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Thule Vertex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda Civic

Today on our 2012 Honda Civic, were going to be testing the Thule Vertex 4 Hitch Mounted Bike Carrier, part number TH9029. To mount our carrier to the vehicle well insert the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of the hitch. Well make sure to line up the hitch pin holes and then feed in our anti-rattle bolt and tighten it down with a wrench. Next we will go over a few clearance measurements; weve got about 9-1/2 of ground cleaner to the bottom of the bike rack to the ground. We have about 2-1/2 of clearance between the closet part of the vehicle and the closet part of the bike rack. We also want to check our vehicle and make sure we still have full cargo area access.

Thule T2 Platform Style Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda Civic

Today on our 2012 Honda Civic, were going to be test fitting the Thule T2 Platform Style bike carrier, number TH917xtr. To mount the carrier to our vehicle, well insert the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of the hitch making sure we line up the hitch pin hole, and then we will take our anti-rattle bolt, thread it in, and tighten down using a wrench. Next we will go over a few clearance measurements; weve got about a quarter of an inch of clearance between the closet part of the bike rack and the closet part of the vehicle. Weve got about 10of ground clearance from the bottom of the bike rack to the ground and weve added about 12 of overall length to the rear of the vehicle with the carrier folded up. We also want to check for rear vehicle access, well fold the bike rack down flat and well open our trunk to make sure we can open it all the way and access our cargo area even with the bike rack installed. Weve added about 31 of length to the rear of our vehicle when the carrier is folded down flat.

Thule Doubletrack Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda Civic

Today we have a 2012 Honda Civic and were going to be test fitting the Thule Double Track Hitch mounted bike carrier, part number TH990xt. To mount the carrier to our vehicle we will insert the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of the hitch. Well thread into our anti-rattle bolt and tighten it down using a wrench. Next we will go over a couple of clearance measurements, weve got about 3-/12 of space between the closet part of the vehicle and the closet part of the carrier, weve got about 9 of ground clearance from the bottom of the bike rack to the ground. Overall, weve added about 10 of length to the rear of our vehicle. We also want to check for rear vehicle access.

Swagman Titan Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda Civic

Today on our 2012 Honda Civic, we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Titan 4 hitch mounted bike carrier, part number S63410. Now since we only have a class one hitch on our Honda Civic, we don't want to load any more than two bikes on this particular rack. To mount the carrier to the vehicle, we're going to insert the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of the hitch. We'll make sure to line up the hitch pin hole so we can feed in our anti-rattle bolt and tighten it down using a wrench. Next we'll go over some clearance measurements. Weve got about seven and a half inches of clearance between the closest part of the bike rack and the closest part of the vehicle.

SportRack EZ Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda Civic

Today on our 2012 Honda Civic were going to be test fitting the Sportrack Thule Hitch Mounted Bike Carrier, part number A30901. To mount this carrier to our vehicle well insert the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of the hitch making sure that we line up the hitch pinholes. Well thread in our anti-rattle bolt and tighten it down using a wrench. Next well go over a few clearance measurements. Weve got about 10 inches of clearance from the bottom of the bike rack to the ground. Weve got about 6 inches of clearance from the closest part of the bike rack to the vehicle.

Kuat Sherpa Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda Civic

Today on our 2012 Honda Civic were going to be test fitting the Kuat Sherpa aluminum bike rack, part number S102. To mount our carrier to the vehicle well insert the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of the hitch. Well make sure to line up the hitch pin hold, then well take the hand mount to tighten the anti-rattle device. Once weve done that we can throw a pin through our pin hole and secure it with a lock. Next well go over a couple of clearance measurements. Weve got about 1 inch of clearance between the closest part of the bike carrier and the closest part of the vehicle.

Pro Series Q-Slot Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda Civic

Today on our 2012 Honda Civic, well be test-fitting the Pro Series Q-Slot platform style two-bike carrier, part number PS63134. To begin our test fit, well simply slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, let out the hitch pinhole, and install the hitch pin. That will secure our bike rack to the vehicle. Well now go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the back of the bike rack is 14 inches. From the closet point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is 8 inches.

Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda Civic

Today on our 2012 Honda Civic well be test fitting part #: TH934XTR, this is the Thule Hitching Post Pro folding and tilting four bike carrier for both inch and a quarter and 2 inch hitches. A quick note on this bike rack is it will work for class 1, class 2 or class 3 hitches, however when using in a class one hitch youre limited to two bikes. To begin our test fit well simply slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pinhole and install our anti-rattle bolt. With our anti-rattle bolt tight our bike racks secured to the vehicle. Well now go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack was 13 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is 6 inches.

Thule Helium Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda Civic

Today on our 2012 Honda Civic well be test fitting the Thule Helium aluminum two bike carrier for inch and a quarter and 2 inch hitches part #: TH970XT. To begin our test fit well simply place the bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pinhole and install the attached hitch pin. With the pin in place we can now move to the back of the bike rack shank and tighten down the anti-rattle knob. Now that our knob is tight our bike racks secured to the vehicle. Well now go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is 9 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is 6 inches.

Swagman XTC2 Wheel Mount Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda Civic

Today on our 2012 Honda Civic well be test fitting the Swagman XTC2 two bike carrier part #: S64670. To begin our installation well simply slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, well line up the hitch pinhole and install and tighten down our anti-rattle bolt. With the bolt tight our bike rack is secured to the vehicle. Now well go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the back of the bike rack is 13 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is 4 inches. Well now go ahead and unfold the bike rack platform and open our trunk.

