Most Popular 2 Bars for 2021 Toyota RAV4

Upside: eTrailer shipped product promptly, Easy Installation, good quality for price. Downside: crossbar end caps a challenge to install. Biggest downside was the USPS. It's no wonder they are losing money. Watching product hang out for days at 1 location before moving to next. Conclusion, I'd buy it again.

I have only test fitted on my Toyota Rav4, so I haven't used yet. I'm impressed with the quality and construction. I like the thickness & strength of the aluminum cross bars. Also like the quality of the rail clamps and built in locks. PLEASE NOTE: Before ordering the 50" cross bars, I did some carefully measuring on the factory roof rack on our 2007 Jeep Liberty Limited before ordering and found the 50" cross bars would also work on our Jeep's roof rack as well. You site recommended the 55" cross bars for our Jeep. I didn't want the extra overhang when using on the RAV4. I have attached photos of the cross sitting on the Jeep. They are not tighten down for use. Just sitting in place for a fitment check.

If my rating was based only on the ordering process, USPS would get negative 5 stars and etrailer maybe 1 star. The order was fulfilled the same day and tracking info forwarded to me. USPS: "Label created, awaiting order". One week later: "Label created, awaiting order". I contacted Jamea at etrailer, who stated that they would only request a trace w. USPS after 10 biz days (two weeks). USPS after two weeks: "Label created, awaiting order" . . . etrailer finally puts a trace on it w. USPS. The package was sitting in Puerto Rico(!!!!!). Two weeks later, I received the order in NY. So, one month from Arkansas to NY. The order was left at my door in the pouring rain, box open (my wife was home at the time). See photo. Fortunately, all hardware was still in the box and the crossbars unharmed. The crossbars are fine and the quality is decent; however, a few minor issues w. installation: 1) Malone provides an optional rubber insert for the exposed slot underneath the crossbars after installation, purportedly to lower wind noise. Instructions say to cut the rubber insert to size, then "press insert into exposed slot". Simply pressing it in, after installation, proved impossible - you must cut it to length, then slide it in from one of the bar ends. Not difficult, but this involves removing the installed bar, removing one of the clamp assemblies, sliding in the rubber insert, sliding the clamp back into the bar, and then re-installing the bar to the vehicle. This wouldn't have been a big deal if I hadn't loosened/unscrewed the adjuster too far . . . which resulted in having to perform "surgery" (taking apart the clamp assembly) to get the bolt to mate with the end nut. Of course, the entire assembly sprung apart when I did that (DON'T do that!). Two hours (!) later, both bars were reinstalled and all was well 2) the rubber "boots" around the clamps are a bit fidgety and you have to be careful to get them seated correctly, but once seated, they are fine 3) having the allen key incorporated in the clamp locking mechanism is a great idea, but with the longer 58" bars, tightening/loosening the clamp is a pain since the bar interferes with fully turning the allen key. Not a big deal, just aggravating. I ended up using a longer allen key I just happened to have in my toolbox. So: item is of decent quality for the price and works just fine. Although etrailer was quick to respond re: shipping issues, they could have requested a trace from USPS earlier. I had given myself a two-week window from submitting the order to leaving on my planned trip. One month later, after the package wandered around who knows where in the USPS system (well, I know it visited Puerto Rico), I was already back from my trip before the package arrived, soaking wet and open, at my house. Lesson learned - have it shipped with another carrier, even if it means paying an extra fee!

Really easy to install. These look much sturdier than the square bar ones I had befoe.

After a year of owning these and many kayak trips these held up great on my 2023 Rav4 LE

Bought these to go on our RAV4 Prime. They look much better than the standard Toyota racks, were easy to install, and have stood the test of time a year later (making it through a New England winter just fine). we’ve used them to hold a Yakima Rocketbox without problems.

Have been rocking my Yakima rack from etrailer.com for a year now. I am using rack in conjunction with a Tepui tent. Once I added the air deflector, I would say it's the perfect setup. The Yakima gives more clearance over the factory rack, so I was able to get my hands under it to secure the tent hardware. If you're thinking of upgrading your factory rack, I would not hesitate to use etrailer.com

I ordered the Yakima roof rack, with the Hullyrollers for the back crossbar and the Mako saddles for the front crossbar to use with my kayak. It arrived just like they told me and I put them on my car the eveningit arrived. Got to finlly use the roof rack on June 22 to go out kayaking and it worked great. Only thing is I did not know about the air reflector piece for the front crossbar. Now I will be ordering it to help with the wind noise.

One bar slid out on our first road trip. The "grip" that it slides into can't be adjusted. I am in communication with Yakima about this as Etrailer said that's the route that I would need to go. Very frustrating.

From start to finish, the folks at etrailer -- and I spoke to several people there, so it was a consistent corporate vibe -- were fantastic to deal with. There were delays in getting my product that were on the supplier side and out of etrailer's control, yet etrailer folks kept me up to date and also worked on a customized solution. My goal was to be able to carry my surfboard on the roof of our 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe to the beach more than 3 hours away. But the particular model we had had no existing racks, no recessed areas, nothing to fix racks to. Not even the dealer had a solution. I was sh*t out of luck. But etrailer hooked me up. The racks did take me a while to put on, but most of that time was fine tuning to reduce “hum” while driving. I’m very happy with them. Thanks to etrailer, I have gone surfing and can go surfing whenever I'd like to.

Just what I wanted. they look sturdy can’t wait to try them out

Really nice quality items, go together easily. My only beef is the fit of this model for the 2016 RAV4. As the front of the factory bars curve outwards, you have to slide the front wingbar backwards quite a bit to allow it to mount. It doesn't seem to be a problem for my use (kayak carrier), but it's worth noting.

Easy install and look great on our new RAV4. Feel very secure.

The Rhino Rack HD crossbar kit for tracks fits my SyneticUSA Pro retractable cover perfectly. RR includes several track nuts of different sizes to match to your particular track. I love the quick detach capability of the towers and that they also lock for security. The HD bars are essentially the same dimension of 1 5/8" unistrut/superstrut so you can find all sorts of attachment hardware outside of what RR makes. This makes it easy to securely bolt your gear down to the cross bars and customize with easy to find hardware at your local home depot. The 65" HD bars are perfect for a mid size truck like my Tacoma.

The rack more than exceeded my expectations. It was easy to assemble and mount on the cap of my Tacoma truck. I was pleasantly surprised by the aerodynamics which virtually eliminate wind noise, even at highway speed. I pirchased the rack as a permanent mount for a 4rod flyrod holder which I use daily for fishing. The Rhino keeps everything “tight and right”. It has worked perfectly for nearly three hundred trips and over 15,000 miles this year.