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This aerodynamic roof rack gives you the freedom to haul gear and cargo on your vehicle. Full-length aluminum crossbars offer plenty of space for channel mount and clamp-on accessories. Installs on your vehicle's naked roof.
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Hi Matt with etrailer. Today, we're gonna be talking about the Rhino Rack roof rack with the sport bars on our 2020 Ford F-150. Now this can be a great option if you're looking for something that's gonna give your vehicle a little bit more of a rugged look and we'll give you the ability to carry a lot more accessories on your longer trips. So let's check it out. This is gonna be a custom fit option for a vehicle today. So what I recommend doing is putting in your vehicle's information into our fit guide to make sure you're giving the right one to fit your needs.
Now why go with a roof rack compared to any other way of caring accessories Because you could put things in the back of your bed. You could use a cargo carrier or even a trailer. Now if you're using your hitch for a cargo carrier or a trailer, a lot of times that's just gonna lengthen your vehicle already and the F-150 is already a longer vehicle. So if you want to save space in that direction, putting things on the top of your roof, that's gonna be the better option. And in some cases if we have a camper shell or some extra long items, let's say like a kayak, it's not gonna fit very well back there.
The better option for you is gonna be your roof like we have right here. Now with this type of roof rack, like I said, Rhino Rack makes a sports bar and this sports bar has this really aggressive tread to the very top of it. What makes it looks pretty cool in my opinion, and these are just really easy to use, With that crossbar, you can mount things a couple of different ways. You could strap things down. I think the tread up here really lends itself to that type of design.
Just make sure you have a good tie off point somewhere up here because this tread is gonna be made of rubber so it does a really good job at gripping. Or you could do the classic way where most people will have a clamp on accessory that goes up here, like a bike rack, a kayak carrier, even a roof box, that'll typically just go into place there or there is the third method. And to get a better look at that, I'll take off this end cap that's gonna reveal that we have a T-channel. And those T-channel accessories, in my opinion, just look a little bit nicer. And it is nice not to really deal with any type of clamp that goes underneath your bar.
But speaking of underneath your bar, we are gonna have our towers. And with these, they're gonna come with some lock cores. I gonna get this back into place first, there we have it, that's we'll give you extra security so no one can come by and take your stuff and if I remove that, you can kind of see what's happening underneath here. So this kind of gives us a nicer look and design to the tower. And underneath, we're gonna have the fit kit. The fit kit is gonna be comprised of this metal hook and this rubber pad on the bottom. And in my opinion, this is an important piece to most roof racks because, one, it makes sure it grabs onto your roof, but you wanna make sure there's not any big gaps underneath here. Because I've had some in the past where if there is big gaps, it just doesn't look very good. And to me, if it's more of a custom fit or more seamless fit, it just gives me more peace of mind that it's gonna do a good job staying in place. The first measurement I'm gonna get is gonna be the overall height. `So this is gonna add just about 4" to the top of your roof. Really isn't too bad, it's a little bit higher than some other options out there. But with that we get a little bit more space underneath. So that's gonna be just a little bit under 3." So even if you have a more bulky clamp style, you also have room where it's not making contact with your roof. Now if you have some type of sunroof and that expands up, definitely keep an eye on that 'cause we don't wanna make contact with those clamps. Now for the overhang we have. Right over here, I'm getting a little bit under 2." And why that's important is it lets us know if we can put any accessories at the very sides of our vehicle. So if you have anything like a roof box or a bike rack, you don't wanna have to reach too far in to gain access to those items. Now it really just depends on what those accessories are 'cause in most cases a little bit under 2," you won't be able to put a lot of larger accessories back here like your kayak carriers. But if you have anything like a ski carrier that has smaller straps, that should fit over here just fine. Now for the overall crossbar spur we have, that's gonna be the distance from the center of one to the center of another one. And this is gonna be a little bit under 32." That's pretty standard for most roof racks though most accessories should be compatible with this. Just double check if you already have that, make sure it's gonna work with that spread. Now when it comes to weight, capacity is going to have a great weight capacity, but what's most likely gonna be your limiting factor is gonna be your roof. So I'd recommend just checking that out in your owner's manual and making sure you go from the lowest rated component so you don't damage anything. Now in my opinion, I think this is gonna be a great choice and I think if you do have a camper show like we do today, you can throw a couple on the backside if that's possible because those will give you more of a platform sort \of a setup you have on your roof. And I think it just looks kind of cool. But if you don't need that much of a spread, I think this is just fine too. And you even go with some other bars that Rhino Rack has, if you want something a little bit more heavy duty, they are gonna have their HD bars. Now that's