Removing the standard roof racks on a 1998 Caldina

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Removing the standard roof racks on a 1998 Caldina

Postby imat89 » Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:51 am

Hi everyone!

Does anyone know how hard/how to remove the factory roof racks on a 1998 Toyota Caldina?


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Postby cat007 » Tue Feb 08, 2011 1:10 pm

Tie roof racks to tow bar of another car
Engage first gear
Floor it whilst pressing the TURBO BOOST button

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Postby ch4ng » Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:53 pm

looks like you have to remove your roof lining and unbolt from there if there are no covers for bolt heads topside.
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Postby diss7 » Tue Feb 08, 2011 7:35 pm

Forklift.
Can use it for pumping the guards as well.
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Postby Bling » Tue Feb 08, 2011 7:39 pm

Maybe ask your mrs is she is up to the task if you're unsure you can manage :lol:

What have you tried so far?
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Postby fivebob » Tue Feb 08, 2011 7:52 pm

Not recommended unless you're replacing them with something else to give strength to the roof.
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Postby Caldina3SGTE » Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:15 pm

depends if you just want to take the racks off and not the mounting points if so its a easy job just remove the cover on end of each rack and undo 14mm or 12mm bolts and lift off,
if you wanna remove the mounts aswell its a huge job you first gotta take the roof lining off so to get that off you have to remove boot trim side pillar trim, then if you have a sun roof you gotta drop that down then you can remove the mounts by unbolting them, now you have 8 wholes in your roof,
i've had mine off for a few months now and am now thinking why i took them off as they are very handy to have
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