R55 Rack on Clubman - Issues??
#376
#377
#378
But your point does bring up the fact that the towbar CAN NOT be installed on a MCs. The exhaust is in the way.
#379
The parts are available in the UK for retro-fitting, but this does not include a rear springs package.
#380
schatzy62.......in relation to your request for a dealer to contact....can I recommend that you try Chris @ Woodmans BMW on +441253 607500.
He/they are a site sponsor on mini2, and he has previously run a discount purchase offer on the retro-fit parts for this tow-bar installation....linky....
http://www.mini2.com/forum/derek-woo...e-tow-bar.html
Chris is probably best placed to assist you with part numbers etc. Hope this helps.
If anyone requires more photos to be taken, or more details, then I will try to assist as best I can
#381
Hey there - I tried Classic Mini and they are no longer selling them. Anyone else have some feedback on where the current rack could be still purchased at? I've tried a couple of local places and they are a no go there as well.
#383
Yep....having got my nose right up underneath mine, I do believe that it would be a conflict between tow-bar chasis and the exhaust on an MCS that would inhibited fitment.......HOWEVER....if you are intending on fitting a custom made exhaust to an MCS then may be, just may be, this could be "worked around"
schatzy62.......in relation to your request for a dealer to contact....can I recommend that you try Chris @ Woodmans BMW on +441253 607500.
He/they are a site sponsor on mini2, and he has previously run a discount purchase offer on the retro-fit parts for this tow-bar installation....linky....
http://www.mini2.com/forum/derek-woo...e-tow-bar.html
Chris is probably best placed to assist you with part numbers etc. Hope this helps.
If anyone requires more photos to be taken, or more details, then I will try to assist as best I can
schatzy62.......in relation to your request for a dealer to contact....can I recommend that you try Chris @ Woodmans BMW on +441253 607500.
He/they are a site sponsor on mini2, and he has previously run a discount purchase offer on the retro-fit parts for this tow-bar installation....linky....
http://www.mini2.com/forum/derek-woo...e-tow-bar.html
Chris is probably best placed to assist you with part numbers etc. Hope this helps.
If anyone requires more photos to be taken, or more details, then I will try to assist as best I can
Can you provide the part Thule or Mini part number for the bike rack. Mini does not have that styole listed for sale in the US and Thule Customer service has not idea what i am talking about and also do not show it on their website for us purchase.
#384
OK someone in the CT area needs to test a Thule rack for the clubman
http://www.thuleracks.com/cars_needed.asp
http://www.thuleracks.com/cars_needed.asp
#385
OK someone in the CT area needs to test a Thule rack for the clubman
http://www.thuleracks.com/cars_needed.asp
http://www.thuleracks.com/cars_needed.asp
Hmmm, thats encouraging...
#386
Y'd think they'd have done that before their brief release of the version that didn't work...
Do I remember incorrectly, or can you not just buy the R56 rack and install it on the Clubman? Are the web dealers not selling that rack, or just the Clubman P/N?
Do I remember incorrectly, or can you not just buy the R56 rack and install it on the Clubman? Are the web dealers not selling that rack, or just the Clubman P/N?
#387
The R56 (coupe) and R55 (clubman) racks are the same. Some dealers that were still selling them seem to have stopped for some reason, but i do not know why.
#388
#389
OK someone in the CT area needs to test a Thule rack for the clubman
http://www.thuleracks.com/cars_needed.asp
http://www.thuleracks.com/cars_needed.asp
Eric,
[We currently have a test subject for this vehicle. But I will keep your information on file incase something changes.
Thank You
Nick
Nick LeFort
Fit Specialist
Thule Inc.
Thule Inc
42 Silvermine Road
Seymour, CT 06483
#390
This is all so, shall we say interesting? Are we talking a Thule roof rack here? If so - a few pages back I posted about it...with a copy of an email,etc, that said Thule had come up with the rack...but it sure didn't look as though it would work to me..which I wrote back to them and even gave them a link to this thread, if my brain still works.. Here's where the Thule rack discussion gets involved.https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...le#post2292973
Forgive me if we've evolved from a roof rack to some other kind of Thule invention now. However, if we're still talking about roof racks, then clearly it seems that Thule has realized the error of their ways from my discussions and emails with them back in June.
