More Questions about Roof Rails

[kimmiehime]

Hello All,

I recently bought my Rogue S, wanting to save money, thinking that all I really wanted on the SL were the roof rails..... ok maybe the 17" wheels, too. But no matter. Before purchasing them, I thought I found the roof rails online, but apparently, all I had found were the cross bars. Does anyone know where I can purchase roof rails for the 2008 Rogue? The dealership I bought from tried to scam me, I'm sure, saying it would cost $1800. Load of crap. It only costs $700 to install them on the Infiniti EX per this forum. But by the same token, I'm thinking that it might be difficult to locate factory parts AND have them installed properly. Does the separate installation jeopardize the appearance/performance of the car at all?

Sigh...please help.

Thanks everyone,Kimmie

[philipa_240sx]

I addressed this in another post:

Quote »Re: Roof Rails.

The OEM roof rails are bolted to the body. It 'may' be possible to retrofit a non-roof rail model by drillling the required holes (4 per side) and installing the new roof rail and moldings. It's not cheap. A quick scan of prices revealed the roof rails are $270 each (side) + $70 for the molding. Multiply by 2 to do both sides and you are looking at $680.

There is another option if you just want a simple roof rack to carry gear from time to time. Yakima makes all kinds of great roof rack products. I have done a quick test fit and came up with an option for the Rogue without roof rails. Read more about it in this thread:

zerothread/343315[/quote]Sources for the parts? Try one of our site sponsors on the RH side bar.