Roof Rack Installation And Review Videos
Yakima Roof Rack - Crossbars - Y00409 Review- Video
Today we're going to be taking a look at the Yakima round crossbars for Yakima roof rack systems. These are multi-purpose crossbars that supply the backbone for your aftermarket roof rack system. You'll notice that they're a round design that's going to fit all Yakima towers. Towers are sold separately, and they are available here at etrader.com. These bars provide stability to your roof-mounted racks, which allows you to carry the accessories that secure your gear. This roof rack system, or these bars, are going to be great for bike racks, water sport carriers, roof baskets and boxes, and much more. more
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Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2016 Acura MDX- Video
Today on our 2016 Acura MDX, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Yakima roof rack system. It's going to be part number Y00409, Y00124, and finally part number Y00731. As you can see, we've already got the first one up on the vehicle. That's going to be spaced off that front windshield 6" with an inside measurement from each Q Tower of 48". We'll explain how the second one goes together and the final measurements you need to make. The bar here is going to be your part number Y00409. You're going to have your Q Towers, which are going to be part number Y00124; and then finally, your fit kit for the vehicle specific, which is going to be part number Y00731. As you can see, we've already got one side on. more
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Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2012 Chevrolet Camaro- Video
Today on our 2012 Chevrolet Camaro, we'll be test fitting the Yakimara RoundBar Roof Rack System using part numbers Y00409, Y00678 and Y00124. With our roof rack assembled according to the instructions, we'll begin by placing the front half of our roof rack onto the front part of our vehicle. We'll place the front half of our roof rack onto the front part of our roof. To ensure that our feet are in the correct location, we need to measure 7 inches from the leading edge of the windshield to the closest point on our foot pack. We'll do this measurement for both sides to make sure that our feet are in line with each other. We'll make our way back and forth, tightening a little bit at a time to ensure we do not lose our spot. One we have them snugged down, we can then close the cap. more
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Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2012 Chevrolet Colorado- Video
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Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2014 Chevrolet Impala- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevy Impala, we'll be test fitting the Yakima Q Towers Roof Rack System using the 58 inch load bars. We'll be using part numbers Y00409, Y00723, Y00732 and Y00124. With everything assembled according to included instructions, we'll begin our test fit by placing the front cross bar onto the front of our roof. Now we'll need to measure nine inches from the leading edge of the glass to the leading edge of our Q Tower. We'll need to make this measurement on both the passenger and driver's side of the vehicle. Making this measurement on both sides will ensure the front crossbar is perpendicular to the roof of our Impala. Once we have the bar in position, we'll tighten down the silver thumb screw on the inside of the tower and clamp down the black plastic covers. Clamping down the cover is going to bring the clip up tightly against the roof line. more
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Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2018 Chevrolet Malibu- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 Chevrolet Malibu, we're gonna be test-fitting the Yakima round bar roof rack system, consisting of part number Y00409, these are the 58-inch round cross bars, part number Y00146, these are the baseline towers for the Yakima cross bars, particularly for naked roofs, part number Y03536, and this is the round bar SL adapter for the Yakima base line, and finally part number Y06123 and this is gonna be the base clip fit kit for the Malibu.The rider rack round bar roof rack system is great for carrying a wide variety of accessories on your roof while freeing up space inside your Malibu. It can carry anything from bike racks to cargo baskets to cargo boxes. While the round bars are both durable and strong, they are gonna make noise while you drive, so you might have to purchase aftermarket bearings to cut down that wind noise and drag, which you can find on etrailer.com.These are very easy to install. They simply clamp around your existing doorframe and tighten down into place. Everything is provided to tighten this down to your vehicle as well. And at the ends of our end caps, we do have plastic knockouts, which you can remove and replace with Yakima same key system which is sold separately. more
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Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2013 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today on our 2013 Chevrolet Silverado we'll be test fitting the Yakima Round Bar Roof Rack System using the 58 inch crossbars, part number y00409; the Q118 Q-clips for the Yakima Q-Towers, part number y00718 and the Yakima Q-Towers Roof Rack Feet for the naked roof, part number y00124. With our roof rack assembled according to the instructions we'll begin our test fit by opening both front doors. We'll grab our front bar and place it onto the front part of our roof. To ensure that we have this in the correct location we need to measure 11 inches from the leading edge of the windshield to the closest point on our foot pack. We'll do this measurement for both sides of the vehicle to ensure that our feet are in line with each other. Once we have our front bar in place we can use the thumb screw to tighten down our foot pack. more
