Roof rails

[jim jones]

Hello
sorry if i get this wrong, but are roof rails hard to put on i can see the three holes either side, but not noted for my macanacly skills by a long way
thank you
jimjones

[Sol]

Hi Jim, I split your post to a new thread of your own.

(Better to post your own than add on to a thread about a different subject)

So I guess you have a B9 as it's called, 2008-2018 model? If not, please answer with correct year. The vehicles with 3 threaded roof holes down each side are for the factory roof rails. The proper ones are hard to find used and expensive new (£300+) but there are cheaper aftermarket ones around, though the quality is generally not that good on the non Citroen ones. The real ones however are very well made.

The OEM ones also only take OEM crossbars or Thule kits. The rails bolt on with dedicated bolts, m8 but have a slightly odd thread pitch to a standard m8 bolt, which doesn't fit. The front and back holes are for the main rails and the middle holes are for a set of 3 cross rails when the long rails are not fitted.

I'll attach a pic of the real ones on my van:

   

See where they're attached at the ends, under the trim caps:

   

[jim jones]

Thank you. getting on a bit now hopeless at laptops, as well the world ident designed for old gits like me
and yes it is a 2013 car and its done 35000 miles bought it for the bigger boot swapped a Nissan Micra for it
trying to find out if it needs a new cambelt or not, as like everyone else cash is tight at the moment. and i have been quoted big monies for doing it, didn't think of that before swap
well any a big thank you#
Jim

[jim jones]

there seems to be only two posts on yours but three on mine getting confused again

[Sol]

This is your own thread, called "roof rails" which I made for you when I saw you'd posted into the end of another thread. This will be post 5, and don't worry, we were all new once and none of us are getting younger

A thread is usually about a single subject, and can have as many posts in it as you want, every time someone replies (or you do) it adds another "post" to the "thread" so keeping all replies under one roof so to speak, about a person's question. You can also post as many new "threads" as you need to, on different questions, in the right forum section. Your car is a B9 so you'd want to mostly post questions (threads) in that area. But this is your thread so post anything you want to know in this one if it's easier!

So, the timing belt on your Berlingo (assuming it's the 1.6 HDi diesel) needs to be done at 150k miles, or 10 years which ever comes sooner by Citroen's reckoning. Can be done before that, I'd say up to 100k is sensible but at 35k it's hardly turned a wheel so you wouldn't need a cambelt on mileage and it's not 10 yet, so maybe worth a reputable garage checking the condition of it at the next service. If it shows no signs of fraying or chipping and the tensioner isn't siezed, it wouldn't need changed but take the advice of a mechanic you actually trust....cos it's not cheap, but the results can be bad if it goes.

On my opinion, you'd get at least another 2 years before it hits 10 years old. Then I'd do it.

Mine is on 64k miles, and is 10 next year, so if I've still got it by then I'd be thinking that way too.