[Patrix7]

As with many, I was not pleased with the roof rack on my silver fj. It was worse than no rack for transporting my canoe and the "adjustable" bar would only move forward a few inches as the rack gets wider at the front.
So...decided to take it off. Bought the pricey little caps to cover the holes.
Now the problem starts: After undoing the first two bolts, something falls into my roof liner and there is now nothing to screw the bolts back into. Check with the dealer and they check with Toyota Canada. It is going to cost about $1500.00 I'm told to remove the roof liner, and make the appropriate changes. It turns out that the bolts are bolted to a device that is held inside the roof with plastic or nylon. The bolts have locktite on them. Consequently the device the bolts are bolted to tears away from the plastic.
The dealer offers to split the cost of the repair with me. They have to install new "nuts" that are pressure fitted to the roof to be able to take the rack on and off.
Toyota Canada won't cover it, despite the fact that they provided the dealers with the caps to cover the holes left by the rack.
I am going through an appeals process now with Toyota Canada.
In my opinion this is a design issue. Taking of a roof rack should be as easy as changing licence plates.