It's too bad Thule USA won't supply their euro parts here in the USA. I contacted them and they couldn't help me get parts for the roof rails since technically roof rails isn't an option on the A3 in the USA. That's why I had to order from www.roofrackshop.com in the UK... Scotland. Shipping was around 80 bux. And with the crap exchange, whatever the price that's listed on their site you can just double it for the US price.


I believe that Hesaputz has had his car long before the titanium package came about. Pretty hot.

 

anyone with the thule system have any type of scratching with the fit kit?

 

I forgot to mention that if you have the open sky system and you attach bike racks onto the roof rack, the sliding glass roof may hit the bottom of the bike rack and not open all the way. at least this happens to my yakima rack.

 

So in Angryrican's post on fourtitude he listed the order code for the roof rails as CS2 for the black rails. I just spoke to the dealer and he had no idea what I was talking about. He did some further digging and said the order code is 3S2. apparently the total for both rails and the hardware needed to attach is approx $950. Then comes the labor fees which will vary depending on where you have the rails mounted. Can anyone confirm the price for the rails?

 

No scratches with thule...also no interference issues with the sunroof

Thule has worked great for me.

 

Yakima, in my experience, interferes with open sky. the fairing interferes with the front of the glass + the bottom of the bike tray interferes with the trailing edge of the glass as it lifts and move rearward.
I even created a 1.5" block to lift up the tray; but the tightening hardware still interfered.

 

No scratching with my Thule rack. Had it on for 2yrs straight so far.
Easy to put on yourself as well.

Cheers

 

I have the factory rack and the nice thing about it is that its width is fit perfectly. I know I'm picky, but I just hate it when the generic racks stick out on either side - it just looks ugly. Also, is formed so perfectly so that it won't pinch your car at all, preventing damage. For me, that would be enough to justify the extra cost (after all, I spent almost $40k on the car, what's another couple hundred?). However, the one thing that really really ticks me off about the factory rack is that the end caps are extremely fragile. I ordered mine on the internet and it came with three of the endcaps cracked. I sent it back and got another one also with cracks. Since I was in the middle of the ski season and couldn't wait, I just sucked it up and kept it. Anyway, if you want to get the factory rack, make sure you go to the dealer and check the rack before you drive away to make sure you don't have a cracked one.

 

here is my new rack setup on my 1 month old missano red A3. It is a thule with aero bars and inno low down cruiser box. It was hard to find a box that fits well because of the hatch clearance. I need to get a fairing now.

 

Here's some pics finally of my factory roof rails with Thule rack parts....