02-13-2024, 03:40 PM | #1 |
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Bought the Thule ones, no longer need these. Don't want to ship now but would debate it eventually. |
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As someone who cross shopped both and ended up going the OEM route, could I ask why you went with Thule instead?
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One, I picked these up when I bought the car with the intention of powder coating them black (my M5 is BSM) . Unfortunately, you cannot ever get the rails off of the feet so I can't powdercoat them. Two, the Thule ones sit a little lower than the OEM ones and I think look a bit better. |
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My intention when purchasing them was to powder coat them black as well. Reached out to a few places and got a few quotes. Explained exactly what I was trying to do, and not one of the powder coaters I reached out to told me what you’re stating about being unable to powder coat them for that reason. I just assumed they would tape off the plastic/housing components. I never got around to doing the powder coating, but have been intending to do it this spring. Perhaps I’ll get away with some gloss black Krylon. Sorry for the thread jack, but thank you so much for the edification! Please accept this free bump.
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My guy specifically said they have to be dismantled so it's just the metal. I'm assuming there's all sorts of issues with quality if you can't wholly powdercoat the part or if you powder coat some other random plastic and it eats away at it or something.
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And same here.
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