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Rhino-Rack Ski and Snowboard Carrier - Locking - 6 Pairs of Skis or 4 Boards
E trailer I have a 2019 Mazda6 and purchased the rhino rack series 2500 parts (fit kit #DK289, foot pack #RRRLKVA, aero crossbars#RRVA126B-2), and the rhino rack snowboard/ski carrier #RR576. My car does have fixed mounting points underneath the strip on the roof so I opted to add them to my roof and not use the clamp for kit that goes in the door jam. Every time I entered the year, make, and model of my car, the parts came up with the clamp fit kit part #DK387 which I did not want. But after some research, I found the correct fixed mounting point fit kit. The site of course told me that this part wouldn’t fit my car but after looking at the customer reviews, I saw them used on Mazdas. All of the rhino rack instructions were not the best. We did have to make some adjustments. One of the instruction packs tells you how long you’re supposed to cut the rubber pieces that go into the crossbars based on your car but unfortunately, the measurements were wrong for my car (picture- front 166mm is wrong). The front bar length was about an inch too short and I had to add more rubber to make it longer to fit the fixed mounting points on my roof. After some time of trying to interpret the instructions, and looking up whatever available instructional videos were online, we finally finished installing them and they do look really nice. At higher speeds on the highway I can definitely hear more noise. The actual snowboard carrier is fine, fits all 4 boards fine. It is a little difficult to close once I have my boards in there because you have to push the top bar all the way down and hold it down to be able to turn the key to lock it. I’m just happy I don’t have to shove the boards in my trunk. I do like that all the parts in this series come with locks and keys. So far no problems. Overall good product.
This rack works great with the four pairs of skis I lugged from Oregon to Alaska. I'm using it on the beef rack cross bars that came with my go fast camper which are very difficult to find mountings for. This one worked great though with a little bit of metal grinding on the bolts that slide into the t-slot of the rack. It locks and unlocks fairly easily (with a little bit of jangling involved), but so far so good!
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Rhino-Rack Ski and Snowboard Carrier - Locking - 4 Pairs of Skis or 2 Boards
Howzit etrailer.com & staff. the rack itself is sturdy and more aero than comparable units. For my 2017 Subaru Crosstrek (OEM) Aero Bars, it was necessary to shim the (rear) lower/leading edge clamp assembly with two 1/8” x 1.5” x 1.5” (EPDM) rubber pads. The bars are shaped like a wing – and these shims helped to level the rear rack with the one in front. Overall - it looks very clean and functional. I might screw on some rubber ends over the ends of the mounting bolt to complete the project. Time to make some turns. Thank you!!
The Rhino Rack was easy to put up on a 2018 Subaru Outback. Took me about 10 minutes. The only issue is that the rack bottom bracket piece is is convex with an acute angle which makes it not fit perfectly on the Subaru crossbar that has a flat bottom. Loaded 2 pairs of skis and poles and the rack kept them securely fastened during transport on the highway. There was some noise from the rack during highway driving but it was minimal.
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Yakima FatCat EVO 4 Ski and Snowboard Carrier - Locking - 4 Pairs of Skis or 2 Boards
I actually ended up buying a second set so I can fit a total of 8 pairs of skis on my jeep. I love the quality and ease of installation. It’s an easy to use system and love that my skis are secured.
These are extremely easy and quick to install. Love the aerodynamics of them as well as it's quality craftsmanship. Very pleased with this item and with the delivery speed! From North Shore Oahu....MAHALO
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Rhino-Rack Ski and Snowboard Carrier - Locking - 3 Pairs of Skis or 2 Boards
I think these racks will be excellent during ski outings for many years. I attached them directly to the C-grooves on my Aero bars rather than using the provided clamps. The C-groove attachment is stronger and slightly lower profile. I love the large release buttons!.
I can't ski, I fly fish. However my oldest decided to try downhill skiing after being gifted a pair of skis. I am budget minded should the skiing not work out and after breaking many rod tips decided this might solve 2 problem. I am very pleased w/this equipment holder. It has transported skis & ski poles too and from and no longer does my oldest have to dodge skies coming over the back seat. So far it has taken abuse from the rain (& freezing rain), snow, ice, rapid warming, road salt, and upwards of 70mph and there has been no shifting, loosening, breaking of plastic or any other noticeable problems. I am excited for spring to see how it transports my fly rods.
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Rhino-Rack Ski and Fishing Rod Carrier - Locking - 2 Pairs of Skis or 4 Fishing Rods
Last year I purchased Rino ski racks from etrailer and they work great . The hardware fit my roof racks and all the fittings are tight. Ordering was easy. Shipping was fast and I even got a follow up personal email from George a year later asking how I liked them - which was impressive! I would definitely recommend etrailer as an honest and good outdoor gear company!
