Today on our 2012 Subaru Impreza, we'll be test fitting the SportRack 2 Bike Hitch Mounted Bike Rack for 1-1/4 and 2-inch hitches, part number A30901. Now to begin our test fit, we'll simply slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole, and install and tighten down our anti-rattle bolt. With our bolt tight, our bike rack is secured to the vehicle. Now, we'll go ahead and give you a few measurements. At the bike rack, our ground clearance is 13-3/4 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is 8 inches. We'll now go ahead and unfold the bike rack platform and open our cargo door.
And as you can see, we can gain full access to the cargo area with this bike rack. We're now almost ready to load our bike. We'll need only to make sure that our vertical bar clamps are fully extended. We'll also make sure that the wheel loop straps are undone and out of the way. We can then place the bike into the wheel loops.
We'll bring our vertical bar, remembering to reinstall the pin holding the bar in place where we can then bring our top bar clamp down over the top bar of our bike. We'll move back down to the wheel loops where we'll put the straps through the wheel and secure them on the other side. And there you have it, our bike is loaded and we're ready to head on down the road. And that completes our test fit of the SportRack 2 Bike Hitch Mounted Bike Rack, part number A30901 on our 2012 Subaru Impreza.
Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Subaru Impreza
Today on our 2012 Subaru Impreza, we'll be test fitting the Thule Hitching Post Pro Folding and Tilting 4 Bike Rack with Anti-Sway Cradles, part number TH934XTR. Now to begin our test fit, we've already removed the 2-inch adapter so we're ready to fit it in to our 1-1/4-inch hitch. We'll slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole, and install and tighten down our anti-rattle bolt. With our bolt tight, our bike rack is secured to the vehicle. Now, we'll go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is 8-1/2 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is 7 inches.
Thule Helium Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Subaru Impreza
Today on our 2012 Subaru Impreza, we'll be test fitting part number TH970XT. This is the Thule Helium Aluminum 2 Bike Carrier for 1-1/4 and 2-inch hitches. Now to begin our test fit, we've already removed the 2-inch adapter so we'll go ahead and slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole, and install the attached hitch pin. With the pin in, we can then move to the back of the shank where we'll tighten the knob, securing our bike to the bike rack. We'll now go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is 8-1/2 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is 7-1/2 inches.
Thule Doubletrack Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Subaru Impreza
Today on our 2012 Subaru Impreza, we'll be test fitting the Thule Doubletrack Platform Style 2 Bike Carrier, part number TH990XT. Now to begin our test fit, we'll slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole, and install and tighten down our anti-rattle bolt. With our bolt tight, our bike rack is secured to the vehicle. Next, we'll go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bottom of the bike rack is 10-1/2 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is 5-1/2 inches. We can now go ahead and pull the switch at the bottom of the platform.
Thule Apex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Subaru Impreza
Today on our 2012 Subaru Impreza, we'll be test fitting the Thule Apex 4 Bike Carrier for 1-1/4 and 2-inch hitches, part number TH9025. A quick note on this bike rack: It is capable of being used in 1-1/4 and 2-inch hitches class 1 through class 3, although when using it with a class 1 hitch, you are limited to two bikes. Now to begin our test fit, we've already removed the included adapter from our shank, so we're ready to fit it to the vehicle. We'll slide it into hitch, line up the hitch pin hole, and allow the integrated locking hitch pin to slide into place. We can the move to the anti-rattle knob where we'll tighten it down, securing our bike rack to the vehicle. Now, we'll go ahead and give you a few measurements.
Swagman XTC2 Wheel Mount Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Subaru Impreza
Today on our 2012 Subaru Impreza, we'll be test fitting the Swagman XTC2 2 Bike Wheel Mount Platform Style Bike Carrier, part number S64670. Now to begin our test fit, we'll simply slide our bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole, and install and tighten down our anti-rattle bolt. With the bolt tight, our bike rack is secured to the vehicle. At this point, we can 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 6-1/2 inches. We'll now go ahead and unfold the bike rack's platform and open our cargo door.
