mikeg250

Which aftermarket rack will fit the flush rails?
Thanks

edofloat

Thule. Get the aero bars.

gorillamunch

Has anyone tried these with the S213 Panoramic Roof? I am wondering if the glass will hit the cross bars? The Mercedes cross bars are ridiculously high & even then the dealer tells me they somehow prevent the roof from opening.

sjnorte

Having a '17-E400-wagon w/pano wanting to mount roof rack for bikes, Kayak and other outdoor travel uses, also. The Pano roof clearance is a question with any cross bars.

Plus 1 for Thule aero for quiet freeway flyer from air noise.
Any Pros and cons from others with racks on there automobiles would be appreciated.
Thanks

mikeg250

I have the 2017 E Wagon with pan roof. Bought the MB cross bars and Thule bike racks.

Observations:

I no longer can open the roof. It is restricted to tilting the back opening.

The Thule bars are over-engineered and too not very easy to use when placing the bikes in the rack.

If anyone is interested in the bike racks, let me know. They were $200 per rack new.

I'm in Sarasota, FL

salemraucher

Got the MB cross bars and bike racks. Pano roof is only tilting not fully opening (by design). If anybody is going to order the MB equipment, make sure you get the right adapter fasteners. My dealer omitted to tell me about / order these, and I spent an afternoon questioning my handyman skills when the racks didn't fit the bars....

gorillamunch

I just received and installed the Thule 9595B Kit (wingbar Edge Black 9595B, Fit Kit 4055) and it great!

Low profile, minimal wind noise and best of all the sunroof still **** and opens!!! Way better than the silly OEM solution.

sjnorte

Thats great to hear Gorilla! Just for clarity do you have the standard sunroof size or Panoramic sunroof option on your E wagon. Thanks for the detailed part numbers as well.
Steven

gorillamunch

Panorama.

sjnorte

This is how it is done with any but great news with a picture to boot.
Looks great on there.

Thule it is
Thank you

Long Islander

I don't like to place anything on the roof, so I built an inexpensive rack for 2 bikes for the interior of our wagon. You need to buy two fork mounts like these and install them at a slight angle (meaning the handlebar is turned around 45 degrees) on a wooden board on the left side of your wagon:

http://www.nashbar.com/webapp/wcs/st...92_-1___204671

You can then safely transport two bikes and three passengers in your wagon with nothing on the roof. The only problem I find is that there are three of us and three bikes, so this only works when two of us want to go biking.

sjnorte

Good idea and Thanks, Do you have pictures to share?
Steve

Long Islander

Here are some photos of the bike "rack" on the basement floor. I bought a piece of birch wood and stained it similar to the wood on the inside of the car. You need to set up your bikes so they both fit. The back tires face the front of the car. Our hybrid bikes also fit. If your bike is too tall, you can remove the seat. The first photo shows the bottom of the wooden board. All you need to keep it in place is to cut it so it just fits side to side. I also put some Velcro on the bottom so it grips the carpeting.

sjnorte

Long Islander, That brings to mind of K.I.S.S and it works. This solves the 2 guys get away weekend to carry 2 bikes, Kayaks, and extra gear simultaneously.

I hesitate on the thought of anything on the roof also, just yet, Not out of the question but would like to enjoy newness of the design lines of vehicle for a while. Having vans , 4x4 trucks and this will be my 3 rd also most expensive but largest wagon. Never had an interest in an SUV, just rather do with other.

Thanks for sharing of the pictures and the detail explanation. Very Very helpful.

Long Islander

Now you have me wondering whether I can mount three bikes and still have use of one rear seat (on the right side). I suppose I could see how tightly I could squeeze the bikes together after removing pedals from the bike in the middle.

mbsmj

The panoramic sunroof on my 2017 E400 wagon only opens half way and will only close inch by inch when pushing the button multiple times. I have Thule aero cross bars installed but they dont physically impead the sunroof. Is this normal? Is there a sensor that restricts the use of the sunroof when crossbars are installed?

Long Islander

You need to reset your sunroof switch. This has happened to me on my S211 when the battery was disconnected. I think you press the sunroof button and hold it. If that doesn't work, check your manual under "resetting sunroof."

MNIAW

Resurrecting this older thread. I just bought a used 2017 E400 wagon with the panoramic roof. I want to put cross bars on and prefer the OEM bars to Thule which are ridiculously expensive. Don't care that the rear roof won't open as I almost never open the sunroof on any car that I've owned.

What adapter fasteners? I don't live near a dealer so I'm planning to order the OEM crossbars online. I sent in a query to the shop (MBOEMParts.com) asking if I needed anything else to install the bars but haven't heard back in 48 hours. Are the fastener adapters only for the bike rack or needed to install the cross bars to the rails?

Thanks in advance!

MNIAW

To answer my own question...
No adapters needed to mount the cross bars to the roof rails.
They do make a noticeable whistling noise above 50mph

Long Islander

BTW, this rack fit just fine in our W211 wagon, but the interior height of the W213 wagon is too low for the bikes to stand straight up inside the W213 wagon (even with a small bike frame and the bike seat removed). So. we haven't been able to use this rack on the inside of our 2018 E400 wagon.