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Low-profile, aerodynamic crossbar lets you build an aftermarket roof rack for your vehicle. Aluminum bar has a T-slot that lets you mount channel-mounted carriers and accessories. Rubber strip in T-slot keeps out dirt and won't need trimming.
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Inno Aero Aluminum Load Bar - Black - 39" Long - Qty 1:Specs:
Inno Aero Aluminum Load Bar - Black - 39" Long - Qty 1:Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Today on our 2018 Ford Fusion, we're going to be performing a test fit for our Inno Aero roof rack system.This Inno roof rack system is going to allow us to carry roof mounted accessories on our Fusion. Things like roof mounted bike racks, kayak carriers, cargo baskets and more. It's going to allow us to us clamp on style accessories, as well as T-track accessories.Now our crossbars are going to allow us to use about 38" of usable space from end to end. There's about 2" of clearance from the bottom of the bar to the top of the roof. They're also an aerodynamic design, which means they're a lot quieter when traveling down the road, than your traditional round or square bars.Now, our bars are flush mount design, which means that they're going to end at the edge of your vehicle and not overhang. Also, our end caps here are nice and smooth, and kind of offer that more factory look.
Our end caps are also locking on all four, and our key inaudible 00:01:07, and that'll help prevent theft. To undo it, just put your key in and remove it. As you can see our cap also helps protect all the hardware underneath. Our feet do have a nice thick vehicle specific rubber pad. What that does is help protect your vehicle's finish from any scratches or damage.Our fit clips here, as well, are also vehicle specific.
You know your kit is going to fit your Fusion perfectly, and it does fit really nice. These clips are rubber coated and what that does is protect your paint and finish as well.Now one thing I would like to mention here, is how this T-slot accessory groove works. There's a rubber strip in here, and that way you don't have to do any cutting or trimming like some other roof racks. You simply just push your accessory in, slide it down to the position that you want it, and just reinstall your end cap. And it's that easy.Now, with the cross bars installed on your Fusion's roof, it's overall height is going to increase about 3", meaning from the top of the roof, the top of the crossbar is an additional 3".
So keep that in mind when you're traveling through low clearance areas or anything like that. The maximum weight capacity the crossbars can handle is 165 pounds total, but you always want to check with your Fusion's owner manual to make sure your roof can support that.Now that we've gone over the features, I'm going to go ahead and show you how to get our crossbars installed here. You have the front one installed for you already. All right, now we're going to go ahead and assemble our crossbar here. This side is already assembled, and all four of them are assembled exactly the same, so we'll just go ahead and show you how to do this one side.The first thing you would do is take your slider here, and slide it out as far as it can go.
Take your clip, the notched side facing outwards, the metal side facing us. Go ahead and insert that in the housing. We'll just push that all the way back. Now, by pushing this button down, you're able to slide it back a little further, and you want to do it enough to where this slot here is exposed. So we'll just keep that like that for a second.Next thing we'll grab is our foot, and these are marked with Ls and Rs. L for being left, which is the driver's side, R being right, which is the passenger's side, so just make sure you have the appropriate side. Here we have an L, so we're good to go. Next, we'll take our rubber pad, and these are side specific as well. You can tell by the part number that's marked on them, or they have a specific pattern that kind of fits around the head of the screws and you can tell that way as well.It installs, kind of just push firmly on it and you'll kind of set into place and clip in. Like that. Now, with this slot exposed here, it allows us to take our T-clip and put it in that exposed slot, and just with gentle downward pressure push out to the end of the crossbar, and you'll feel the foot kind of fall and just kind of fall into place. Like so.Our next step, we'll take our tape measure, and per our instructions from the center of the crossbar to the edge of our pad here, you need to be 21 and 3/8 of an inch. Go ahead. Go to the edge of the pad. To the center, looks like we're a little long, so we can just push that in a little ways. And it looks like we're about spot on. Set our tape to the side, provided an Allen wrench here. There is a bolt, right there in the center. Just take your wrench, go ahead and tighten that down, set that to the side.There's one more thing we need to do before we actually set it on our roof, and that's grab our fit clip. We're going to remove this bolt with the washers. Just place our fit clip on like so, and just loosely tighten this bolt. Maybe a few turns. You want to have some play in it, so when we set it on your roof, you can get it properly aligned. All right. Let's go ahead and get it set up on our roof.Now, before we put our crossbar on the roof, it's a good idea to open up both your doors. Just makes things a little bit easier. So go ahead and grab your bar, and don't forget to make sure that each side is going to be on the correct side, as I mentioned before. Just take it and gently and carefully lay it on the roof. All right. Like so.Now, our directions instruct us to take a measurement from the center of the two doors, here to the center of this main bolt. And that measurement is going to be 13 and 3/4 of an inch. And the reason we do that on each side, is that way, the rear bar will be exactly square with the front bar. So I'll grab my tape, go ahead and get a measurement here, maybe come forward. All right, so that looks pretty good. Go ahead and measure up this other side.Now we do get a torquing tool provided, like so. And this is a pretty neat tool, because it clicks when you are at the proper torque specification, so you don't have to worry about over tightening or under tightening. So you take your tool, and starting on one side, just tighten it up enough just to get kind of the play and the slack out of the fit clip here. Give it a few turns, and you're going to want to alternate to each side. That way we pull the crossbar down evenly. Once you hear that click like that, that means you're torqued and you don't need to tighten it anymore.All right. So we're all good to go there. Now that we have everything torqued, we can go ahead and install our end caps. These are very simple. Just set them on there, kind of line up the grooves, take your key, go ahead and lock it into place. Give it a good shake, make sure it's on there nice and tight. Do the same thing with the other side here. And there we go. Now we're ready to hit the road.And that's going to complete our test fit on our 2018 Ford Fusion for our Inno Aero roof rack system.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (88 Customer Reviews)
Low-profile, aerodynamic crossbar lets you build an aftermarket roof rack for your vehicle. Aluminum bar has a T-slot that lets you mount channel-mounted carriers and accessories. Rubber strip in T-slot keeps out dirt and won't need trimming.Overall great product. Wife hears a little whistle. With radio on all good for now.