Forgive me if we've evolved from a roof rack to some other kind of Thule invention now. However, if we're still talking about roof racks, then clearly it seems that Thule has realized the error of their ways from my discussions and emails with them back in June.
#391
This is all so, shall we say interesting? Are we talking a Thule roof rack here? If so - a few pages back I posted about it...with a copy of an email,etc, that said Thule had come up with the rack...but it sure didn't look as though it would work to me..which I wrote back to them and even gave them a link to this thread, if my brain still works.. Here's where the Thule rack discussion gets involved.https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...le#post2292973
Forgive me if we've evolved from a roof rack to some other kind of Thule invention now. However, if we're still talking about roof racks, then clearly it seems that Thule has realized the error of their ways from my discussions and emails with them back in June.
Forgive me if we've evolved from a roof rack to some other kind of Thule invention now. However, if we're still talking about roof racks, then clearly it seems that Thule has realized the error of their ways from my discussions and emails with them back in June.
I did not realize that you had sent them info about this thread but i am sure that it helped in their decision to pull the link they had up.
I responded to the e-mail i received from them stating to them that there was a possibility of having a slightly incorrect part on the Mini they are using as a test. I was very polite and also told them that i know mine works correctly with the OEM rack and that i would not require any compensation if they want to check their parts on my car as well.
Hope fully this means they will have something soon, although i have waited two years for another item from them to be completed thru the design process and make it into manufacturing and it was still not what they had originally planned on, It was the Hullivator.
Al we can do i keep our fingers crossed that they work quickly on this.
BTW the only advantage i see to Thule doing this is that they may be able to put a longer bar across the roof. The weight limit I am sure will still be the same or less.
#392
Thanks Schatzy - appreciate it. Yup, it's kind of like "As sands through the hour glass, so are the (roof rack) days of our lives." - for all you who might not know that's the intro to an old, never ending tv soap opera, that I am proud to say I've never watched.
By the way, I got a unhelpful but polite response from my Owners Lounge inquiry...basically saying to ask my parts department. Not surprised. Still hoping to hear something more specific from my dealership's resources. So back to the sands through the hour glass.
P.S. I love to note the number of views your Roof Rack Installation sticky is getting.
By the way, I got a unhelpful but polite response from my Owners Lounge inquiry...basically saying to ask my parts department. Not surprised. Still hoping to hear something more specific from my dealership's resources. So back to the sands through the hour glass.
P.S. I love to note the number of views your Roof Rack Installation sticky is getting.
#393
#394
We all certainly appreciate our resident expert, Schatzy's, work on the rack installation.
I know there are still some owner's that want to see the caution lifted and a rack solution provided by MINI.
I hope we can give this thread an occassional "bump" until we finally see something official.
Thanks Schatzy for all your hard work !
I know there are still some owner's that want to see the caution lifted and a rack solution provided by MINI.
I hope we can give this thread an occassional "bump" until we finally see something official.
Thanks Schatzy for all your hard work !
#396
#398
That is the Yakima Highroller with Yakima universal mighty mounts. The mighty mounts are 35.00 and work with most Yakima attachments. They come with a few different sizes and the small ones work on the stock bars just fine. No mods to the rack or attachment and went on the car just fine. As above I did have the rear bars on wrong to start and it pushed the seal out on the club door just a bit but after I fixed that it was fine and I have no leaks or anything. The front did take a bit to get it in but the second time it went on fine and took less time. All in all I am happy with the rack but never like to be forced into stock stuff. Maybe one day we will have Yakima and or Thule make bars and feet for us
#399
Schatzy- sorry if I'm being totally daft as I do recall this being mentioned in an earlier post- you're saying that the R56 spec'd rack is the same and therefore will fit on the Clubman? I remember pics of same some time ago (seemed a little different, my post #82 on this thread), but before putting down the cash..., and not wanting to be stuck with a useless rack... Interestingly, morristownmini sells the R56 rack for $12.25 less than the Clubman version (I always love a deal). Assuming then that your excellent instructions work for the R56 version onto the Clubman.