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25 Apr, 2019
Came broken
Some set screws came striped. Basically not usable.
03 Jul, 2019
Expensive but necessary
It's very expensive for such a simple item, but it is a necessary evil to fix the Tamron lens.
17 Aug, 2019
It's a cosmetic rail. Not safe for load carrying. Extremely poor design.
The roof rails are not functional. The bolts are too long and they bottom out before making contact to the rails. That's why many reviews mentioned that the bolt get stripped before tightening. I've tried shortening two bolts but when they do make contact with the rail, they're pushing down only the plastic, not the metal bracket, and there's a gap between them. The cross bar will be connected to the metal bracket, and the metal bracket is suspended between plastics sort of in mid air. Furthermore, when I used the shortened bolts to tighten the rail, it press down on the plastic and created an arch in the rails, and a gap between the car roof and the rails. Of course water would leak in.
I've tried using spring washers but it'll make the bolts too tall and the covers won't fit on the openings. I've tried using epoxy to simulate washers but they won't stick because the bolted surface is a slot.
It created a dilemma, either not tighten the rail, just let it float on the roof, or shorten the bolts to actually tighten the plastic rail, but make a wavey rail, and big gaps at the roof. Even so, it does not look like the rails will be able to support real loads, because the bolts are pushing down on the plastic, and the plastic parts are somehow pushing down the metal bracket. The brackets are not directly bolted down onto the roof, the cross bars will it be directly bolted down to the roof. It is dangerous to put any load on it. As a result, the rails are not safe to use.
My recommendation is that if you plan to put any loads on the roof, get the proper OEM rails. It's more expensive, but it's better than having the roof rack fly off in the middle of the highway.