I'm planning on removing the roof rack from my wagon. There are eight welded on pins to locate the strips on the roof. Has anyone ever removed them?
They seem to be spot welded on. I'm tempted to put a vise grip on the pin and rotate it. My concern is rather than breaking off flush with the roof I will either distort the metal, or find once the pin is removed I have a hole in the roof.
The other option is to grind them off but rarely do I find that the grinding tool doesn't do significant damage regardless of how careful one it. While I realize it with take some Bondo I'd like to minimize the amount.
And, in case anyone is wondering the portions where the hold down screws go, I'm either having my son 3-D print or machine me thin cover plates (delete plates if you will) to cover the mounting points.