Thule WingBar Evo Roof Rack for Naked Roofs - Aluminum - Black - Qty 2
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This setup comes ready to haul just about anything. It includes 2 WingBar Evo crossbars, 4 Evo Clamp feet, and a custom fit kit for mounting on a naked roof. With a 165-lb weight capacity and sturdy aluminum construction, you can count on solid support whether you’re hauling kayaks, a cargo box, or camping gear for a long weekend away.
Driving with a roof rack doesn’t have to be noisy. The WingBar Evo’s aero-style shape and top channels with split rubber strips help reduce wind noise and vibration while you’re on the move. Those strips also keep air flowing smoothly over the bars, making highway drives quieter and more comfortable.
If you’ve ever had to trim rubber strips just to mount your gear, you’ll appreciate this design. The top channels feature split strips that let you slide in channel-mount accessories without cutting anything. Once in place, the strips close around the mounts to keep things secure and tidy.
No matter what kind of trip you’re planning, this rack can handle it. The crossbars are compatible with most bike, watersport, snow, and cargo carriers that use either channel-mount or clamp-on attachments. That means one roof rack can carry your kayaks in summer, skis in winter, and extra luggage any time of year.
When you park overnight or take a break on the road, you can add Thule’s One-Key System locks (sold separately) to secure both the rack and any channel-mounted accessories. It’s an easy way to keep your setup protected wherever your adventures take you.
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Hello neighbor, this is Curt with etrailer. Today we're gonna be taking a look at the Thule Wing Bar Evo Roof Rack and see how it interacts with our 2024 Ford Edge. Now, if you've gone ahead and decided to go with the Wing Bar Evo Roof Rack and you've got some experiences with it to share, go ahead and leave those in the comments below. We'd love to hear your story and pass it on to our other neighbors in order to help them make the best decision for themselves. So when you're going on a trip and you've got a lot of extra cargo, whether it's luggage or equipment or otherwise, and having it in the vehicle just isn't really the best option, a roof rack is an excellent way to be able to transport those items. In fact, most people prefer a roof rack over a hitch cargo carrier simply because everything's a little more outta the way and you don't have to really worry about anything like the parallel parking or backing into spaces like you do with a hitch carrier.
You also tend to get, you know, some better weight capacities on things up here and a variety of different things like bike racks, like kayak carriers, roof boxes, awnings, all sorts of things that could go up on a roof rack. And the Wing Bar Evo is an excellent system from a really renowned name of Thule. This particular set is gonna give us a 53 inch bar space for us to be able to put our accessories on. Our accessories can go on either the clamp style or you can access the T track right through the end cap here for any of those T slotted accessories that you might own as well. And being that it's a 53 inch bar space, it really keeps it kind of outta the way while still giving us more bar space than what a flush roof rack system would.
Now let's go ahead and get up on the roof. We'll take a few measurements and see exactly how this fits on our Ford Edge. Now, being that this is a naked roof, meaning it has no rails for the crossbars to attach to, Thule is very specific about where these get placed as you'll see very shortly as we show you how these we inchesre installed. So let's go ahead and take a look at what kind of bar space this is gonna provide. So from the center of our T track to the center of the one in front, we're right at 29-1/2 inches.
And honestly for me that's perfect. Most rooftop accessories require a crossbar spread between 26 and 32 inches. This falls right in between. So I'm not worried about finding accessories that are gonna fit up on my crossbars here. Now the other thing that we do wanna look at is just how much height this is gonna add to the vehicle.
