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Lashing rails can be found in modern transport vehicles but also in station wagons and some limousines. These are rails that are embedded in the floor in the loading area of a transport or in the trunk of a vehicle. The rails have adjustable attachment points that can be used, for example, to attach bicycles or other transport goods. The articles are characterized by extreme resilience.
Lashing rails - retrofitting possible?
If you do not have lashing rails in your vehicle, you can retrofit the items under certain circumstances. However, whether the rails can actually be retrofitted depends on the vehicle type, year of manufacture and the existence of retrofit kits on the part of the manufacturer. Not every car can be equipped with lashing rails. If vehicle manufacturers offer lashing rails for retrofitting, this is usually provided with instructions for which vehicles and under what conditions this is possible. You should definitely ask a specialist workshop whether retrofitting with lashing rails is feasible for the existing vehicle model. Furthermore, the cost-benefit factor of the retrofit should be decisive. For example: If retrofitting a VW T6 bus, a Mercedes Sprinter or an Opel Vivaro is very expensive and if, for example, you only want to take bicycles with you for occasional private transport, you can buy one rear carrier make more sense. However, if the transporter / van is used professionally and bicycles etc. are transported regularly, retrofitting should definitely be considered.
Can lashing rails be retrofitted?
Retrofitting lashing rails is often discussed in Internet forums. For example, a forum entry for retrofitting lashing rails on a Mercedes Sprinter 315 from 2010 can be found. The Sprinter is designed with wooden floors. For retrofitting with lashing rails, another forum participant advises that the wooden cladding must be removed and shortened by the width of the lashing rails. The lashing rails must be held to the wooden cladding and corresponding holes drilled. Threaded compression sleeves must also be pressed in and the lashing rails screwed to them. The wooden cladding should be attached with aluminum pop rivets (large head). Furthermore, the cavities are insulated so that no rust forms. In general, however, such forum entries should be handled with care. It is not absolutely advisable to install lashing rails yourself if it is not a prescribed retrofit work that can be done by the manufacturer of the vehicle with a retrofit kit. It is therefore advisable to have lashing rails retrofitted in a specialist workshop. The rails are also suitable for mounting on the side wall or on the ceiling.
Retrofitting possible for many vehicles!
If a vehicle manufacturer offers a lashing rail system as standard equipment or as optional equipment, this system can usually also be ordered as a variant for retrofitting. For example: For a BMW X3 of the E83 model generation, retrofitting from the lashing rail system is possible at a price of around € 250 (excluding material costs) possible. The scope of delivery then includes the adaptive fastening system, the lashing eyes, the lashing rails on the right and left and various small items. For professional retrofitting at an authorized BMW dealer, you should at least plan the purchase price of the complete system again.
Retrofit lashing rails - commission a specialist workshop
If you want to retrofit lashing rails in your older transporter, you should ask for advice in a specialist workshop / authorized workshop. The specialists in the workshop can provide information about possible retrofit kits from the manufacturer or from third parties and also provide information as to whether the lashing rails can be retrofitted to the respective vehicle. Furthermore, the interested tuner also gets an overview of the costs they will incur when retrofitting. Depending on the intended use of the lashing rails, a roof rack or rear carrier for the vehicle but be cheaper and more effective.
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