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These crossbars combine the strength of steel with an aerodynamic shape to create a heavy-duty yet quiet roof rack for your vehicle. Full-length bars maximize cargo carrying capacity and work with most clamp-on accessories.
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Yakima 50" CoreBar SM:Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Speaker 1: Today in our 2018 Ford Escape, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima Core bar roof rack system consisting of part numbers, Y00421. These are the core bar cross bars, 50 inches long. We'll also be using part number Y00147. These are the Timberline towers for the Yakima cross bars. Particularly for the factory raised side rails.The Yakima core bar roof rack system is great for carrying a wide variety of accessories on your roof while freeing up space inside your vehicle. You can carry anything from roof baskets to cargo boxes to bike racks.
This rack combines the strength and sturdiness of the Yakima round bars with aerodynamic shape of the jet stream bars. So you're not going to have any need for any ferrings or anything like that because of its shape because it's going to cut down that wind noise and drag that you do experience with the round bars. The downside to that is, you cannot use T-track accessories once these are installed so you're limited to pretty much any accessory that wraps around your actual existing bar.Our end caps are easy to come off and you can see how it wraps around your existing factory side rail with its rubber coated steel strap. Now it is rubber coated to ensure that your factory raised side rails won't get any scratches on it while it's being installed. With our end cap, you do have the option of removing this plastic core and replacing it with a Yakima same key system lock which is sold separately on etrailer.com's website.
Now it's sold separately because not only can you secure this to your factory side rail, but you can buy enough to make it key to life with your accessories for your roof as well.Now I'd like to give you a couple quick measurements. From the center of the roof to the bottom of the bar is going to be about two and a half inches. From the center to the top is going to be about three and a half inches. So that gives you more than enough space in between the bar and the roof to install your accessories. However, I would like to warn you, once this is installed with your accessories, I would not use your sunroof once it's installed.Both bars combined have a carrying capacity of 220 lbs but you always want to double check with your vehicle's manual to make sure your roof can withstand those weights.
Now that we've gone over some of the features of the Yakima core bar roof rack system, let's go ahead and show you how it installs.We have our front bar already installed into our Escape and we have a rear bar partially assembled here on our table. Our next step is we're going to take our tower and our brackets and attach it to the other end of our bar. We'll first take our plastic bracket piece here, push that on the top part. It has a little bit of a snap when you put it in. Next we'll take our metal bracket and slide it onto our bar like so.
We'll flip it upside down to make our install just a little bit easier on us. Then we'll take the screw in the centner here and attach that to our bracket. You want to tighten this down until you here the two or three audible clicks. Then we'll take our end cap and put that on as well.Now we can set our bar into place. In no particular place right now. As you do this, you want to make sure the line on the bottom here is going to be sitting on top of our factory raised side rail. Next I'll measure from center to center making sure not to go below 24 inches. We'll do this on both sides to make sure it's even. Then we'll measure from this point out for our cross bar overhang and make sure that's even as well. With all of our measurements okay, now we can start tightening it down.We'll start by tightening down the bolt in the center here and that's to tighten down our tower to our bar. Now we can wrap our rubber coated steel strap up underneath. You can start tightening this to our factory raised side rail. We'll get it snug on both sides and then we'll completely tighten it down. With that tightened down, our final step is to put our end cap into place and they just push in on both sides and then we can load up our gear and hit the road.There you have it for the Yakima core bar roof rack system on our 2018 Ford Escape.
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (192 Customer Reviews)
These crossbars combine the strength of steel with an aerodynamic shape to create a heavy-duty yet quiet roof rack for your vehicle. Full-length bars maximize cargo carrying capacity and work with most clamp-on accessories.Excellent solution for my 2023 Chevy Silverado. In the past, I have had rails installed on the roof of my pickup trucks, but I find the BaseLine towers to be a better solution, since they don't permanently change the truck. Plus, they are much more solid than SkyLine system on the rails.
From start to finish, the folks at etrailer -- and I spoke to several people there, so it was a consistent corporate vibe -- were fantastic to deal with.
There were delays in getting my product that were on the supplier side and out of etrailer's control, yet etrailer folks kept me up to date and also worked on a customized solution.
My goal was to be able to carry my surfboard on the roof of our 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe to the beach more than 3 hours away. But the particular model we had had no existing racks, no recessed areas, nothing to fix racks to. Not even the dealer had a solution. I was sh*t out of luck.
