When we traded in our '13 for the '16 I was (it seems incorrectly) told by the salesman that our OEM crossbars from our '13 would work on the '16. Fast forward a year to when I actually attempt to install them and I'm realizing that there is a new part for the '16 and '17 explorers.
My question is this - It seems like the bars will fit. They just don't have the right hardware to attach. The '13s used a slide mechanism at the end of each bar to attach to the rails, but the '16 requires bolts to screw into the rails - 8 total (2 on each side of each bar). It looks like I can remove the slide things and reuse the 4 bolts that came with the '13 bars, but that leaves me 4 short. Am I being too simple minded to think I can find some similar bolts at Home Depot to match and simply use the bars I have? Has anyone else tried this?
My question is this - It seems like the bars will fit. They just don't have the right hardware to attach. The '13s used a slide mechanism at the end of each bar to attach to the rails, but the '16 requires bolts to screw into the rails - 8 total (2 on each side of each bar). It looks like I can remove the slide things and reuse the 4 bolts that came with the '13 bars, but that leaves me 4 short. Am I being too simple minded to think I can find some similar bolts at Home Depot to match and simply use the bars I have? Has anyone else tried this?
