This adapter kit will allow you to mount the Thule Portage and the SUP Shuttle directly in the channels of your AeroBlade, AeroBlade Edge, or WingBar Evo load bars.
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Today we're going to be taking a look at the Thule Xadapt 12 water sports adapter for AeroBlade and AeroBlade edge bars, part number THXADAPT12. This adapter kit enables you to mount either your Thule board shuttle or the Thule Portage to your AeroBlade and AeroBlade edge roof rack load bars. It does so by replacing the original hardware with the T bolts and sliding them into these slots here and then tightening them down. This comes with the tools necessary to tight this down to your vehicle as well. Now that we've gone over some of the features lets go ahead and show you how these install. We're going to install them on our Thule board shuttle. When you open up the package for the adapter kits, you're going to have four T bolts plus these four attachment points, which are going to go onto our board shuttle and fit into the T slot of your Aero bars.
Let's go ahead and show you how that's done. We'll first remove all the attachment points on our board shuttle by unscrewing these turn knows here. Removing those completely. Then we'll insert this top piece here. Then attach our T bolt underneath. Just loosely for now.
We'll repeat this for our other attachment points. With our AeroBlade load bars we'll go ahead and open up the end and going to remove the entire strip. Normally you would take it out and cut it in place to go around your actual accessories but for today's purposes, we'll just take the whole thing out. Then we'll take our T bolt here, line it up, slide them into place. Now once you have them where you want them, we'll take our included Allen tool here. Just go ahead and start tightening down the bolt.
We'll repeat this on the other side. Now we'll go ahead and repeat this for our rear AeroBlade bar. With our accessory installed in the T track, now we're ready to load up our gear and hit the road. There you have it for the Thule Xadapt 12 water sports adapter for AeroBlade and AeroBlade edge bars, part number THXADAPT12.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (88 Customer Reviews)
This adapter kit will allow you to mount the Thule Portage and the SUP Shuttle directly in the channels of your AeroBlade, AeroBlade Edge, or WingBar Evo load bars.high quality product. nice replacement parts for the echelon bike tray. 849073
Product was as shown 659465
I used this adapter kit to mount Thule SUP Taxi to my Thule TracRac - TracOne racks. The original SUP Taxi mount-straps were not long to fit these racks, even though the buyers guide indicates they are. This adapter kit made it possible to secure the SUP taxi right to the bar. So glad you had this available! Now I'm ready for our trip to the FL Keys! 649238
Fast shipping. Worked as expected. 597348
Needed this to adapt a Rocky Mounts Driveshaft rack from my old truck to the new one. These fit perfectly in the channel on the 2019 Ram's 'sport utility bar', which is a Thule 393. A little more bolt length than I needed but the extra is not hurting anything... 583216
I have not used the product yet, but am certain it will be great. Thule wants a lot more for it and they take longer to ship for sure. 520061
Robert - 06/11/2019Very happy to have found eTrailer. Fantasic site. Great customer service answers questions quickly and is very helpful and hands on. Havent tried product yet but looks as described and of good quality for an unbeatable and reasonable price. Wish there were more places like this. Thanks! 320778
Fast shipping. Thanks 235271
Parts that make Thule racks even better !!!! 219500
Always able to get hard to find niche rack parts and hitch accessories. Orders are received fast and accurately. etrailer is my go to source for rack and hitch accessories. 191959
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Simple but very good and safe solution allow you to use ao older bike rack with New and better Aero bars. On top of that, your website and support is outstanding and the shipment arrived as expected based on your promise. Thank you 468481
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The metric carriage bolts we ordered for our Thule kayak racks were not available elsewhere, and the quick service was welcome since we are ready to hit the waterways. 257925
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Tammy thank you for helping me today setting up my vehicle the right way I already have my bikes loaded on top of the vehicle everything fit perfect you guys are always a call away and I really appreciate that 706392
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The screws came quickly and we're exactly what we needed. 659045
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Great site, better info than the Thule site and the search got me right to the parts I needed. 290580
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Well, if you rely strictly on the Thule instructions, you're in for a real treat. I would actually claim it would be nearly impossible to install your 599XTR on aerobars using just those instructions. I ended up looking up some accompanying videos online to assist with my conceptualization of the install process. Once I figured it out, it was VERY easy to install the adapter kit and the 599XTR Wide Mouths. Nice engineering. 213050
Jeff J - 08/05/2016
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These thule adapters work amazing and allowed me to attached my Criterium bike carrier to my Rhino Rack aero bars. I was afraid i would have to return the bike carriers but these adapters saved me and were very low cost. Totally worth it. 465917
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Product show up quickly, product was in great condition. Came in handy with Oem roof rack, parts came with more than enough for the changes that I needed. 337844
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The XADAPT8 works as promised. Super easy installation of a Thule Criterium rack on Mini factory rails. The mount feels rock solid. 453648
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As always, great service, quickly shipped. Items fit the BMW factory crossbars perfectly. now I can use my Criterium bike rack on my 07 series 3 Wagon. 93415
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Tried unsuccessfully with a phone call to etrailer to get information before placing the order on the thread pitch (thread count). Despite not getting the answer I decided to take a chance and order. These we the perfect size for my needs but the thread pitch is different so the standard Thule knob will not work on these. They are a M6 diameter but the threads are much finer, I believe a 0.7 instead of the standard 1.0. I have searched for M6 wing nuts of any brand with a thread pitch of 0.7 but cannot find any. On a positive note I did receive the shipment in a timely manner. 296659
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Called and spoke to Sam G at etrailer. He assessed my situation and needs, recommended the right product. I received my order quickly and had excellent communication from Sam G. I would definitely come back to eTrailer to order my roof rack or trailer needs. Thanks Sam G! 322956
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I had trouble finding carriage bolts that would work for my Thule kayak cradle on Amazon and many other popular sites. After toying with search key words in Google, I finally stumbled upon eTrailer's link to these 80mm carriage bolts. Their product selection made it a simple choice as to where I would make my purchase. The bolts needed to be of a m6 diameter, which is extremely difficult to find in traditional brick and mortar stores. After receiving the product and using them on my kayak cradle, I find them to be a perfect fit for my needs and feel extremely comfortable with them to hold my equipment steady. 209296
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The product (Xadapt8) was just what I needed. Shipping was very fast, under 3 days. I have the Thule Aeroblade roof rack system and needed these in order to mount the Criterium bike rack. 341255
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These bolts solved the issue when there was limited thread engagement on original bolts assembling hullaport kayak carriers on aeroblade bars. I've made many trips to the water without needing to worry a nut might vibrate off. Fits nicely, performs well. Would have been hard to find elsewhere. 391872
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