But etrailer hooked me up. The racks did take me a while to put on, but most of that time was fine tuning to reduce “hum” while driving. I’m very happy with them.
Thanks to etrailer, I have gone surfing and can go surfing whenever I'd like to.
Follow the instructions, and you can't go wrong on the self installation
Love my Yakima roof rack!! It exceeds my expectations.great product. Also thank etrailer for the tec support! great staff always there to help thanks again!!
As described! Quick delivery!
Ackage came 2 days early the install was somewhat easy (did it by myself)
Did not get to mount anything to it but seems really sturdy. One thing I can say is mark out your mounting points with provided stickers then put up and make adjustments to the roof rack.
Great product great service
Really easy to install & work as specified. So happy with the customer support/service at etrailer.
I've just recently installed this setup on my 2015 Toyota Camry.
etrailer - Shopping for this rack was fairly simple, and the shipping from etrailer was quick and reliable. I received the rack in 2 different shipments but they both arrived at the same time. etrailer made sure the all the contents were available. They also have several resourceful videos on their YouTube page, which was helpful while shopping for the rack and during a few trouble shooting items while I was installing.
Yakima Core Bar - Overall a quality product. Everything necessary was supplied, including a handy measuring tape and some very well written instructions. The fit is clean and very sturdy. The only qualm I have is that the hex hole in the large anchor bolts are a bit larger than the supplied hex driver. Toward the end of the installation, the tool was worn and ended up turning inside the bolt itself (not due to over torquing whatsoever). I ended up having to use a hex set I had in my toolbox to complete the installation because the provided tool was starting to strip out the anchor bolt. With that said, the kit is still a great kit that meets my expectations.
Wind noise is quieter than my OEM VW bars on my 2017 Volkswagen GTI. It's noticeable, but nothing extreme - I believe that's just the price you pay when adding crossbars to a vehicle.
Verdict - etrailer has definitely met my expectations, and the Yakima kit provided is a well designed kit that fits well!
Well packaged and on time
So far so good. Purchased these towers to use on a 2022 GMC Canyon with HD bars that I already had, primarily to carry my canoe. Yakima's fitting instructions worked perfectly and the whole system seems really solid.
Should include extra end caps just in case they fall off.
Your notice of schemes was a lot better than the yakima site provided. They did not suggest the scheme you did.
But when the products arrived, the instructions were by yakima. Generally worked as instructed except the tower to tower transverse mounting dimensions needed to be tweaked for a perfect fit.
These crossbars feel like they are well made and sturdy. It took less than 30 minutes to install with the Ridgeline Towers. I love the look of the bars! Can't wait to load the Kayaks up and get out on the water.
Very sturdy, well made. The assembly instructions are not too good but if you call Yakima they will provide additional instructions.
Great product fast shipping
Great! Easy to install!
Solid build quality and easy installation on my '21 Mazda CX-5.
Very happy with the Yakima roof top rack kit for my 2017 Ford Edge with glass roof. The instructions were a little confusing at first, but after reading through them a couple of times while working with the product they became much clearer. The Yakima fit site was helpful as well. After the initial cross bar mounting measurements and set up, attaching and detaching the racks from the roof is a very simple process.
Feel solid, not too tricky to install
Nicole was beyond helpful!!!
antastic company and wonderful service, one of the racks was the wrong size for my car so they were able to help find the right size for my Car. Absolutely great company, with fast shipping and just the products I needed for my Car!. Very helpful, and overall smooth transaction and service. I will order from this company again very soon!. shipping came in a very strong and solid box. I highly recommend buying from them!. 10/10 all the way!.
Good transaction. Arrived quickly, new in box.
Very good product. The Yakama towers and cross bars feel very solid and appears to be high quality. Very easy install. Others have complained about the instructions, but guess I'm a visual person because the pictures all seemed very clear to me and the install was very easy. They do sit higher than I expected. After adding a Rhino Rack cargo basket, we only have about 4-5" clearance below the garage door.
Roof rack fits and works as advertised. Over the phone customer support for sales and install directions were very helpful and thorough. Geoff is an excellent brand ambassador who goes above and beyond to fulfill customer expectations. I will definitely be shopping at etrailer for my future vehicle needs. Well done!
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