nobody has them, they are not in box and dealer clueless AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What did anyone else use - please!

Roof bars now fitted and look excellent - impossible to find sealant recommended by LR - dealer no help so used silicone.

New problem - 1200mm Thule roof bars will not fit but should do? They are 10mm short and space between rails at front 1000mm and space 960mm back - so they are not parallel - can anybody with roof rails confirm this is correct or do I need to adjust them? LR crossbars must be different lengths front and back if this is right

Took longer finding correct tools than doing job