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Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2008 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today, on our 2008 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 series, we'll be testing in the Yakima roof rack system using the round fifty-eight inch crossbars part numbers Y00409 to Q118 Q clips for Yakima Q Towers part number Y00718 and the Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack feat part number Y00124. With our roof rack assembled according to the instructions, we'll begin our test by opening our doors. We'll grab our front bar and place it onto the front part of our roof. To ensure that we have this in the correct location, we need to measure eleven inches from the leading edge of the windshield to the closest point on our FlipPac. We'll do this measurement on both sides of the vehicle to ensure that our feet are in line with each other. Once we have it in place, we can tighten down the screw using our hands or flathead screwdriver. more
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Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500- Video
Today on our 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Series Crew Cab we're going to be test fitting the Yakima Roof Rack System. We're going to be using part number Y00409 for the fifty-eight inch crossbar. Also going to be using part number Y00607 and that's for the Q Clips Fit Kit right here. Also going to be using Y00124 for the Q Tower Foot Pack. Now we've already got the front crossbar installed along with foot packs, and we've got one of the foot packs on this fifty-eight inch crossbar right here. What I'd like to do is show you how to assemble the final Q tower here. more
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Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 model we're going to test fitting the Yakima Q Towers Roof Rack System using the 53 inch round bars. We'll use part numbers Y00409, Y00124, Y00607, and Y00607. With our roof rack assembled according to the manufacturer's instructions, we're going to open the front door of our truck, grab the front half of our rack and place it onto the front edge of our roof. Per Yakima's fit guide, we'll need to measure 11 1/4 inches from the rear edge of our windshield to the leading edge of our foot pack. We'll do this measurement on both sides to be sure that we have our feet in-line with each other. With our measurement done on both sides, we'll now pull down on the black lever on the Q Tower. This will secure the front rack to the front portion of our roof. more
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Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Traverse- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevy Traverse, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima Round-Bar Roof Rack System, part number Y00409 for our round bars, part number Y00124 for our foot pack, and Y00732 for our fit kit. I installed the front bar on the vehicle as well as all of our foot packs. We will show you how to put one of the foot pack and fit kits together though. You're going to start by putting the pad of the fit kit onto the bracket of the foot pack. We'll press that in place. Next what we're going to do is install our clip. We'll pull up on the cover here. What we'll need to do is take the lock core in the clip, pulling the lock core in place out. more
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Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2013 Chrysler 200- Video
Today on our 2013 Chrysler 200 well be test fitting the Yakima Round Bar Roof Rack System, part numbers Y00409, Y00696, Y00606, and Y00124. With our crossbars already assembled according the Yakima fit lookup or the included instructions well place the front crossbar onto the vehicle. Well then need to measure from the front part of the glass to the first part of the tower. This measurement is included again in the Yakima fit lookup or the included instructions. Well measure eight inches on the drivers side and passenger side of the vehicle to make sure that the crossbar is perpendicular to the vehicle. Once weve established this position onto the roof or our vehicle, well tighten down the bolt on the inside of the tower and secure the tower by clamping down the black plastic cap. more
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Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2014 Dodge Avenger- Video
Today on our 2014 Dodge Avenger, well be test fitting the Yakima Q-Towers Roof Rack System, with the 58 inch round bars, using part numbers Y00409, Y00605, Y00606, and Y00124. With our roof rack assembled according to the manufacturers instructions, well open the front doors of our Avenger, grab the front half of our roof rack, and place it on the front roof line of our vehicle. For Yakimas feet guide, well need to measure from the windshield back 10 inches to the leading edge of our foot pack. Well do this measurement on both sides to be sure that we have our feet in line with each other. With our feet in line with each other, well pull down on the black levers securing our roof rack to the roof line of our vehicle. With both of our levers pressed down and our roof rack firmly secured to our vehicle, well shut our front doors, then we can move to the rear half. Well open the rear doors, grab the rear half of our rack, the measurement well use here is 32 inches. more
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Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2012 Dodge Charger- Video
