salimshah

So do you like the RX with the roof luggage rails or not? To clarify, the question does is not about the 'SLATS' which run across.

kitlz

For some FWD 3RX owners, it's a moot point

I bought the removal kit but never took off the roof rails. It was more work than I wanted to do. Also, I didn't want to worry about leaks. Sure I could've used plumbers tape with the screws per members' recommendations. But I left them on. The RX might look like a humongous sedan without. Disclaimer, I had no roof rails or spoiler on my 1RX (aka the hippo).

My vote is for the roof rails. Mine did blend in after all.

lexus114

i had installed the removal kit. and put the rails back on the next day. it looked stupid with out them.

F250

Mine did not come with the roof rails. I neither need nor want them.

tkill

Crap, I voted wrong and can't change it! I meant to vote rails. My rails blend in nicely since my RX is silver. And I use my rails... i sometimes mount a Yakima rooftop cargo box.

kitlz

Fixed it for you, tkill. And I agree, the roof rails are well disguised with tungsten pearl. Not that I think there's anything wrong with the contrast.

lexus114

pete, you are talking about the silver rails right? not the black cross bars?

salimshah

FWD don't come equipped with the rails. If any one wants them they have to purchase and add.
AWD do, and they have remove them and put in the filler kit.

Options at the time of purchase can change the above.

Salim

F250

Correct... think about it in terms of hair... I'm talking about a shaved head... not a reverse mohawk.

salimshah

Once in while things crack me up, and this is certainly one of them.

Salim

F250

LOL... If I can visualize it, I can "see" and understand it better. Consequently, I tend to think and speak in "pictures". Sometimes, like this one, my mind just comes up with images which are sort of funny, and that always helps me remember the issue better, too. I think the thread title sort of pushed my mind in that direction, too.

wa3cuj

I kept the rails on my 2013 but removed the crossbars.

MellonC00

I took the bars off but rails stayed. it looked weird without them. They do, however, create wind turbulence and noise.

salimshah

Do you mean the rails cause noticeable noise?
I would have thought the bars would create the noise.

Salim

fezzy

i think iam the only outcast here but i like it without the roof rails. the chrome roof rails sticks out like a thumb on my burgundy rx350.