Great product! I think it's a bit expensive but well worth it. I bought it to transport my fishing poles. So no long rods in my new SUV.
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Thule SnowPack Ski and Snowboard Carrier - Locking - 6 Pairs of Skis or 4 Boards - Silver
So easy to install onto Thule AeroBlade. Quality materials and convenient design. No significant noise noticeable from wind resistance when driving. etrailer provided great shipment/notification support and was great resource for how-to videos, commentary.
Better than I expected. Only comes with four core locks so be aware of that if you want six like I did. Bought two more locks from Thule with the same key #. Mounted this carrier on my Rhino Rack. Perfect fit and looks great. Would highly recommend.
SeaSucker Monkey Bars Roof Rack Review - 2017 Ford Focus
Hi everyone, it's Evangeline here at etrailer, and today we have the SeaSucker Monkey Bars, we're gonna take a look at how they fit on our 2017 Ford Focus. So this is the hatchback version of the Ford Focus, and if you wanna carry around fun accessories like kayaks or need to carry around a ladder, well, you're gonna need a roof rack system. The options are actually limited for the hatchback version versus the sedan version, so the SeaSucker Monkey Bars might be one of the better options for you. This is a very versatile roof rack we can put anywhere along your roof. Depending on what you're carrying around, this can adjust with you. So I have a 48 inch long crossbar here, which I recommend for this vehicle, but if you need to, you can get the 60 inch long crossbars, which will give you more space.
Best 2017 Ford Focus Roof Rack Options
Today on our 2017 Ford Focus, we're going to take a look at the best roof rack options available. Now when searching for roof rack systems, these are going to be the top three choices from each of these different manufacturers. Up at the top we have our Rhino-Rack RS series roof rack system. Here we have our Inno square bar roof rack system, and at the bottom we have our Yakima JetStream bar roof rack system. Now each of these three roof rack systems has their advantages, but let's go ahead and take a look at the differences between these roof racks. Now the most obvious difference between these three racks is going to be with our middle rack, the Inno, which has a square bar as opposed to the aero bars or vortex aero bars of the Rhino-Rack or the Yakima. Now while the square bar isn't going to necessarily cut down wind noise and drag, you can purchase separately fairings that will do that for this system. With both of our aero bars, the Rhino-Rack and the Yakima, we do have this rubber strip on the tops of both of them.
Inno Roof Rack Review - 2016 Ford Focus
Speaker 1: Today on our 2016 Ford Focus we're going to be test fitting the Inno Aero Roof Rack System consisting of part numbers INXB108-115, these are the Aero Crossbars, and part number INXS200, this is the Inno Flush Feet Kit for the Aero Crossbars, and part number INK528, and this is the Custom Fit Kit for the Ford Focus. The Inno Aero Roof Rack System is great for carrying a wide varieties of accessories on your roof while freeing up space inside your vehicle. It can carry bikes, cargo baskets, and closed cargo boxes, ski and snowboard carriers, as well as water sport carriers such as kayaks and canoes. The two bars have a combined capacity of 120 pounds, although you'd want to double check with your vehicle's manual to make sure your roof can withstand that weight.The end caps are lockable, so once you install this onto your roof it's going to be secured to your roof. Also on the tops of our bars we have this rubber strip, and that as well as the aerodynamic shape of the bar is going to cut down wind noise and drag while you're driving. With that rubber strip you can push it down and install T-track accessories if you wanted to.
Rhino Rack Roof Rack Review - 2016 Ford Focus
Today on our 2016 Ford Focus, we're going to be test fitting the Rhino Rack Vortex Aero Roof Rack system consisting of part numbers RRVA126B-2. Those are the Vortex Aero crossbars, 49 inches long in black. This also comes in silver as part number RRVA126S-2. We're also going to be using part number RRRLKVA. These are the Rhino Rack 2500 series legs for the Vortex Aero crossbars. Part number DK307 and this is the custom fit kit for the Focus. A Rhino Rack Roof Rack system is great for carrying a wide variety of accessories on your roof to free up space inside you vehicle.
Yakima CoreBar Steel Crossbars Installation - 2016 Ford Focus
Today on our 2016 Ford Focus, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima CoreBar Roof Rack System, consisting of part numbers Y00422, these are the Yakima CoreBar crossbars, 60 inches long, part number Y00146, these are the baseline towers for the Yakima crossbars, part number Y06135, and Y06105. These are going to be the base clip fit kits for the Ford Focus. The Yakima CoreBar system is great for carrying a wide variety of accessories on your roof while freeing up space inside your vehicle. The two bars have a combined carrying capacity of 220 pounds, although you always want to double check with your vehicle's manual to make sure your roof can withstand that weight. The bars have an aerodynamic shape to them, which will cut down wind noise and drag while you're driving, and all of our end caps have these knock-outs here, which you can install the Yakima Same Key System, so you can actually secure this to your roof once you have it installed. Now that we've gone over some of the features of the roof rack system, let's go ahead and show you how it installs. We have our rear bar partially assembled on our table here, and our next step is to take our baseline foot and attach it to our other end here.