Today on our 2012 Dodge Charger we'll be test fitting the Yakima Round Bar Roof Racking System, part numbers y00409, y00699, y00683 and y00124. Now with our crossbars, towers, and Q-clips already assembled according to the instructions we'll begin our test fit by placing the front crossbar onto the front of the vehicle. We'll measure from the first part of the glass to the first part of the tower.According the instructions this measurement is eight inches. We'll do this on both the passenger side and driver's side of the vehicle making sure that the pads will contour to the roof of our vehicle correctly. Once we've established this position onto our charger we'll turn the silver bolt on the inside of the tower and clamp down the black levers securing the front crossbar to the vehicle.We'll now set our rear crossbar onto the roof of our charger and measure our crossbar spread. The crossbar spread is the measurement from the center of the front crossbar to the center of the rear crossbar and this measurement is 32 inches. more
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Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2007 Dodge Charger- Video
Today on our 2007 Dodge Charger, we'll be testing the Yakima Round Crossbar Roof Racking System, Part Numbers Y00409, Y00699, Y00683 and Y00124. Now, with the roof rack already assembled, we'll go ahead and open the front driver side and passenger side door and set the front crossbar on to the vehicle. We will then check the Yakima fit guide for the included instructions to determine the measurement from the front part of the glass to the first part of the q tower. Our measurement is 8 inches. We'll measure the passenger side, first part of the glass to the first part of the tower, 8 inches then we'll move to the other side where we will do the same. We need to make sure that we get the crossbar perpendicular to the vehicle to ensure the tower gets a good fit to th vehicle. more
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Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2013 Dodge Dart- Video
Today on our 2013 Dodge Dart we'll be test fitting the Yakima Round Bar Roof Racking System, part numbers y00409, y00124, y00606 and y00702. Now with our Q-clips, towers and crossbars already assembled according to the instructions we'll begin the test fit by placing the front crossbar onto the front of the vehicle. We'll then measure from the front part of the glass to the first part of the tower as indicated in the instructions.We'll measure seven inches on both the passenger and driver's side of the vehicle making sure that the crossbar is perpendicular to the vehicle and the pads on the underside of the Q-towers contour correctly to the vehicle. Once we've established this position on the crossbar we'll then tighten down the silver bolts on the inside of the tower and latch down the black plastic covers.Now you may want to alternate sides when tightening down the silver bolts as when closing the black plastic covers the crossbar will tend to favor to one side. Now with the front crossbar secured to the vehicle we're ready to load our rear crossbar. We'll place our rear crossbar onto the rear of the vehicle and measure the crossbar spread. more
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Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2013 Dodge Ram- Video
Today on our 2013 Dodge Ram 1500, we'll be test fitting the Yakima roof rack system. We'll be using the 58" cross bars, part number Y00409, the Yakima Q towers, part number Y00124, and the Q clips specific to this vehicle, part number Y00607. Now we already have our cross bars assembled according to the instructions, and we're ready to fit them up on our vehicle. The first thing we need to do is open the driver and passenger side doors in the front. We'll set the front cross bar assembly up on top of our roof and get it into position. To position it properly, we need to measure 10" from the leading edge of the Q tower base to the edge of our windshield glass. more
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Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2015 Ford Edge- Video
Today on our 2015 Ford Edge Titanium we're going to be doing a test fit of the Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack System. As you can see we've already got our front bar up here in place, you can see what it's going to look like once you get it up on top of the vehicle. We're going to show you how to place on that second bar, place everything together, how it all assembles and comes together as one bar and set-up here. Note that we did already put the front bar on measuring from the edge of the glass here to the front of the foot pack here, that's going to be 13" in distance. The distance from this Q Tower to the other Q Tower on the other side, at the same point, is going to be 43 and 5/8 ", making sure that you have an even amount of bar overhang on each side. We'll go ahead and go through on how all that stuff that I just said, the bar overhang and what part is what part, right here right now. You're going to have the bar, which is part number Y00409, and your Q towers which will be your podium styles, they're going to sit up, those are part number Y00124. more
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Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2013 Ford Edge- Video
Today on our 2013 Ford Edge, were going to be doing a test fit of the Yakima Roof Rack System. Well be using the 58 inch load bars part number Y00409. We will also be using the Q 102 Q Clips for the Yakima Q Towers, part number Y00702 and they Yakima Q Towers Roof Rack Feet for the Naked Roof, part number Y00124. Were going to start with our load bars already assembled according to the instructions. First off, well go ahead and open the front car doors and then we can go ahead and put our front load bar in place. To make sure we have them located in the right spot, were going to measure from the leading edge of the windshield to the leading edge of our tower. more
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Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2013 Ford Escape- Video
Today on our 2013 Ford Escape well be test fitting the Yakima Q Tower roof rack system using part numbers Y00409, Y00639, Y00699 and Y00124. Weve already gone ahead and assembled our crossbars according to the instructions found within the fit kit, so were ready to fit it to the vehicle. Well begin with our crossbars already on top of the roof. Well need to take a measurement for our front crossbar first. Well measure from the top of the windshield edge back on our roofline 10 inches. This will be the location of the leading edge of the crossbar towers. more
