@DickoB8 - Good luck with the sale Nick
Will do Geoff, I’m expecting plenty of wind noise as it seems the nature of roof bars but hoping it won’t interfere with my hands free.
I've got Farad roof bars on mine and a large Thule top box and to be honest you wouldn't have a clue it was on up to about 80MPH and after that there's just a little bit more wind noise, you'd never know they were on.
Fitted B8.5 stone guards today it’s certainly tidied it up nicely and added the protection for winter. I followed the advice online of removing the plastic tabs which the facelift model uses and fitted some extra strong double sided tape.
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Hi Duncan, I purchased them direct from Audi and they cost around the £30 mark then just purchased the 3M tape off eBay. I’ve since had the wings replaced under warranty and they kindly fitted some new protectors
Yeah it all starts with stone chips but it is a design flaw, some dealers won’t entertain it what so ever others will try and help. I’ll warn you it’s a long drawn out process lots of chasing is needed but worth it if they will help! They start by measuring the paint depths and if it’s been previously resprayed they won’t entertain it but if it’s still original they will send off numerous photos to Audi and let them make the final decision. Good luck in what ever route you take