So from our roof to the top of the bar, we're adding another 4-1/4 inches to the height of our vehicle. And let's go ahead and check what kind of clearance we have underneath, which is gonna be just a hair under three inches. And at a hair under three inches, this is actually going to be barely above our shark fin antenna in the back. So any accessories that we mount on this would go on top. So that's telling me that I'm not gonna really have to worry about clearance with my accessories on that shark fin so much. Depending on what I put up here and how big it is though, you may end up with issues with the lift gate only because on the Edge the crease of the lift gate comes so much for forward in the vehicle itself. So this is an overhanging crossbar, meaning it doesn't just dead end in the towers here, which is why we get a bit more bar space. But one of the things that some people do worry about with an overhanging bar is they get worried a little bit about hitting their head getting in and out of the vehicle. So while the edge of the bar does overhang the top of our door seam here, it does not overhang the threshold down here at the bottom. So what that means is, as I'm getting in and out of here, because I'm swinging my legs out so far to stand up, I'm really not in any danger of this hitting my head. Now there might be some certain accessories that you would put up here, like maybe a J-style kayak carrier or something where you get a little more overhang. In those cases, yeah, you'd wanna watch your head, but the crossbars themselves, I'm not terribly worried about as far as contact getting in and out. So the installation of these crossbars is actually fairly simple. So follow along, we'll show you exactly how we got this on the roof of our Ford Edge. Now as we begin our installation, it is important to double check your instructions because it will give us specifications on how far apart our towers are gonna be on the crossbar, as well as where on the roof the crossbars should be placed. So first and foremost, what they ask for on the rear bar is that the spread is gonna be 46-1/2 inches. So there's this little scale here that we find that we could slide back and forth and numerically we're just gonna set that right at that 46-1/2. And that's gonna be our marker for how far in we're gonna end up putting our tower. It's also important to note that the front set of bars and the back set of bars have different numbers on your claws or your grabbers here. Each foot pad is also gonna have its own mark too. So what we're installing now is gonna be the tower for the driver's side in the rear. That called for footpad 186. So we're gonna go ahead and put that on our tower right now. It's just gonna fit around this section right here. And very often just to get it flush, you kind of wanna work it around the edges a little bit and we just wanna make sure it's on there good and secure. So the next thing we'll do is with our end cap removed from the crossbar, we're gonna go ahead and fit this T slot into this section right here. And we're gonna but it right up against where we've got it marked without pushing this back or moving it any. So the open end of the tower, this end of the tower should be facing out. And we're just gonna work this on just like this. I am gonna hold this tab in place so we don't lose our measurement. And once we've got it on there, we could go ahead and replace our end cap. Now at this point we're gonna install our claw here, and what we'll do is we'll feed it right through this slot and we're gonna hear a click just like that. And now our claw is in place and we are ready to get this set up on the roof. Now when we are installing this, we do wanna make sure that the wider part of the bar is facing the front and the narrower part is facing behind. And we're gonna have both of our doors open because these do need to go through the door. And we're just going to kinda get up here and get a little leverage just to make sure that our claws aren't bumping around up here on the roof or scratching anything. We just wanna do this as gently as we can. And there we go, just like that. Now that they're up here, we're gonna take some measurements to see exactly where they need to be placed. Now as far as bar placement goes, you are gonna have to install your front bar first. It is important to note that has a different spread to it. It's 50-1/2 inches tower to tower instead of the 46-1/2 that was on the back bar. And where you're gonna need to place it is from the edge of your windshield glass here to the front of the tower should be 9-1/4 inches. And you want to take that measurement on both sides. That way we can guarantee that our bars are gonna be parallel to each other if we're equal measurement on passenger and driver's side. Now from the front of this bar to the front of your second bar should measure 29-1/2 inches. That you also want to double check on both sides to make sure that they're gonna be perfectly parallel. But once you have that done, you can go ahead and take your included Thule torquing tool and right through here you're gonna find a hex bolt. And we're just gonna make maybe three or four turns on this side. Just kind of get it there until it's snug. And once it's just a little snug, not tight, we're gonna go ahead over to the other side and do the same thing. And what I want to do is, as I'm tightening it down, I'm doing a little bit over here, a little bit over there. I don't want to tighten one side down completely because I don't wanna knock the other side off of its setting. So we're just gonna incrementally get things tightened down until it's time to torque 'em. Now, after we've got both of them, you know, pretty tight, we just wanna keep tightening 'em down until we hear a pop come out of our tool just like that. Now once you get that on both sides, it's torqued down to spec. These aren't going anywhere because not only does it tighten down our claw here to the vehicle, it also tightens our bar to the towers. So this won't be shifting back and forth either. Now all we have to do is put on our tower covers. So here we have our tower cover. And one of the things you may notice is that it doesn't have its own metal key core. It's got this kind of plastic piece here that you can lock and unlock with a flathead. That's what the Thule crossbars are gonna come with out of the box. However, Thule utilizes what they call their one key system. You can purchase metal lock cores for all of your towers and you can get them keyed alike to your other Thule accessories. And those are available right here at etrailer.com. First though, we're just gonna put this on as is. We're gonna put the tabs up here in the slots, click it down, and then we're gonna use our flathead to lock it in place. And that's really it for our installation of the Thule Wing Bar Evo Roof Rack on our 2024 Ford Edge. I'm Curt with etrailer. Thanks for stopping by.
