Video Transcript for Is the Inno Square Bar Roof Rack for Naked Roofs Compatible with the 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee?

Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee, we're going to be test fitting the Inno Square Crossbar Roof Rack System, consisting of part number INB127. These are the square crossbars, 50" long. We'll also be using part number INTR, which are the Inno feet, for the Square Crossbars, particularly for track systems, or flush side rails. Finally, part number INTR132. This is the Custom Fit Kit for the Jeep Grand Cherokee.The Inno Square Bar Roof Rack system is great for carrying a wide variety of accessories on your roof, while freeing up space inside your vehicle. This can carry anything from bike racks, to cargo baskets, to cargo boxes.

The square bars are strong and durable, however, they will make some noise while you drive. Inno does offer several fairings that you put in front of these to cut down the wind noise and drag, which you can find on etrailer.com. The endcaps are lockable, to secure your roof rack system to your roof as well. They also help protect your actual connection plates here underneath from all the weather and elements, while you drive.Next I'd like to give you a couple of quick measurements. From the center of the roof, to the bottom of the bar is going to be about 2".

From the center to the top of the bar, is going to be about 3". It gives you enough space to fit most factory roof rack accessories through, without interfering with your roof, or making contact with your roof. Both bars combined do have a carrying capacity of 220 pounds, but you always want to double check with your vehicle's manual, to make sure your roof can withstand those weights.Now that we've got over some of the features of the roof rack system, let's go ahead and show you how it installs. We have our front bar already installed into our flush mounted side rails, and we have our rear bar partially assembled on our table here. Here's the Inno foot pack, and the fit kit, that we're going to need to install on the other side here, as well as the keys for our endcaps, the plastic end for our square bar, and the tool that comes included with the fit kit, to install everything.First, we're going to start by inserting our leg here onto the other end of our square crossbar.

We'll remove our endcap first, using the included keys. We'll slide this end onto our square bar like so. Then we can start installing our fit kit. Next, we'll take our plastic bracket piece here, and we'll fit it underneath the top portion like so. Then we'll flip the bar, and start installing our metal brackets on the underside.

We'll take our bolts with the lock washer and flat washer. Bring them up underneath, and then take our metal brackets, making sure they're facing the proper direction. We'll just loosely install those for now. There we go. We'll repeat this on our opposite side.Our final step, before we set this onto our roof rack system, we'll put our endcap in place, just to make sure that doesn't slide off. Now we can install it. We'll set out bar in place, just being careful, because we don't want to scratch up the vehicle here. You want to make sure how it sets inside the track here, that it's in the right location. You can see how it hooks on the backside here. It grips in this little channel, and on the inside, it grips on the channel the opposite way.Next, we'll measure from center of the bar, to center of the bar, to get a crossbar spread on both spread on both sides. Then we'll measure for our crossbar overhang. Once that is even on both sides, we'll take our included tightening tool, and tighten the bolts down, which will bring those brackets up, and secure the roof rack to the flush mount side rails. Next, will take our endcaps, we'll put those in place. Now we're ready to load up our gear, and hit the road. There you have it for the Inno Square Crossbar Roof Rack System, on our 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee.