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Durable polypropylene endcaps with plastic lock cores and universal keys help to deter theft of accessories mounted in the channels of your Rhino-Rack Vortex crossbars. Endcaps snap on for easy installation. 2 Keys included.
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Hi there roof rack owners. Today, we're gonna be taking a look and showing you how to replace your regular caps with the Locking Core Rhino-Rack caps for the Vortex Aero Bars. To replace your end caps, you simply need to remove your old end cap. And they just pull right out of there. They're just a friction fit. So nice and quick and easy to get those old ones off.
Our new ones just slide into place. We do wanna make sure it's in the unlocked position. And it will be unlocked if that is long ways there. You also can see on it, your lock pictures, there's an unlock and a lock picture there at the top. We want those to be in the upright position, so we can easily see those and read those.
And then just slide our cap into place. We can then use our key to lock it into position. And now we can not remove it. So this is a quick and easy upgrade to provide a level of security for your accessories that you've installed onto your Aero Bars. And it's really nice for all those t-track accessories that you're planning on using.
Cause anybody could just take the end cap loose and slide your stuff right out the t-track if you don't have 'em. This way, somebody really has to fight in order to remove them. Less they bust this off here somehow in order to remove it, it's gonna greatly increase the amount of time it takes them to walk away with your gear. Hopefully, alerting somebody of their presence. Or just scaring 'em away because they saw that this is gonna be more work than they want to put into it.
This is a set of four. So you're gonna get one for each side of each of your Aero Bars. We'll go ahead and pull it off of there, so you can take a closer look. So we're gonna unlock it. And slide it on out of there. And here we can see there's the lock mechanism there. And it does just rotate with the key. On the other side, there's the close ups of the positions. So you can see how those are. The word is straight up and down. That's unlocked. And then when the words are upright, when you can read them, that will be locked position there. And you can see it is a friction fit, just like the other one. So even if you don't have it locked, it'll stay in place when you're going down the road. The lock is more there just for security for your t-track accessories. It is gonna be a complete plastic assembly. Even the lock is plastic. But it will still provide a level of security for your system. Also included, you'll get two keys. It's nice to have two keys. That way you can keep one on your key chain and stuff, when you're rolling around. But that way you also have a spare that you can either keep in the vehicle or keep it home. In the event that you do lose a key, you can still have that backup to be able to get your accessories off. And that completes our replacement of the regular end caps with our locking end caps for the Rhino-Rack Vortex Aero Bars..
Customer Satisfaction Score:
99% were satisfied with this product
1% of customers were not satisfied
Ratings & Reviews
Mike W.
4/5/2026
Actually more than four years of using the Rhino Rack crossbars: I leave them on the cars year-round, using them loaded with a Thule cargo box for annual trips Ohio to Florida. Since the original purchase I have used the same set of Rhino Rack crossbars on a Cadillac XT6 and now XT5. The cargo box never moves, everything is a solid as I could ever hope for. The most recent purchases have been new locking endcaps, and replacement rubber aero pieces I installed the originals incorrectly. The crossbars look nearly as good as new.
Kit
10/18/2017
End caps are still working great. However, the locks still not working very well so I duct taped them in place.
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6/12/2026
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