Do these roofbars look odd?

efwren

Hi Folks,

My wife took the car for the weekend and ended up dropping in to a local halfords and getting roof bars and a bike carrier fitted.

She came back last night and although I know little about these things the roof bars look a little odd. From the receipt it looks like they gave her a mixture of exodus and thule gear (perhaps because they didn't have everything in stock)

But should the actual feet be flush with the roof of the car? At the moment they are sticking up quite a bit...does this impact the use/safety etc? The car is an s-max with fix points in the roof

Here is a photo attempting to outline what I am talking about!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9wmj6evec3yhb8f/20160605_165428.jpg?dl=0

Thanks a bunch

koutoubia

Are the fully secured?
Grab them and Rick the fook outta them I am on the phone so not the greatest pic but they don't look fully secured to me.

iano.p

Are the black key cover or bars on the wrong way. The profile looks like the back is on the front and front on the back. Could be wrong.

efwren

koutoubia wrote: »

Are the fully secured?
Grab them and Rick the fook outta them I am on the phone so not the greatest pic but they don't look fully secured to me.

Thanks for the reply..if I grab the rails I shake the hell out of them they don't budge..you can rock the car back and forth all day so they seem pretty secure.

efwren

iano.p wrote: »

Are the black key cover on the wrong way. The profile looks like the back is on the front and front on the back. Could be wrong.

I know what you mean but I dont think so as I think they key cover is level at the bottom..i.e. not contoured to fit the shape of the roof...maybe they just used a fitting kit from a different model or something

Thanks for the reply!

colm_mcm

Is that a galaxy or an smax or something?

efwren

colm_mcm wrote: »

Is that a galaxy or an smax or something?

Its an s-max alright.

colm_mcm

Is there a fixing kit/fitting kit on the receipt?

efwren

Receipt shows

Exodus square bars s127
Exodus fitting kit F030
Thule footpack 753

Thanks for your help!

OldmanMondeo

Once it is secure it should be alright, however, the whistle you're going to get with that set up will drive you crazy.

R.O.R

It looks like the front feet are on the back and the back feet in the front.

I've fitted Thule bars to an S-Max and they fit flush to the roof.

efwren

OldmanMondeo wrote: »

Once it is secure it should be alright, however, the whistle you're going to get with that set up will drive you crazy.

Thanks for the reply..yeah its very solid..tested it on the motorway this evening with a bike on the rough...bit a noise at 120km alright but not too bad.

I guess my question is is the setup supposed to look like that and if not obviously there is something missing / wrong

Thanks

efwren

R.O.R wrote: »

It looks like the front feet are on the back and the back feet in the front.

I've fitted Thule bars to an S-Max and they fit flush to the roof.

Ok thanks...I wonder could it be that the fitting kit is an exodus one and the footpack a thule one?

Not sure why they did that

R.O.R

efwren wrote: »

Ok thanks...I wonder could it be that the fitting kit is an exodus one and the footpack a thule one?

Not sure why they did that

Quick Google says that Exodus stuff is made by Thule and branded Exodus for Halfords, so it's probably the correct kit that was hopefully a bit cheaper than the Thule one, but fitted by a Rufus.

You probably can't even take the whole lot off and swap back to front as the rear bar is a bit longer than the front, so the bars will need to come off the feet.

CJhaughey

Its not right. The feet are bolted on but the footpack is wrong. I'd go back and ask them to fit the correct feet. They do spread the load on the roof as well as stopping wind noise.

The Sidewards Man

Halfords should stick to less technical stuff like topping up washer fluid or help you with the shopping.

Buffman

The Sidewards Man wrote: »

Halfords should stick to less technical stuff like topping up washer fluid....

I wouldn't even trust them with that TBH, probably get it put in the engine oil!