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Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2008 Ford Escape- Video
Today on our 2008 Ford Escape, we'll be test fitting the Yakima round bar roof rack system using part numbers Y00409 for the 58" crossbars, Y00610, part number Y00683, and part number Y00124. With our roof rack system assembled according to the instructions, we'll begin our test fit by opening the front doors of our Escape. We'll place our front bar onto the front part of our roof. To ensure that we have it in the correct location, we need to measure 7" from the leading edge of the windshield to the closest point on our foot pack. We'll do this measurement for both sides of the vehicle to make sure that our feet are in line with each other. Now we'll make our way from passenger side to driver side, tightening down each foot pack using the thumb screw on the inside, until we have each foot pack snug. more
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Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2015 Ford Explorer- Video
Today on our 2015 Ford Explorer we're going to be test fitting the Yakima RailGrab system. This will be part numbers Y00409 for the bar, and Y00138 for the RailGrab feet. We already have our first bar up on our roof, so I'm going to show you how to install it just by doing the rear bar. It's the same process for both bars, so to save time we're just going to show you the one. I'm a little vertically challenged so I'm just going to set that up there while I hop up here. Helps if you have a friend do this so they can grab it from the other side, but you can do it yourself if there's nobody to give you a hand. Now our maximum crossbar spread that we can have on this vehicle will be 46 inches, which is pretty wide, so I'm going to put it to about here and we'll take a measurement on either side to make sure that that's even. more
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Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2017 Ford F-150- Video
Today in our 2017 Ford F150, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima round cross bar roof rack system consisting of part number Y00409. These are the 58" cross bars. Part number Y00146. These are the baseline towers for the Yakima cross bars. Part number Y03536, and this is the round bar SL adaptor for the Yakima baseline towers, and part number Y06122, and this is the fit kit for the Ford F150. The Yakima cross bar roof rack system is great for carrying a wide variety of objects on top of your roof while freeing up space inside your truck and truck bed. It can also serve as an extension piece if you have a ladder rack to carry your ladders, your lumber, or whatever it is you're hauling. more
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Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2015 Ford F-250 Super Duty- Video
Today on our 2015 Ford F250, we're going to be doing a test-fit of the Yakima Round Bar Roof Rack System. It's going to be part numbers Y00409, Y00658, and Y00124. As you can see, we've already got our front one up in place and spaced it off the front windshield six inches. We're going to have to go through the rest of it and we'll show you how to assemble that back bar and put everything together. The nice thing about this particular rack system is all of your clips and towers and spacing and everything is the same, except for the crossbar spread and that front measurement off the windshield. Your front bar will have to be the first bar that needs to go on when you get it on the vehicle. This bar here is going to be part number Y00409 and then you're going to have your Q Towers, which are going to be your foot packs, which will be part number Y00124, and then you're going to have your fit kit for your vehicle, which is going to be Y00658, and those are going to be your Q Clips. more
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Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2011 Ford Flex- Video
Today we have a 2011 Ford Flex and were going to be test fitting the Yakima Roof Rack System. Well be using the 58-inch crossbars part number Y00409, two sets of the Q131 clips part number Y00731, as well as the Q towers part number Y00124. We already have our crossbars assembled according to the instructions so now were ready to mount them up on top of the vehicle. First well open the driver and passenger side front doors and well place the front crossbar assembly up on top of the roof. Well measure 20 inches from the edge of the windshield to the leading edge of the Q towers on both sides of the vehicle. Once we have the crossbar in position we can adjust the thumb screws and clamp down our Q towers. more
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Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2009 Ford Flex- Video
Today on our 2009 Ford Flex, well be test fitting the Yakima round bar roof racking system, part number Y00409, Y00731 and Y00124. Now with our Q towers, Q clips and round bars already assembled according to the instructions. Well begin our test fit by placing the front crossbar on to the front of the vehicle. Well then need to measure from the front part of the glass to the first part of the tower, as stated in to the instructions this measurement is 20 inches. Well measure this on both the passenger and driver side of the vehicle to make sure that the crossbar is perpendicular to the vehicle and the pads on the bottom of the Q towers can tour to the root line. Once weve established this position on to the roof, well then turn the silver balls on the interior of the tower, and then clamp down the black plastic caps to secure the towers to the vehicle. more
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Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2015 Ford Fusion- Video
