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Sorry but they are not cheap.  You need to have a car that will take the roof bars first. If your car does not have roof bars it may have  "Holes" in the roof. to take some kind of clamp. Not sure how much these are.  If you do have roof bars, Cross bars and a small top box will cost you about £200.00. (As I said - not cheap) Buy the biggest top box you can afford. (Or your car can take)  Best bet is to go into Halfords and enquire first. - then go away and have think.....

Note: Be careful if you buy "second-hand" as all cars have different "feet" You have to buy the right one for your car.

IF YOUR CAR IS 3 DOOR THEN YOU MAY ALSO NEED ANOTHER PIECE OF "KIT" THAT WILL ATTACH THE REAR BAR TO THE FRONT AS THERE ARE NO DOOR OPRNINGS AT THE REAR TO CLAMP THE BAR. YOU CAN GET SOME BARS THAT WILL ONLY FIT YOUR CAR. THIS CAN SAVE A BIT AS YOU DO NOT NEED A FOOT PACK. THE DRAWBACK IS WHEN YOU CHANGE YOUR CAR YOU CANNOT USE THE BARS ON YOUR NEW ONE. UNLESS ITS THE SAME, OF COURSE. TRY YOUR MAIN DEALER AS THEY SOMETIMES HAVE SPECIAL DEALS ON BARS AND I KNOW SOME WILL RENT YOU BARS AND A ROOFBOX WHICH CAN SAVE YOU MONEY IF YOU ONLY INTEND TO USE THEM ONCE.

IF YOU LOOK AROUND FOR BARS, THEN BEWARE! THERE ARE SOME PRETTY BAD ONES OUT THERE AND ARE JUST NOT WORTH THE MONEY.THEY DO NOT FIT VERY WELL AND CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO YOUR CAR. ANOTHER PLACE TO LOOK IS ON YOUR LOCAL FREECYCLE SITE. JUST JOIN UP FOR FREE AND POST A WANTED AD. YOU NEVER KNOW, YOU MIGHT GET THE WHOLE LOT FOR FREE. NOW THAT IS CHEAP!!!

ANYWAY, GOOD LUCK AND ENJOY YOUR TRIP.

Have a look at roofbox.co.uk they havea package deal staring aroud £115 all in.. and you can use the roofbar chooser  - just select your vehicle and it tells you what you need.

We've just got our roof box from Motormania on ebay. V helpful telling us what we need and there's an online guide too. We paid 100 for a big one with free delivery. 

We've used it and it was fine (until I forgot it was on top and went through a low height restriction barrier! now has a split in one corner!)

We got the Paddy Hopkirk roof bars and locks from Towsure as they were the cheapest.

It was really easy to fit.

Sell it all on ebay after - everyone else seems to!

Bev

If you look here:

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=10151&categoryId=34001

You can enter make and model of your car and get info regarding what you will need. You can get other brands, of course, but this will at least give you some idea.

Before you buy anything, have a look at this chap, he is highly recommended and will source you any original VW parts cheaper than over the counter. He will also advise you what parts you require exactly.

Aldi have a 320 litre box for £80 from today.

GafferTape - which festival are you going to?

I'll be at the Skukfest in August

Roofbox.co.uk are very good, they will tell you what you need.  I suggest  you order by phone rather than on line,  they were very patient with me! 

Our original roofbox failed (don't want to put you off or anything!) and they replaced it with a better one free of charge.  Nice people.

Hi Gaffertape,

My roofbox (from Halfords) came with U-bolts to fit around the bars. You do up the nuts inside the box so they can't be undone from outside.

We got roofbars from roofbox too, they were really helpful. Then we were extremely fortunate to get given a free roofbox from our local Freecycle group (www.freecycle.org )it's a huge Karrite one and in "as new" condition, so we were unbelievably fortunate, but worth registering on your local group and asking, someone might have one knocking about unwanted. Also try your local free ads, local newsagents window, ask around see if you can borrow one from friends or family.

Amanda

CCC have roof bars - might be a bit cheaper than Halfords if you have one locally.

We paid £43 for ours from there.