I bought these last summer to affix my kayaks to the roof of my corola. my husband, who is decidedly not a handy person, installed them in an hour and they've been great. no issues– slight whistling at times on the interstate, but that's to be expected. highly recommend!
Great profile. Looks good on truck.
Locking and unlocking very easy.
2016 Golf R MK7
Love it so far
I bought this for my 2016 Fiat 500X which has two glass sunroofs, and it fits perfectly! Follow the directions, put the bars where it says to, and your glass will be safe. You can't open the sunroof while this is in place, but hey, at least you can haul gear on your roof without breaking the glass.
By far the best service I have received in a very long time. I recieved my inno flush feet areo crossbars, sooner than expected and the assembly was just as specified. I especially liked having the video with the tutorial.
I like the look of the low profile and the quality is outstanding. I have used this for my kayak and the low profile helps with the loading and unloading.
I would highly recommend this product and Company.
Thank you etrailer my car looks great I spent 4 hours to ensemble this cross bar and the bask rack but finally I made it now I have more cargo space in my car I really recommend etrailer good quality items and good service thanks again
Josh is the greatest! Thanks for all the help!
The roof rack arrived days before it was scheduled to. Everything ordered arrived intact. Assembly and installation were pretty easy per the directions included and the video on the etrailer site. The rack looks fine on my Maxda CX5 and the additional noise from the rack is not too bad. Haven't had my cargo box on the rack yet but anticipate no problems with it. My experience with etrailer has been first rate.
I bought this for my 2016 Fiat 500X which has two glass sunroofs, and it fits perfectly! Follow the directions, put the bars where it says to, and your glass will be safe. You can't open the sunroof while this is in place, but hey, at least you can haul gear on your roof without breaking the glass.
Everything about this kit met my expectations.
- Perfect fit for my Ford Edge, as advertised.
- Lowest bar height that was still high enough for the Edge Vista roof to clear. The glass does clear when nothing is attached to the bars.
- Aero bar shape. I haven't done a lot of miles yet with only the bars and no other attachments.
I attached an Inno roof box (which still fits through my garage door!) and did a 2000 mile road trip at insterstate speeds. Except the box noise (expected), and a bit of a mileage hit, I had no issues. Secure fit the whole way.
The quality of this product is 5 start and fit exactly with my 2017 nissan rogue..
I bought the whole kit for 2008 honda fit for a cross-country trip, and it performed great. Made it with two surfboards on top with no problems. Instructions for installation are atrocious, but youtube videos can fill in the gaps. Shipping was quick. I didn't use any of the customer service options, but it seems like they would be useful if needed.
I like that the feet don't extend too much beyond the width of the vehicle (2012 Toyota Prius V). No noticeable wind noise or fuel economy change. They held two bikes just fine. The tightening process feels very secure, but took me a while to do. I wasn't in a hurry so it was fine.
fast shipping, great customer service, and easy to install
Great fit, look and service
The Inno racks have handled an assortment of different loads without problems. They are quiet at highway speeds. The lack of tie down points are the only drawback with these racks.
The rails completed the parts I needed to install my roof rack on my 2010 Forester. What was particularly important were the buying and installation guides and video for the products I selected. Order placement was simple, and the order follow up from eTrailers was greatly appreciated.
Easy and worked well with the total kit for our vehicle. Feel sturdy and strong. We’re happy with them.
Shipping and packaging was very good and delivered on time!
Love the flush bar look!
Great product and figment, the service was great as well, the only suggestion I have is if there is a product that cannot be shipped to Canada it should be told when you try to order it, however the follow up call was appreciated .
Easy install, build quality is really nice as is fit and finish. Almost no wind noise at highway speed.
Heavy duty and well designed feet. Love the locking feature, and instructions were clear.
These are really aero dynamic with a sleek design. It doesn’t cause a lot of of air drag like the super known brand.
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