I got rid of my roof rack on my 2013 land cruiser. I mostly did what this video said:
The guy in the video says you need to buy some shorter bolts:
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I noticed in his video that the bolts coming out of the rack towers have the rubber washer on them. Me being the stingy genius that I am, decided I'll just reuse the bolts, and if they're too long I'll cut them down. I was too lazy to cut down the bolts, so I just kept screwing them in and they went. The ones in the back screwed in no problem, but the ones in the front took a little doing.
Who thinks I did something terrible to my side curtain air bags by screwing those bolts in so far?
The guy in the video says you need to buy some shorter bolts:
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I noticed in his video that the bolts coming out of the rack towers have the rubber washer on them. Me being the stingy genius that I am, decided I'll just reuse the bolts, and if they're too long I'll cut them down. I was too lazy to cut down the bolts, so I just kept screwing them in and they went. The ones in the back screwed in no problem, but the ones in the front took a little doing.
Who thinks I did something terrible to my side curtain air bags by screwing those bolts in so far?