Today on our 2015 Ford Fusion, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack System. The first thing we're going to discuss is going to be the parts that you are going to need. The bar is going to be Y00409. You'll also need 2 sets of clips. You're going to have your Y00724, which are going to be your rear clips and pads for the feet. You're going the have your Q towers, which are going to be Y00124 and then on the front bars that we have up on the vehicle already, you have a different set of clips, which is going be Y00749. more
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Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2013 Ford Taurus- Video
Today on our 2013 Ford Taurus we're going to be test fitting the Yakima Q Towers Roof Rack system. We're using the fifty-eight inch round bars today. They're part number is Y00409. The Q Towers foot pack, part number Y00124, and two fit kits, one part number Y00634, the other Y00716. We're going to open the front doors on our Taurus. We'll grab the front half of our roof rack system and place it onto the roof. more
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Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2012 Ford Taurus- Video
Today we're working with a 2012 Ford Taurus and we'll be test fitting a Yakima Roof Rack System. We'll be using the 58-inch round crossbars part number Y00409, the Q clips associated with this vehicle Y00634 and Y00716 as well as the Q Towers part number Y00124. Now we've already assembled our roof rack according to the instructions and ready to mount it up on our vehicle. The first thing we need to do is open the driver and passenger side front doors. We'll take our front bar assembly and set it up on top of the roof. To position it properly, we need to measure 11 inches from the edge of the glass on our windshield to the leading edge of the Q tower on either side of the vehicle. more
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Yakima Roof Rack Installation - 2013 Honda Accord- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2013 Honda Accord, we're gonna be test fitting the Yakima RoundBar roof rack system, consisting of part numbers Y00409. These are the round 50-inch crossbars for the Yakima roof rack systems. Part number Y00146, theses are the baseline towers for the Yakima crossbars. Part number Y03536, this is the RoundBar SL adapter for the Yakima baseline, Skyline, Timberline and Ridgeline towers. Part number Y06148 and Y006150, and these are the base clip fit kits that you're gonna need for your vehicle.The Yakima RoundBar roof rack system is great for carrying a wide variety of accessories on your rook or freeing up space inside your vehicle. These bars are tough and durable, and together have a combined carrying capacity of 220 pounds, but you always wanna check with your vehicle's manual to make sure you roof can withstand those weights.They're very easy to install. more
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Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2012 Honda Civic- Video
Today on our 2012 Honda Civic Sedan, well be test fitting the Yakima Round Bar Roof Racking System, part numbers Y00409, Y00699, Y00731 and Y00124. With our roof rack already assembled according to the instructions, well begin our test fit by placing the front crossbar onto the front of the vehicle. Well measure seven inches from the front part of the glass to the first part of the tower on the front crossbar.Well do this on both the passenger and the driver side of the vehicle ensuring that crossbar is perpendicular to the vehicle. Once we have established this measurement, well tighten down the bolts inside of the que towers and clamp down the front black plastic cap securing the crossbar to the front of the vehicle. Well now place the rear crossbar on the rear of the vehicle and well measure the crossbar spread. This is the measurement from the center of the front crossbar to the center of the rear crossbar. more
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Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2009 Honda Civic- Video
Today on our 2009 Honda Civic we're going to be test fitting the Yakima Q Towers roof rack system. We're using the 58" round bars, part number Y00409; the Q Towers foot pack, part number Y00124; and two Fit Kits, part numbers Y00699 and Y00731. Now I've already pre-assembled three of our foot packs but I want to show you how the fourth one's going to go together. You open the end of your Q Towers pack and you're going to see this gold plate inside. We'll take our Fit Kit clip and we're going to slide that in underneath, being sure that it slides into the slots located on both sides. Then we'll take our tumbler, slide up through. Now it's only going to go in there one way. more
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Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2007 Honda Civic- Video
Today on this 2007 Honda Civic Sedan, we're going to be test fitting a Yakima Roof Rack System. We'll be using their 58-inch CrossBars, part number Y00409, the Q Towers, part number Y00124, the Q131 Clips, part number Y00731, and the Q99 Clips, part number Y00699. We already have our roof rack assembled according to the instructions and now we're ready to fit it up on our vehicle. We'll take the front crossbar assembly and set it up on top of our roof after we open the front passenger and driver doors. To position the front bar correctly, we'll need to measure 8 inches from the leading edge of the tower to the ends of the windshield on both sides. Once we've done that, we can adjust the tension screws on the towers and lock them down. more