gonna be more of a square design, so it's not gonna work at with as many types of accessories out there as these. So it really just depends on what accessories you have and what they're compatible with. So at the begin of the installation, I'm gonna lay everything out. So right in front of me, we're gonna have the crossbar and closest to me, we're gonna have the clamps to our fit kit and we're gonna have the tower itself. Now with the fit kit, you're also gonna get this rubber pad. They are gonna have side-specific locations. We'll go over that later on and we're gonna have our tool so we can install everything. Now here, notice I already have one of them installed. It's gonna be the same process. We will have a few different measurements, but just make sure you have the instructions on hand so you can reference those measurements. But what we're gonna do here, where I like to start is with the crossbar. We wanna make sure that the top side is facing down. And I'm just gonna remove our end caps here by pulling on them. Sometimes I'll slide this measurement out of the way and do that. And honestly this would be a good time just to remove this completely. We'll put it back on here in a second, but we're gonna grab that tower. You're gonna have this metal block that sits on the very top of it and that block is gonna go right into this channel just like that. Then you'll reference your instructions or grab this little measurement here, kind as like a built-in ruler. I'll put that in here. Once that's in all the way, might take a few attempts to get that in there. You can either push it in from the back or just slide it in from the top. Once we match it up with the measurement in our instructions, we'll push this tower against there and sit it there. Now we'll grab our tool and then tighten this down completely, just like that. Now if you find this is a little bit too tight to get into this channel, you can start by loosening this up. In our case, we're good today. And I'll just tighten this down until this blue tab at the very top, fully straightens out. Once it's done, we're gonna repeat that on the other side. When this is in place, you're also gonna have these feet that come with them. Mine are already in place, but you'll notice an arrow on here, reference your instructions for the orientation of that arrow in conjunction to the tower with your crossbar. So in my case today, my instructions don't tell me to have this pointed out. So I'm just gonna have it in this orientation. And once I have that on there, I can move to our fit kit where we have these rubber pads. They're gonna have a similar thing going on. They're gonna have a number here. You can reference this in your instructions with an arrow that'll tell you what orientation it should be in. And then we'll just push this on top and make sure this is either on the correct side. So they will be driver and passenger side-specific. And now with everything in place, we can put this on top of our roof. And really just going to depend on which one you're working with. You're probably gonna start off with the front crossbar. Same process though and so I didn't measure anything out, I'm just kinda roughly putting into place and then we can check how it's sitting up there. Once we're done with that, we can get a couple measurements and I'll show you how to do that. So the first measurement we're gonna get is we measurement A. And in order to get measurement B, you're probably gonna have to have crossbar, the front one in place. And so what we're gonna do is again, reference your instructions. We're gonna go to this seam here where the doors meet and we're gonna go to the very front of that pad with a fit kit. Once you get that, just check on the other side and make sure it's even and then the get crossbar B measurement. What we're gonna do is measure from the center of one to the center of another one and then just adjust it. So if we need to, we can just even pull that back some and just double check and do the same thing for the other side. Now that I know where this is sitting, what I'll typically do is just check how it's sitting in this gutter near the very top. What we wanna see is it almost making contact there or is flush against this corner right here. Now if you have a larger gap like I do today, 'cause I push against it on the other side, that's gonna be a little bit around like a half inch and that's a bit more much for what I want. So what I'm gonna do is I've already put down a piece of masking tape so I know where this sits. I'm gonna take this down and just widen the distance of these towers just a little bit and put it back up here and double check. Now we can grab these clamps and I'm just gonna remove this bolt that's already attached to our tower. Once that's off of here, I'm gonna reinsert this bolt through that clamp and put this back into place. What I use too is the tool to help line it up. Use my other hand the press on the back of that nut that's in there to help align everything, Once it starts to grab on, I'm just gonna lightly tighten this up. I don't wanna fully install it quite yet because we wanted to make sure this has even pressure on either side. So just a little bit of resistance on here. Go to the other side, repeat that same process, and then just fully tighten this down, going back and forth. The way you'll be able to tell if it's fully typed down, like I said earlier, when you're turning this tool here, you'll notice it's gonna fully straighten out like that and then we can grab our end caps, put those on and lock 'em into place. You're done with that. Just give it a good old shake test, make sure it doesn't feel loose and it's not going anywhere. If it feels good, you can load it up and take it out for a ride. Now if you guys have any other questions, let us know here at etrailer, and again, I'm Matt and thanks to watching.
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