josephtucker95

Put my roof rack and it looks stunning oem too. What do you guys think? I still have another one in great condition let me know.

AMGTestDriverNJ

looks sick. I was looking for an OEM one for my 500E. They are tough to come by.

josephtucker95

Yeah. A 500e and a 300e use the same rack.

Saijin_Naib

All the sedans do. The coupe use a special threaded mount, and the wagon only needs the cross bars.

AMGTestDriverNJ

Here is a good example of the OEM set I'm looking for.

They won't be easy to find, but they'll turn up on EBay sooner or later!

http://www.benzworld.org/forums/sale...-mercedes.html

josephtucker95

That's the set I have and the other one I'm selling

josephtucker95

I'll sell you my spare set

AMGTestDriverNJ

That set in your picture looks like it was manufactured in the last couple of years, I want the OEM one which would have been produced 15 to 20 years ago. They are probably both Thule products, and likely the same exact mechanical design though. The OEM one also appears to only come in black, which to me looks better. I just personally would prefer not to put such a new looking design on a car of such vintage. I know its knitpicky but thats how I am about my cars, can't help it.

josephtucker95

this is the original roof rack from what I understand. It is not a repop or late model roof rack.

AMGTestDriverNJ

You can post a picture of it if you like, but I'm 99% sure what you have is a new version of an old OEM design. Thule holds the patents on these things, they probably just licensed it to MB for the run of the model line and a few years after for replacements. When the license is finished, Thule takes the MB logos off and puts theirs back on and puts them back on the shelves and sells them cheaper. If yours was an older OEM version from MB, it wouldn't have the modern brush silver crossbars and those nice plastic end caps.

josephtucker95

Well my dads been a parts guy for the past 35 years and he's told me they only came in brahed silver. That guy must have painted the bars. Mine are def oem

AMGTestDriverNJ

Post a pic of the unistalled one so I can have a look. If it is, maybe I'll take it. There aren't any MB or 124 markings on the end caps, right?

josephtucker95

It has marking from mb and says w124.

AMGTestDriverNJ

So I'm interested, post some pictures.

josephtucker95

Here are some pics didn't have time for the w124 logo pic. I'll take one when I get home.

AMGTestDriverNJ

how much?