(24-07-2020, 05:43 PM)Michael1965 Wrote: hi ,
I noticed on my recently purchased Berlingo that there is flaps which I thought was going to be hooks to hang garments but they seem to be just a flap with nothing but a hole
I assume they hold or have something else attached on other models but is it a 'internal roof bar' ( I have sun someone say ) or a net ?
I want to get a net to hang bedding or similar but the ebay types seems to either have attachments for arm pull up handles or clips with screws set
not sure which version I am supposed to get ? I don't want to be screwing anything in permanent but I don't seem to have anything to tie onto ?
Mike
Hi Mike.
Sorry for the late answer but I only just spotted your question.
The flaps with holes in are designed to accept something citroen called "internal roof bars" I've never seen them in real life but jugging from the pictures I've seen they are plastic bars which run cross ways between the two sets of holes. The example of use I saw was a surfboard tucked just under the roofline using the fitted internal roof bars and the storage compartment above the driver/passenger for support.
The way they fit into the holes is obvious once you shine a torch into the flaps, The metal holes have a round top with a smaller square hole beneath. I imagine the bars were adjustable by length so that you could insert the round bar end into the hole, slide it down into the square and then shorten the bar so that it was a tight fit pulling outwards on the square recess, thus tensioning the bar.
As for fitting storage nets. I would definitely not recommend hooking them into the part of the flap supported by the roof lining as it is quite weak. If you were to find the right sized nut to be trapped behind the square recess you could then fit a bolt with two nuts to "pinch" the piece of metal it is made from. This would give you a strong mounting point.
Sorry I can't give you better instructions, I use my berlingo with a raised bed in it, meaning I need all the headroom I can get. As such I haven't attempted any internal roof based storage.