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Anyone got one


And can you fit it on your own without damaging the car
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Hi Josh,
The Q5 bars are almost the same as the thule T bar.
Pretty certain they are made by Thule to be honest. Nice touch is that you can lock the covers into the groove guides so they are quite secure.
Thanks


Having had a close look. I reckon the OEM 440 litre one in the Audi brochure @ ?385 is in fact the Thule Atlantis 200 available at ?272 from Thule UK.

So food for thought. I think I may take Crustynoodle's advice and go for that one and save some cash.
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Having had a close look. I reckon the OEM 440 litre one in the Audi brochure @ ?385 is in fact the Thule Atlantis 200 available at ?272 from Thule UK.

So food for thought. I think I may take Crustynoodle's advice and go for that one and save some cash.
Josh,
You should ask the dealer to give you a price for it when ordered with your car.We ordered a bundle of accessories and was coming in at over 300 and paid 250 for it all.the salesman get extra bonuses for accessories sold so would be in there interest to help you

Rich
Good idea Rich. Thank you
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My box - Thule excellence - 730,- EUR in Slovakia

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That looks good
Josh

We just ordered a Thule Atlantis 600 in glossy black from Roofbox.co.uk - it was ?215 plus ?10 delivery (north of scotland) and ?15 for the T bar adapters to go into the audi bars instead of the big power grips (which take up a lot of room/awkward inside the box.
The box you mention by Kamei is rated by them as the best box available!!
They also point out that most boxes supplied by VAG are Thule or Kamei

Hope that's useful.
Thanks Robbie

I'm still tempted by that Kamei 390 in grey. Waiting for some colour samples from Roofbox
Thanks Robbie

I'm still tempted by that Kamei 390 in grey. Waiting for some colour samples from Roofbox
Assuming the weather turns up here, I'll be washing the car and seeing if I like the box or whether I want to change it - if that happenes I'll take a snap and post it, my Q5 is also Daytona grey, allegedly (havent seen it not covered in salt or snow since it arrived!)
I'll look forward to that
I'll look forward to that
Not the artiest shots but should give an idea. Am quite impressed with the box and plenty of room for a couple of bike carriers.

I have a couple more from other angles but need to hide number plate or I can email them privately.

Hopr it helps!

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Thanks Robbie


That looks good. Did you put it on yourself or did you have a helper


I ideally need to be able to do it myself and if not I will have to ask a neighbour.
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Thanks Robbie


That looks good. Did you put it on yourself or did you have a helper


I ideally need to be able to do it myself and if not I will have to ask a neighbour.
The wife helped but to be fair we dropped it onto the Tbar fittings (which we'd already placed in the rails) from above, so a little fiddly. Having taken it off today by loosening the bolts inside the box and sliding the whole thing out it was much easier. 5 minutes on my own and it was all (inc bars) safely off the car. I think now the Tbars are attached to the box it would be possible to fit on your own, without much drama. Have just used the roofbox.co.uk supplied boxlift to store it in the garage roof, very easy.
Overall, for ?240 with box, Tbar fittings and delivery (in 2 days) I'm very very pleased, car actually looks good with it and dare I say it, a little bare without it just now!
I think the quality of the box is good too, for occasional use I'm sure it will be fine, regular use may be worth the Kamei with superior quality.
Happy shopping
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Sadly my current garage is too small to get any car into. Maybe next house move will fix that.

Next purchase is a new dog cage then will see if we have enough room with back seats folded down for our baggage. We had a big roofbox years ago which ended up gathering dust till I sold it......so if we can do without I'd prefer it.
Got the Kamei samples today. I think the black looks best with Daytona Grey. The grey is very light.

Off to get a dog cage measured up tomorrow. So will see after that
Got the Kamei samples today. I think the black looks best with Daytona Grey. The grey is very light.

Off to get a dog cage measured up tomorrow. So will see after that
Gloss black, definitely!
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