Inno Roof Rack Review - 2016 Ford Focus
Today in our 2016 Ford Focus we're going to be test-fitting the Inno Aero Crossbar roof rack system, consisting of part numbers INXB130-138, these are the Inno Aero Crossbars 51 and 54 inches long. Part number INXS250, this is the Inno through feet for the Aero crossbars. And part number INK528, which is the fit kit for the Ford Focus. The Inno aero roof rack system is great for carrying a wide variety of accessories on your roof while freeing up space inside your vehicle. Both bars have a combined carrying capacity of 120 lbs, although you always want to double-check with your vehicle's manual to make sure it can withstand those weights. With the end caps, once you remove those, you can see it has a rubber strip in the center here.
Rhino Rack Roof Rack Review - 2016 Ford Focus
Today on our 2016 Ford Focus we're going to be test fitting a Rhino Rack 2500 series roof rack system consisting of part number DS126B. Those are the Rhino Rack 2500 series square cross bars, 49 inches long. And, part number DQ307, and this is the custom fit kit for the Ford Focus. The Rhino Rack square bar roof rack system is great for carrying a wide variety of accessories on your roof while freeing up some space inside your vehicle. Both bars have a combined carrying capacity of 165 pounds but you always want to double check with your vehicles manual to make sure it can withstand those weights. Now, while these are square bars, you can purchase other accessories such as fairings to cut down the wind noise and drag. At the interior of all of our legs we do have lockable covers so once you install this onto your roof, it's going to be secured to your roof as well. Now that we've gone over some of the features of the roof rack, let's go ahead and show you how it installs.
Rhino-Rack RS 2500 Vortex Aero Roof Rack Installation - 2016 Ford Focus
Today on our 2016 Ford Focus, we're going to be test fitting the Rhino-Rack RS2500 Series Roof Rack for Naked Roofs, part number RRRS323B. This also comes in silver as part number RRRS323. The Rhino-Rack Roof System is great for carrying a wide variety of accessories on your roof while freeing up space inside your vehicle. The two bars have a combined carrying capacity of 165 pounds, although you always want to double check with your vehicle's manual to make sure it can withstand that weight. All of our legs are lockable, so once you install this onto your roof, it's going to be secured to your roof. Also, after removing the end cap here, you remove this top piece. You see we have this Vortex Aero strip, and that combined with the aerodynamic shape of the bar will cut down wind noise and drag while you're driving. Also, you can remove the strip and install T-Track accessories as well.
Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2016 Ford Focus
Today on our 2016 Ford Focus we're going to be test fitting the Yakima JetStream Roof Rack System. Consisting of part numbers Y00426, these are the Yakima JetStream Crossbars 60" long. Part number Y00146, these are the baseline towers for the Yakima Crossbars. And part number Y06135 and Y06105 and these are the BaseClip Kits for the Ford Focus. The Yakima JetStream Roof Rack system is great for carrying a wide variety of accessories on your roof and also freeing up space inside your vehicle for you and your family. It has a weight capacity of 165 pounds with both bars, although you always want to double check with your vehicle's manual to make sure your roof can withstand that weight. If we move our end cap you can see it has a rubber strip along the center here and that coupled the aerodynamic shape of the bars will cut down wind noise and drag while you're driving.
Best 2016 Ford Focus Roof Rack Options
Today on our 2016 Ford Focus we're going to take a look at the best roof rack options available. Now when searching for roof rack systems these are going to be the top three choices from each of these different manufacturers. Up at the top we have our Rhino Rack RS Series Roof Rack System. Here we have our Inno Square Bar Roof Rack System. At the bottom we have our Yakima Jet Stream Bar Roof Rack System. Now each of these three roof rack systems has their advantages, but let's go ahead and take a look at the differences between these roof racks. Now the most obvious difference between these three racks is going to be with our middle rack, the Inno, which has a square bar, as opposed to the vortex aero bars of the Rhino Rack or the Yakima.
Rhino Rack Roof Rack Review - 2015 Ford Focus
Today on our 2015 Ford Focus, we are doing a test fit of the Rhino Rack Vortex Aero Cross Bars as well as the fit kit and the foot pack. The part number for our cross bars today is RRVA126B-2. For our foot pack we are using RRRLKVA and our fit kit is DK307. We already have our front bar in place. We're going to show you how to put our last foot pack together on our back bar and then show you how to load up that back bar. The first thing we are going to start with is our foot pack here. We are going to remove this bottom piece, it just pops right off. We'll take our rubber foot and we're just going to close it around that plastic foot part.
