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Yes it will. I installed XC Eurorails on my 97 wagon. If you're installing a used set, make sure you get the original six screws that hold the rails on, along with the six plastic covers that hide the screw heads. The long strip of molding that runs up the side of the windshield and across the top pops out with no difficulty, revealing the six holes the long black screws go into. With your original piece of molding still in place and the screw holes marked with tape or chalk on the top, set the bars down so the rail screw holes line up with the holes in the top, and then mark the molding where you will have to cut it at the front, about two or three inches under the front part of the rail so the rail will hold it down. Use a hacksaw with a fine tooth blade. Remember that when it comes time to change out the windshield, whoever does it will have to pull the trim up and out from under your rail, so don't cut it so long that the rail clamps it in place.
Although my rails were new, I managed to have a leak in the right rear one. The holes the screws go into are sealed with a black mastic that the screws go through, supposedly sealing out the water. Mine was a very unusual leak, because it would not leak all the time. What happened is that I would drive it, park it warm, come back, and there would be a small puddle of water in the back corner on my plastic floor tray. It took me a long time to realize that when I parked it warm with all the vents sealed, the air would cool and create lower air pressure inside than outside, and exert just enough force to suck the water in. Once the car cooled off on the inside no more water came in. I tried running a garden hose over the top many times and looking inside with the plastic overhead trim removed and could never find it. Eventually it stopped from fine dirt plugging it up. Didn't want to take it off because I didn't know whether I would create more leaks removing the screws from the mastic and re-inserting them again.
Point being, if you have any doubt about how hard the mastic is that the screws go into after all these years, you might want to put a dolop of silicon sealer on top of the mastic the screws go into to make sure water doesn't get past them like it did mine. Dick
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