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Old July 20th, 2008, 6:20 PM
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Has anyone removed their entire roof rack on '08 Tahoe yet?? I did mine today and I screwed the nuts back into the nut backs.
However, I'm worried that the nut backs will allow water to seep into the vehicle. It makes sense that there would be a gasket but I cannot tell.

Any thoughts on how to avoid water seepage (outside of putting roof racks back on)??
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spooge um' with some RTV, they can still be taken out but should prevent any water from entering, why are you removing them looks? MPG?
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That's what I ended up doing but I want something better looking.
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I haven't had a chance to look yet, are the cross rails easy to remove?
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Yes, they are easy to remove.
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Hey mary900 you never said why you were scalping your Tahoe?
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