RichardGL420

I recently bought 'roof CROSSBAR-Black part#B6 781 2128' for my GL420. I forgot to lock 2 of the black plastic end covers on and lost them. Mercedes won't supply these so I am looking for either two or set of four. Can anyone help?

mbmama

I was told that they come with the cross bars, I'm missing on in my GL. It would be nice to know if we can find it somewhere.

lkchris

I need this, too.

FWIW, they're made by Thule.

SixPak

You guys are for sure out of luck....MB parts are not going to stock these end caps. Anyway, I thought you need the key to put the caps on....so you have no choice but to lock them. At least to my memory.

RichardGL420

I have still not found the manufacturer of these "Mercedes" roof bars. Thank you for replies. Any ideas how to locate the company that manufacture these for Mercedes? (I have contacted Thule but have not heard back yet)

Wolfgang

Ya, made by Thule. Took a pic.

tfinan

I tried last year to get some:

From: x
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 4:32 PM
To: 'y'
Subject: RE: need parts for 2010 mercedes GL crossbars

Good Day,

Accroding with our fit specialist this is not a Thule product
Please contact you Mercedes dealer
Jorge Pxxxx
Thule Customer Service

SixPak

This is exactly what I said in my earlier post. These crossbars are made by Thule but marketed for MB and are considered strictly an MB product. You simply CANNOT get parts through Thule. Mercedes parts will not stock just the endcaps. The only solution is to buy brand new crossbars or used ones. Either way is costly for just replacing endcaps.

tfinan

Well not exactly, you said MB parts and I posted a response from Thule.

In the spirit of sharing information in the forum, it appears there is a now an aftermarket supplier of the cross bars on ebay. I have no experience with the product. It appears to be fairly priced and virtually identical to stock, although black in color.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/07-10...ht_5283wt_1165

SixPak

Thanks for sharing the info....

MKW

My 2008 model yr factory bar end caps cannot even be placed on the crossbars unless the lock key is in them and turned 90 degrees, and then this now captured key cannot be removed until you turn it back said 90 degrees , which locks them in place . How were you even able to remove the key , in said unlocked position ? If it was possible, seems like a poorly thought out product change if it's a later model MBZ bar system that allows that.