Rhode Gear Highway Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda Civic

Today on our 2012 Honda Civic well be test fitting the Rhode Gear Highway 2 bike carrier for both inch and a quarter and 2 inch hitches part #: RG8015220. To begin our test fit well simply slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pinhole and install and tighten down our anti-rattle bolt. With our bolt tight our bike racks secured to the vehicle. Well now go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is 9 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack mast to the back of the vehicle is 6 inches. Well now go ahead and pull the pin at the bottom of the bike rack mast which will allow us to tilt the mast down.

Kuat Alpha Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda Civic

Today on our 2012 Honda Civic well be test fitting the Kuat Alpha folding locking 3 bike aluminum bike carrier for inch and a quarter hitches part #: A103-white-114. To begin our test fit well simply slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, well line up the hitch pinhole and install the hitch pin. Well then move to the back of the shank where well tighten down the anti-rattle knob which will secure our bike rack to the vehicle. Now well go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is 11 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is 6 inches. Well now go ahead and pull the pin at the bottom of the bike rack mast to tilt the mast down and open our trunk.

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda Civic

Today on our 2012 Honda Civic sedan, we'll be test fitting the Yakima front loader roof mounted wheel mount bike carrier, part number Y02103. Now with the roof rack system already on our vehicle, we'll start off our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicle's cross bars. In no specific order, we'll loosen up the back bracket and the front bracket to bring the back bracket around the rear cross bar and the front clamps around the front cross bar. We can then turn the black T handle at the rear of the carrier to secure the rear bracket to the rear cross bar, and turn the black T handle at the front of the carrier to tighten down the jaws on the front cross bar. Now that the carrier is secured to the cross bars, we're ready to load up our bike. We'll unfold the front part of the wheel mount and undo the tray strap.

Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda Civic

Today on our 2012 Honda Civic sedan well be test fitting the Yakima Forklift roof mounted bike carrier, part number Y02098. To begin our test fit well simply place the carrier onto the vehicles cross bars and in no specific order loosen up the front bracket as well as the rear bracket to bring the brackets around the underside of the front and rear crossbar. Youll want to make sure that the bike carrier is perpendicular to the vehicles crossbars to ensure that the brackets fit correctly on the crossbars. Once weve established this position we can then tighten down the black T handle at the rear of the carrier to secure the rear crossbar to the vehicle, as well as tightening down the black T handle at the front of the carrier to secure the front of the carrier to the front of the crossbar, that when loosening up or tightening the black T handle, you may need to remove a skewer from the head of the carrier in order to remove the front black plastic safety cap. Once we have the carrier secured to the vehicles crossbars were ready to load up our bike. Well loosen up the skewer at the front of the carrier and move to the rear of the carrier and undo the tray strap.

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda Civic

Today on our 2012 Honda Civic, well be test fitting the Swagman Forkdown roof mounted bike carrier, part number S64710. To mount our carrier up on our vehicle, well set it in place on top of our load bars. At the head of the bike carrier well feed our U-bolts up from the bottom, below our crossbar, and through the plate at the head of the bike rack. Then well use the wing nuts to tighten them down. At the rear, well fit the U-bolt through the top of the bike rack, around our rear load bar. Well fit the clamp from the bottom side, and tighten it down again with wing nuts.

Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda Civic

Today on our 2012 Honda Civic Hybrid, we're going to be test fitting part number TH513, the Thule Domestique Fork-Mount Bike Carrier. Now, our vehicle is already equipped with the Thule Rapid Aero Roof Rack System so we're ready to go ahead and fit our bike rack to the vehicle. To begin, we'll set the bike rack on top of the crossbars. We'll place the head of the bike rack directly over the front crossbar. We can then bring the clamping device underneath the crossbar and tighten it down using the Allen wrench included within the bike rack. We'll then move to the back mount while we'll bring the clamp underneath the rear crossbar and clamp it down again using the included Allen wrench.

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda Civic

Today on our 2012 Honda Civic Hybrid, we will be test fitting the Rocky mounts Tierod roof mounted bike carrier part no RKY1014. Now we've already removed the bike rack head cover so we will set the head over the front crossbar and bring the rubber coated steel straps underneath and resecuring them to the head of the bike rack. We can them move to the rear mount where we will bring the clamp underneath the rear bar and tighten it down with the wing nuts provided with our bike rack and with our rear mounts tight we can go ahead and move back to the head of the bike rack and tighten it down using the Allen Key tool included with the bike rack. Once that is tighten out we can reinstall our bike rack head and cover and we're almost ready to load our bike. We will simply make sure the skewer is out and centered and that our rear wheel strap is undone and out of the way. We will then place our bike on top of our bike carrier we will put the front fork into the skewer and tighten it down.

RockyMounts Euro PitchFork Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda Civic

Today on our 2012 Honda Civic Hybrid we will test fitting part number RKY1103, the RockyMounts Euro Pitchfork roof mounted bike carrier. Now this bike carrier will use the channel within the AeroBlade of our roof rack system. So to begin our test ft, we will remove the rubber channel cover from the front crossbar. With the cover removed we will side the bike rack head into the channel where we can then move to the rear mount and run the clamp underneath the rear crossbar and secure it with the wing nuts. We will then move back up to the head of the bike rack and tighten it down with the Allen wrench provided in our bike rack. Next we will go ahead and make sure that the front skewer is opened up and even.