Thule Roof Rack Review - 2014 Ford Focus
Today on our 2014 Ford Focus, we're doing a test fit on the Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack System. We're using the 53 inch Aero-blades, that's part number THARB53. The four ADR foot packs, which are the Rapid Traverse, the part number is TH480R and we've got the Thule Fit Kit, which is part number THKIT1627. We've already installed our front bar, per the manufacturer's instructions. To begin our installation on the rear bar, we're first going to open up our doors, then place the rack up onto our roof line. Now we're going to take a measurement. It's going to be per Thule's fit guide, it lists two measurements in there.
Rhino Rack Roof Rack Review - 2013 Ford Focus
Today on our 2013 Ford Focus, we're doing a test fit of Rhino Rack Vortex Aero Crossbar. The crossbars are RRVA126B-2. The footpads, sorry the legs series is RRRLKVA and the pads and clamps are DK307. We already have the first one on, now I'm going to show you how to install the second one. Let's bring our table in. What we have here is we our crossbar, we have our legs, and we have our pad and clamp also. I'm going to show you how we put the other one on. Per instructions on the Ford Focus, here, we're going to have our inside at 14.9.
Rhino Rack Roof Rack Review - 2012 Ford Focus
Speaker 1: Today on our 2012 Ford Focus we'll be taking a look at the Rhino Rack Roof Rack System. This is going to consist of Vortex Aero Crossbars, part number RRVA126B-2. Our crossbars are also available in silver, part number RRVA126S-2. And the Rhino Rack 2500 Series Legs, part number RRRLKVA and our fit kit for our Ford Focus, part number DK307. The Rhino Rack Roof Rack System is a great solution for carrying a wide variety of accessories on your vehicle, whether those are bike racks, cargo baskets, ski and snowboard carriers or kayak carriers. The aerodynamic shape of the bar is going to help to reduce wind noise and drag.
Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2012 Ford Focus
Today on our 2012 Ford Focus we're going to be taking a look at the Yakima Roof Rack System, consisting in part numbers Y00426, and those are going to be the Yakima JetStream crossbars, part number Y00146, and those are going to be the BaseLine towers for the crossbars, and part numbers Y06135 and Y06105. Those are going to be the BaseClip Fit Kits for those towers. Now, we already have the front one installed. You can see it has a nice, aerodynamic shape which is going to cut down wind noise and drag. With the two bars together they have a combined carrying capacity of 165 pounds, although you want to double check with your manufacturer's manual to make sure that your vehicle can withstand that kind of weight. Let's go ahead and show you how the rear one installs. We already have it partially assembled on our table here, and we'll finish it up.
Rhino Rack Roof Rack Review - 2012 Ford Focus
Today on this 2012 Ford Focus, we're going to be test fitting the Rhino Rack Roof Rack System for naked roofs. Part number RRRS322. This comprises the entire roof rack system, from cross bars to legs, to the clamps that hold it onto the vehicle. We already have the front one installed. You can see it has a nice aerodynamic shape, which is going to cut down on wind noise and drag, and the two bars together have a combined weight capacity of 165lbs. However, you want to double check with your owner's manual to make sure that your roof can withstand that kind of weight. Let's go ahead and show you how the rear one installs.
Inno Roof Rack Review - 2012 Ford Focus
Today on our 2012 Ford Focus we're going to be taking a look at the inno roof rack system consisting of part numbers INXB108 and INXB115. Those are going to be the arrow cross bars. Part number INXS200, those are going to be the inner flush feet for the cross bars and part number INK528 and that's going to be custom fit kit which clamps onto your vehicle. Now we already have the front one installed and as you can see the arrow bars themselves have a nice aero-dynamic shape to them which is going to cut down wind noise and drag. The two bars together have a combined weight capacity of 165 pounds. However, you want to double check with your manufacturers instructions to make sure that your vehicle can withstand that weight. Let's go ahead and show you how the rear one goes on. We already have it partially assembled on our table here.
Thule AeroBlade Crossroad Roof Rack Installation - 2002 Ford Focus Wagon
Today on this 2002 Ford Focus Wagon, we are going to be installing a Thule Aeroblade Roof Rack using the Thule Crossroad Rapid feet. We already have our crossbar assemblies put together so we are ready to mount them to our vehicle. First we will lay them on the factory raised side rails, get our position and then tighten them down. We are going to make sure the crossbars overhang evenly on both the left and right side of the vehicle, and were also going to measure them to make sure that they are perpendicular to our factory raised side rails. We will also make sure that the arrow marks on the side of the crossbar feet are pointing towards the center of our factory raised side rails. Once we have our front crossbar assembly positioned where we want it, we can go ahead and begin tightening it down.
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