Racks, ooops...

[Gwendolynn ferch Elydyr <gwen@reptiles.org>]

Heya!

It's been a bit of an eventful few weeks - had a bit of a bump with my
car a week ago - looks like it'll be at least the entire right rear
quarter panel, and there's bits buckled all over (OTOH, she's still driving
and handling well, which is a relief!).

...in other questions - I've just put a set of Yakima racks on her (and
yes, the bars *are* more than 18" apart ;>), and it the process of
removing the 'plugs', managed to break all but one of them, as well as
scratch the plastic/metal around them a bit.

Is there some special technique to removing them? (For that matter, is 
there somewhere to get replacements?)

Also, it seems that there's a fair bit of space around the rack feet, and
I'd like to be able to fill that in, to avoid filling the cavities with
water.  Any suggestions?

cheers!
cat
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desire for fish and an equally deep, passionate and profound desire to
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