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Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2016 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2016 Honda CRV, we're going to be testing the Yakima round bar roof rack system, consisting of part numbers Y00409, these are the round 58 inch cross bars, part number Y00146, these are the baseline tower for the Yakima cross bars, and part number Y03536, which is the round bar SL adapter kit for the Yakima baseline towers, and part numbers Y06148 and Y06152, which are the base clip fit kits for the Honda CRV. The Yakima round bar roof rack system is great for carrying a wide variety of accessories on your roof while freeing up space inside your vehicle for you and your family. The two bars have a combined carrying capacity of 165 pounds although you always want to double check with your vehicle's manual to make sure your roof can withstand that weight. Both of the end caps do come with knock outs which you can replace with the Yakima same key system so you can actually utilize this with your Yakima accessories and make everything key alike. Now that we've gone over some of the features of the roof rack system, let's go ahead and show you how it installs. We have our rear bar partially assembled on our table here, and our next step is to install our base tower to the other end of our bar. So we'll take our baseline tower, take this plastic adapter piece, and that gets pushed on the top here till you hear a couple clicks. Then we'll take our round bar adapter, place that, line up with the screw, then we'll come around to the front of the baseline tower, pull this portion out so we can see the screw that we need to tighten down with our included tool. more
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Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2016 Honda Pilot- Video
Speaker 1: Today in our 2016 Honda Pilot, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima Round Bar Roof Rack System consisting of part numbers Y00409, these are the round crossbars on the top here, and these are 58 inches long.We'll also be using part number Y03536, and this is the Round Bar Adapter Kit for the Yakima towers.We'll also be using part number Y00146. These are the Baseline Towers designed for naked roofs.Finally, to attach it to the vehicle, we're using the Base Clip Fit Kit part number Y06152.This is going to be the same for the rear bars as well. These are great sturdy cross bars for your roof, and car carry a wide variety of accessories such as bike racks, cargo carriers, excuse me, cargo baskets, and cargo boxes.While, they are exceptionally sturdy, they do cause noise while you drive. Now, you can purchase fairings that you can find on etrailer.com to help cut down that wind noise and drag, or you can upgrade to the Yakima core bars that also utilize this tower system.Moving onto the towers themselves, at the end caps here, we do have these plastic portions that can be removed and replaced with the Yakima SKS Lock Core System, so you can secure it to your vehicle and make it key to like with the accessories that you're hauling.Removing our end cap here you can see how everything attaches to the vehicle itself. We have the clamp that attaches to the door frame, as well as the pad underneath. So, your vehicle isn't going to get damaged or scratched once this is installed, because the clamp is also padded once it's being installed.So, let's go ahead and show you how the rear bar gets put into place. more
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Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2013 Hyundai Sonata- Video
Today, on our 2013 Hyundai Sonata, well be test fitting the Yakima Q-Tower Roof Rack System using Part Number Y00409, Y00683 and Y00124. Because we need four for this vehicle, well actually be using two of the Y00683s.Now, to begin our test fit, weve already gone ahead and set up our roof rack system according to the instructions found within the fit kit. To begin, by placing the front crossbar over our roof, where well take a measurement. Well measure from the edge of the windshield back on the roof, 13 inches. This will be the location of the leading edge of our crossbar tower. Well do this on both sides of the vehicle, giving us the proper location for the front cross bar.We can now work back and forth with the clamps, clamping it to the roof of our Sonata. more
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Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2014 Jeep Compass- Video
Today on our 2014 Jeep Compass, we'll be test fitting the Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack System, using Part Numbers Y00409, Y00124, Y00699, and Y00634. With our roof rack assembled according to the instructions, we'll begin our test fit by opening both front doors. We'll grab our front bar and place it onto the front part of our roof. To make sure that our bar is in the right position, we need to measure 16" from the leading edge of the windshield to the closest point of the foot pack. We'll do this on both sides to ensure that our feet are in line with each other. We'll make sure that the clamps go around the roof line of our vehicle, and then we can use the thumb screw inside the foot pack to tighten it down and then close the lever. We'll do this on both sides to ensure that our bar is fully secure. We'll open our rear doors, grab our rear bar, and place it onto the rear part of our roof. And to make sure this in the correct location, we need to measure 32" from the center of the front bar to the center of the rear bar. more
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Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2018 Jeep JL Wrangler Unlimited- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited JL, we're taking a look at the Yakima Rain Gutter Roof-Rack System. Now this is available with two different crossbars. You can see it's a round bar style. The 58-inch crossbar is part number: Y00409. What we have here today is the 66-inch crossbar. That part number is: Y00410. more
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Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2020 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited- Video
