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Lidl roof bars

  • 26-08-2012 09:05PM
    #1
    PauloMN
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional North East Moderators Posts: 10,887 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Lidl are selling roof bars (among other car stuff) from tomorrow, I think these have been sold before. Anyone got a set, are they any good? Seem like good value for the price, as anything similar in Halfords or Micks Garage seem to be about twice the price.

    http://www.lidl.ie/cps/rde/xchg/SID-F5376CCA-18F03814/lidl_ri_ie/hs.xsl/index_23822.htm

    €35 seems pretty good.


Comments

  • #2
    tphase
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,424 ✭✭✭tphase


    these are on offer in Lidl again at 29.99 a pair. Picked some up today and was pleasantly surprised to find two pairs of bars inside!:D
    I guess they were meant to be unpacked for display (they were shrink-wrapped separately inside) but the box scanned through at 29.99 so who am I to complain?


  • #3
    9935452
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,069 ✭✭✭9935452


    Drop one set back and say they dont fit the car and hey presto free roof rack


  • #4
    Mc Love
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    Are those axle stands worth buying


  • #5
    Pov06
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭Pov06


    I've the roof bars. They are fairly good. We went to France with a roofbox and it did the job.

    I have the axle stands and they're good. They fold up so they're really compact for storage.


  • #6
    PauloMN
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional North East Moderators Posts: 10,887 Mod ✭✭✭✭PauloMN


    Bought the roof bars in the end (the original post was 3 years ago!). They work fine, easy to put on and I've used for transporting bikes, furniture and rubbish a good few times now. Bit noisy when on the car but I guess that's the same with any of them. Prompts me to take them off when I'm done which is a good thing.

    Got the axle stands before also and they are great.


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  • #7
    JBokeh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 469 ✭✭JBokeh


    One of mine had a bit of a dent in it from when I nipped a bike carrier up too tight, but still worked for a few months, until the gorilla in the hardware yard pretty much dropped a load of timber onto them, rather than the conventional method of placing timber upon roof rails. To be fair they were probably overloaded.

    Your man then says to me " I see that happen all the time with the aluminium roof bars" No surprise when you're slamming 60kgs of timber onto is it :mad: Reminded me of the guy that goes "YARP" from hot fuzz :pac:


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