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 (102 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.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!
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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...
no problem at all
high quality product. nice replacement parts for the echelon bike tray.
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.
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.
Robert - 06/11/2019Parts that make Thule racks even better !!!!
Product was as shown
Fast shipping. Worked as expected.
Fast shipping. Thanks
Review from a similar Xadapt in Accessories and Parts
Adapter works perfectly on 2020 Audi Q5 (VW) But didn’t need all the xtra hardware for Thule Big Mouth bike rack. (Ca 2003) . 3 of the short bolts per unit did the trick and of course the rubber inlays to prevent scratching and rattling are perfect.
Review from a similar Xadapt in Accessories and Parts
I used the XADAPT2 kit to convert my Thule Bigmouth bike carriers to fit the OEM Volkswagen cross bars on my 2016 Jetta sedan. The bike carriers originally had clamps to fit the Thule square cross bars, and this kit allowed me to convert the carriers to fit in the T-slots of the VW cross bars. The kit was originally designed for older VWs, but the T-slot dimensions have not changed for the modern VW cross bars. I would venture to guess that the kit should work for the OEM cross bars of any modern VW rather than just the Jetta, since the VW bike carriers are not model specific. A great quality kit, and perfect for my application!
Review from a similar Xadapt in Accessories and Parts
I used this to fit an old (1994) Thule Big Mouth bike rack to a factory 1994 VW Jetta Votex roof rack. The bike rack was originally fitted to a Thule square tube rack. Fits perfect, but has many extra parts. The only parts that were needed my me were 3 square plastic tabs and 3 of the "T" bolts, so there are many left overs, but for the price I don't think I can complain much. I'm glad the kit was available. Instructions were pretty useless.
Review from a similar Xadapt in Accessories and Parts
Awesome easy to order and track. Great support from the company. Easy to track your package from order to delivery.
Review from a similar Xadapt in Accessories and Parts
Very good quality product with a little problem. Track is connected to a bracket by one bolt and the bolt was getting loose. I had to buy a little bit longer bolt, use a spring washer and washer, problem solved. See picture. Assembly instructions could be better.
Review from a similar Xadapt in Accessories and Parts
These bolts should be included in the Thule Kayak carrier kit, since the kit claims to fit factory roof racks with 2" diameter cross-bars. They won't fit unless you have these longer bolts.
Review from a similar Xadapt in Accessories and Parts
I purchased the THXADAPT3 to be able to install my Thule 834 hull a port kayak rack onto the 1.5" square bar of my Adarac Custom Truck Bed Ladder Rack - Steel with Aluminum Crossbars. I believe it will work but I wish the bolts were a bit longer. See images. I have been satisfied with etrailer's support and service. Thanks
Review from a similar Xadapt in Accessories and Parts
Product is great. I used it to attach a 599XT Big Mouth to Aeroblades. A couple of pieces were surplus, but I think the rack already had a fit kit with it. Instructions were ok, but I was pretty sure what pieces I needed anyway. The reason for the low rating was the lack of communication regarding my order. The initial order indicated availability within a week. I checked online a few days later, and the date kept getting pushed out further and further. I received the product 8 weeks after ordering. I understand this was an issue with the supplier, but I think the communication could have been better. I would never have known my product was on backorder if I had not checked. I'll probably use etrailer again, but will check on the order after a couple of days to confirm it is going to be on time.
Review from a similar Xadapt in Accessories and Parts
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.
Jeff J - 08/05/2016Review from a similar Xadapt in Accessories and Parts
A bit expensive for what it is, but it does do the trick-- hooks up a BigMouth rack onto VW OEM cross bars and (and I suppose other cross bars with 3/4 inch channels.) The enclosed instructions are sparsely illustrated, but were sufficient after reading them closely.
Review from a similar Xadapt in Accessories and Parts
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.
Review from a similar Xadapt in Accessories and Parts
Hats off to etrailer for carrying and timely delivery to get parts for things I need. I had these bicycle racks for a while and lost two of the adapters in a move. I couldn't even figure out how to get them from the dealer / manufacturer, but with etrailer it was easy. They are my "go to" source for parts when it comes to trailers parts and accessories. Thanks!
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