Carla: Hey guys, Carla here with etrailer.com. Today we're going to be taking a look at the Yakima RoundBar Gutter Mount Roof Rack System on our 2020 Jeep Wrangler. This roof rack right here, if you're going for more of a rugged look, this is definitely the way to go with the round bars. A lot of customers are used to that look and it looks pretty cool on a Jeep. Let's go ahead and take a closer look at it.One thing I want to point out, as per the instructions, you do want to install both bars on the non-removable portion of your top. As you can see, this right here divides the front portion that is removable. more
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Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2010 Kia Forte Koupe- Video
Today on our 2010 Kia Forte Koup we'll be test fitting the Round 58 Inch Crossbar for Yakima Roof Rack using part numbers y00409, y00646 for the front and rear towers, y00124 and y00134. That last part number was for the Yakima Q Stretch Kit. Our Yakima Roof Rack System is assembled according to the instructions.To begin our test fit we'll open both front doors. Now we'll place our front crossbar onto the front part of our roof. To ensure that we have this in the correct location we need to measure four inches from the leading edge of the windshield to the closest edge of our foot pack. We'll do this measurement on both sides of the vehicle to make sure that our foot packs are lined up with each other.We'll hand tighten the thumb screw on the inside of the Q tower. more
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Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2013 Kia Optima- Video
Today on our 2013 Kia Optima, we'll be test fitting the Yakima round bar roof rack system, using part numbers Y00409, Y00635, Y00605, and Y00124. With our roof rack assembled according to the instructions, we'll begin our test fit by opening both front doors. We'll grab our front bar, and place it onto the front part of our roof. To insure that we have this bar in the correct location, we need to measure 8 1/2 inches from the leading edge of the windshield, to the closest point of the foot pack. We'll do this measurement on both sides of the vehicle, to insure that our feet are in line with each other. Once we have it in place, we can then tighten the thumb screw on the inside of our foot pack, and then close the lid to secure our clamp around our roof line. With our front bar secured, we'll open our rear doors, and grab our rear bar. We'll place it onto the rear part of our roof. To insure that we have this bar in the correct location, we need to measure 32 inches from the center of our front bar to the center of our rear bar. We'll do this measurement on both sides to insure that our feet are in line with each other, and that our bars are parallel. Once we have it in place, we can then repeat the same tightening process that we did at the front. That completes today's test fit for the Yakima round bar roof rack system, using part numbers Y00409, Y00635, Y00605, and Y00124, on our 2013 Kia Optima. more
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Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2014 Kia Rio- Video
Today on our 2014 Kia Rio we're going to be test fitting the Yakima RoundBar roof rack system, part numbers Y00409 for our bar, Y00124 for our Q Towers, and Y00683 for our Q Clips. We already went ahead and got our front bar onto our vehicle so we're going to show you how to install one of the foot packs and load the bar onto the vehicle. First we're going to place the pad onto the bracket. We'll simply match up the shapes and press it on. Then what we'll need to do is remove the lock core. To do so we'll take our Allen wrench, remove the clip. The core will fall out. more
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Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2013 Kia Rio- Video
Today on this 2013 Kia Rio, well be testing the Yakima Roof Rack System 58-inch crossbars, part number Y00409, Q83 clips, part number Y00683 and the Q Towers, part number Y00124.To begin our test fit with the roof rack system already assembled well go and open the front passenger and driver side door. Well set the front crossbars onto the front part of the roof and measure it from the glass to the first part of the tower. The measurement from the glass to the front of the tower is 10-1/2 inches. Well the repeat this for the opposite side to make sure that the crossbar is perpendicular to the vehicle.Once we have established equal measurements on both the drivers side and passenger side well go ahead and tighten down the tower to secure it in place.After the first crossbar is assembled well then go ahead and open the rear passenger and driver side doors, setting the rear crossbar on top of the roof and then measuring the crossbars spread. The crossbar spread is an important measurement as it will determine what accessories are optional for this particular roof rack system.The crossbar spread for this particular vehicle is 26-1/2 inches. Once you have established a crossbar spread for the driver side and passenger side of the vehicle you can then tighten down the towers and secure with a black clamp.That concludes todays fit for the Yakima Roof Rack System on this 2013 Kia Rio. more
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Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2015 Kia Sportage- Video
Today on our 2015 Kia Sportage, well be testing the Yakima roof rack system, using part numbers Y00409 from the 58-inch crossbars, as you can see here, and part number Y00699 for the Q99 Q clips and pads for the front, as you can see here, and part number Y00683 for the Q83 Q clips for the rear end pads, which we already have installed, and part number Y00124 for the Q tower, which is right here. Right now, Im going to go ahead and show how to install the Q tower. What you want to do is you want to take your pad, place it on the bottom, and make sure that fits nicely there. Take your Q clip, run it until it clips in just like that, and take this part Youll notice how theres a notch there. Youll want to run it up through the center toward this notch, like so. This is meant to keep it in place. You want to clip that in just like that. more
