Most Popular Roof Bike Racks for 2007 Volkswagen Jetta

Setting up the Swagman Upright Bike Rack for 1 Bike on a 2007 Volkswagen Jetta

Today on our 2007 Volkswagen Jetta, we'll be test fitting the Swagman rooftop bike rack, part number S64720. With the Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack system assembled onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike directly onto our load bars. Here at the front platform, we'll take our U bolts, bring them up around the underside of our load bars, and tighten in place with the wing nuts. We'll do this for both sides of thefront carrier. Here at the rear, we'll take our U bolt and drop it through the top of the bike rack, placing it through the holes to make sure that it goes around our rear load bar. We'll then fit our black clamp through our U bolt and tighten it in place with two wing nuts. With the front and rear of our bike rack secured, we're now ready to undo the rear and front wheel straps and open up our frame jaws. We'll grab our bike and place it onto our bike rack. We'll secure it first by raising up our frame jaws, placing it around the lower part of our frame, and tightening it with a hand knob.

DIY Install: Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Carrier on your 2007 Volkswagen Jetta

Today on our 2007 Volkswagen Jetta we'll be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Rick part number S64710. With the Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack System assembled on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the Swagman Fork Down directly onto our load bars. Here at the front we'll take our U-bolts, bring them around the underside of our front load bar, and up through our front platform. Once we have those through we can then install the wingnuts to tighten them down. We'll do this for both sides of the front platform. We'll move to the rear and drop our U-bolt through the holes from the topside of our bike carrier making sure that our U-bolt goes around our rear load bar. We can then place on our black bracket and tighten in place with the wingnuts. With the front and rear secured we'll undo the rear wheel strap and make sure the skewer at the front is loose.

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2007 Volkswagen Jetta

Today on our 2007 Volkswagen Jetta, we'll be test-fitting the Rockymounts Tierod Stretch roof-mounted bike rack, part number rky1011. With a Tule rapid reverse roof rack system assembled onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the TierodStretch directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we'll bring our rubber-coated straps around our front bar, and remove the black plastic cover. We'll fit the straps into the head of the carrier, and then tighten the Allan bolt with an Allan key, which will tighten our straps around our front bar. We can then replace the black plastic cover. Here at the rear, we'll loosen up the Allan bolts to bring our rear clamp around our rear bar.

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2007 Volkswagen Jetta

Today on our 2007 Volkswagen Jetta, we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Roof Mounted bike rack, part number RKY1014. With the Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack system assembled onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the TieRod directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we'll remove the black plastic cover and bring the rubber-coated straps around our front bar. We'll fit them back into the head of the carrier, and then, we'll use an Allen key to tighten the Allen bolt, which will tighten our straps around our front bar.Once we have that done, we can replace our black plastic cover. We'll move to the rear and loosen up the Allen bolts to bring our rear clamp around our rear bar. We'll feed the bolts back through the clamp and tighten them down with an Allen key. With the front and rear secured, we can undo the rear wheel strap and make sure the skewer at the front is loose. We'll grab our bike and place it onto our bike rack. We'll then drop the front forks down onto our skewer.