I suppose this will seem like an "odd" post to some, but here goes ... has anyone gone through the job of figuring out how to remove the roof rails from an '09/'10 Forester X-Premium (or other variant that comes with them standard from the factory)? I suspect the parts exist to do this conversion, as the base model X comes without them, but I haven't seen a good parts diagram to try to figure out how to do this, or if it is even possible. The parts guys at the dealer that I bought my Foz from had not a clue.
Reason I ask ... I don't really have a use for the roof rails, and like the "clean look" of not having them on, and also the ease of washing / drying the roof if the rails are not there. I did this mod on the '05 Honda Odyssey that preceded this Forester, and never missed the removed rails on that vehicle. The Odyssey was pretty easy to convert ... and there are great exploded view Honda OEM parts diagrams out there in cyberspace to compare the Oddy models that have them vs. the ones that don't, so figuring out what parts I had to buy was a piece of cake.
Thoughts? Advice?
Thanks in advance!
Reason I ask ... I don't really have a use for the roof rails, and like the "clean look" of not having them on, and also the ease of washing / drying the roof if the rails are not there. I did this mod on the '05 Honda Odyssey that preceded this Forester, and never missed the removed rails on that vehicle. The Odyssey was pretty easy to convert ... and there are great exploded view Honda OEM parts diagrams out there in cyberspace to compare the Oddy models that have them vs. the ones that don't, so figuring out what parts I had to buy was a piece of cake.
Thoughts? Advice?
Thanks in advance!