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Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2013 Kia Sportage- Video
Today on our 2013 Kia Sportage, we'll be test fitting the Yakima Q Towers roof rack system, part numbers Y00409, Y00699, Y00683, and Y00124. With our Q Towers, round bars, and Q clips already assembled according to the included instructions, we'll begin our test fit by placing the front crossbar onto the front of our roof. We'll then need to measure from the front part of the glass to the first part of our Q tower 7-3/8". We'll make this measurement on both the passenger and driver's side of the vehicle to ensure the front crossbar is perpendicular to the roof line of our Sportage. With the front crossbar in place, we can turn the silver bolt on the inside of the tower and clamp down the black plastic levers to bring the clips up around tightly against the roof. With this done, we can place our rear crossbar onto the rear of our roof and measure the crossbar spread. more
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Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2009 Mazda 3- Video
Today on our 2009 Mazda 3 we'll be test fitting the Yakima Round bar roof rack system using the Yakima Q Towers and part numbers Y00409, Y00699, Y00634, and Y00124. With our roof rack assembled according to the instructions, we'll begin our test fit by opening both front doors. We'll place our front bar onto the front part of our roof. To ensure we have it in the correct location, we need to measure seven inches from the leading edge of the windshield to the closest point on our foot pack. We'll do this measurement for both sides of the vehicle to ensure that our feet our in line with each other. Once we have the bar in place, we can open up the foot pack and tighten down the thumb screw. We'll do this on both sides. Then we can close the lid which will secure our clamp around the roof line of our vehicle. We'll open our rear doors and grab our rear bar and place it onto the rear part of our roof. more
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Yakima Control Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2013 Mazda 5- Video
Today in our 2013 Mazda 5 we are going to be testing the Yakima control tower roof rack system with the 58-inch bar, part number Y00409, Y00214, Y00233 and Y00233 again. To begin our test fit we remove the black cover over our fixed mounting points and check the threads to be sure they are clean. We'll not take one of foot packs and place it by each of the four mounting locations. We'll now grab our four bolts on these bolts we'll want 3 regular washers and one black rubber washer. The rounded part will be facing down. We'll place it down through the foot of our rack, and thread it in to our fixed mounted locations. We'll snag it down to be sure we have no movement but we won't fully tightened it yet. more
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Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2015 Mazda CX-5- Video
Today on our 2015 Mazda CX-5, were going to be test fitting the Yakima Q Towers roof rack system using the fifty-eight inch round bars. Well use part numbers Y00409, Y00124, Y00683, and Y00732. With our rack assembled to the manufacturer's instructions, well open the front doors on our Mazda, grab the front portion of our rack, and place it onto the front roof line of our vehicle. Per Yakimas fit guide we need to measure nine and half inches from the rear edge of our windshield to the front edge of our foot pad. Well do this measurement on both sides to be sure we have our feet in line with one another. With our measurements done, well pull down on the black lever located on each foot pad, to secure the clips around the underside of our roof line. With the front half secure we can close the front doors, open the rear doors, and grab the rear half of our rack. Well place this onto the rear roof line of our vehicle. This time our measurement's going to be thirty-two inches from the center of the front bar to the center of the rear bar. We need to do this measurement on both sides as well. more
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Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack Stretch Kit Installation - 2012 Mitsubishi Eclipse- Video
Today on this 2012 Mitsubishi Eclipse were going to be testing a Yakima Roof Rack System with the Q Stretch Kit. The Q Stretch Kit is going to allow us an additional 4 of crossbar spread when compared to the roof rack kit alone. We already have our cross bar assemblies put together, and now we are ready to mount them on the vehicle. The first thing we need to do is open the doors on both sides of the vehicle. Well set our front crossbar assembly up on our roof; we need to measure 4 back from the edge of the windshield weather strip to the leading edge of the Q Tower. We can adjust the thumb screws for proper tension. more
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Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2013 Nissan Altima- Video
Today on our 2013 Nissan Altima, we'll be testing the Yakima Round Bar Roof Rack System, part numbers Y00409, Y00727, Y00606 and Y00124. With our Q Towers, Q clips and bars already assembled, according to the included instructions, we will begin our test fit by placing a front crossbar onto the front of our roof. You will then need to measure 15 1/8 inches from the front part of the glass to the first part of the tower on both the passenger and driver side of the vehicle. Once we've established this position, we can turn this over bulbs on the inside of the tower and clamp down the black lever to bring the clips up around tightly against the roof line. With this done we can now place our rear bar onto the rear of our roof. Well then measure the crossbar spread. more
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