Thule Roof Rack Fit Kit Installation - 2006 Mini Cooper -etrailer.com

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Today, on this 2006 Mini Cooper, we are going to install a roof rack using the following part numbers. We will go ahead and point out the components here and the accompanying part numbers. First off are these two cross bars here. This is the THLB50. These two bars here and accompanying hardware on the side here are the TH487. That is the short roof adapter. It allows you to install the roof rack system and keep it at its proper distance. Alright, and this is the fit kit, part number THKIT1366. This is the traverse foot pack, part number TH480. 0:33

We will go ahead and start our assembly. First off, we are going to work with the cross bars. And there is going to be two pieces that go on the end of the cross bar from the short roof adapter kit. And these little rings go on just like this. Our next part is to go ahead and start installing the foot pack. Start with one of the feet. And what we are going to do is unlock it. So we will just take this lever right here and pull it out. And then we can go ahead and slide it on our bar. This is our foot pad right here and that gets installed on the very bottom. The padding on here is really thick. You have about 7/8 inch on one side and about 1/4 inch on the other side. What that does is matches the roof line and the vehicle. And then the rest of the fit kit will get installed later, once we put it onto the vehicle. Now we will go ahead and set our bars up for proper spacing. The front bar is going to be 36-5/8 inches and the rear bar is going to be 38-1/4. Alright, when you have the proper distance set between foot packs, go ahead and lock it into place by pushing down on this lever. 1:36

Let us go ahead and start installing the roof rack to the car. And we will set our first cross member on. You can see how the foot pad meets the edge of the roof line. Now there is a measurement where this has to sit away from the pillar here. And that is going to be 4-3/8 inches. So that is going to be from this mark right here to the outside edge of the foot. Now that we have our cross bar in the proper spot, we will go ahead and attach the fit kit metal bracket. It is going to fit underneath the edge here and we will roll it up forward where it catches. And then we will put our foot pack on top of it. Go ahead and do the same thing back on the other side. Let us go and install the rear rail. Put that on there. And we want to get the distance between the center of this rail and the center of this rail at 27-1/2 inches. Now go ahead and install the short roof adapter. And what is going to happen is that this part right here is going to hook into this ring right here. It is just going to fall in the little track. There is one on each side. And this is the part that actually does the work that clamps it down. There is nothing for the fit kit to fit over here, so that is why we have to use a short rack adapter to catch right here. 2:45

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[180Julz]

been looking for something exactly like this for my mini!

[kitleithead]

Thanks for the info.