Ratings & Reviews
Car: 4 door Civic sedan
Bought this as a set along with a set of locks. They did not have the locks in stock, so when I went ahead of canceled that portion of the order, they were able to process and ship it out the next day. It took roughly 1 week for it to arrive.
Following the instructions they provide you with was fairly simple, there was a QR code scan for a video that you can watch as well. I assembled this along with ski carriers that I had as well. I did struggle a little bit with the spacing I needed to fit my snowboard, but it wasn't too much of a hassle.
After assembling it, I was impressed with how it looked and also how stable and tight it was when I was trying to shake it around. As for the test drive, I was very impressed with how there was no wind whistle and they did not fall off (peaked at 70mph).
Overall, I would say it's definitely worth it to buy a good quality cross bar set. And more importantly it was worth it to purchase it from a retailer that does a good job processing and shipping your order without any issues!
Great product. Successfully assembled and installed it myself in about 3 hours. A more detailed assembly video would be helpful. Other than that; I'm 100% satisfied!
Excellent product from Sweden. Well made, perfect fit, great directions, easy to install. Amazingly strong, secure installation on 2013 Honda Accord. Exceptionally strong and secure fit for a gutter-mounted roof rack! Only small unavoidable issue is that the gutter clamp pushed the Honda door rubber seal strip outward slightly, but likely not enough to cause rain to leak around top of door seal.
I think Thule products are painfully pricey......however the rack I put on my Ram 2500 is flawless and a absolute perfect fit. I added the Thule rack for the roof of the truck. I have a truck bed utility custom rack and it wasnt enough. I carry a 16' heavy canoe and a 12' kayak so the additional crossbars make for a very sturdy and dependable way to carry since we also tow a trailer. Very happy to have it.
Customer Service at etrailer is par none, both before the sale and after. I had an unpleasant experience elsewhere buying and installing a roof rack for my old Prius. After a few days of frustrations, I sent it back to that old online store.
This time, I contacted etrailer to see what ALL I needed to install a rack on my new 2018 Honda CRV. They sent me the part numbers and a link to purchase. Viola! After they arrived, I had difficulty with one of the parts (at 69 yo my hands are not too strong or flexible) and contacted etrailer. They sent pictures and more thorough instructions on installing the rubber strip. Another VIOLA!
I'm so very happy with my total experience at etrailer. Customer Service, truly, is not better any where else I have made online or brick-n-mortar purchases.
Website is easy to use & is better at putting together the correct package than Thule’s site.
etrailer had all the parts in stock for my 2020 Kia Telluride.
Payment process was simple.
Received periodic updates from staffer on my order & could actually reply if needed.
Installing the roof rack went well. Estimate start to finish was about 2 hours. Found it best to really examine each diagram in Thule’s step by step instructions to get it all right on the first try.
Hardness part of the installation was getting the crossbars installed at the proper distances. A tailor’s soft measuring tape & some masking were great aids.
The package was shipped in its OEM box with no additional protection. As such the Thule Aero wing cross bars were both dented on one side. Not sure if I received a return or if the product was dented in shipping as there was a significant amount of packing tape on the dented side. Either way, the end caps wouldn’t fit into the dented cross bars until I cut away plastic from the end caps. For $XXX+ dollars you think that would buy more shipping protection. Unbelievable, really.
Easy install great product
2018 GMC Sierra duramax
etrailer fantastic customer service!
Thanks Lori B!
Superb quality. Of course, it is from Thule and they are expensive for sure. But, you really get what you pay for!
And, just consider how expensive it would be if using something more affordable (cheap generic brand) and the racks/bars take off from the roof with the box on the highway!
These will not take off, super sturdy and fits the car perfectly.
Just be sure to get the right kit.
And follow the paper instructions coming along the parts.
Can recommend these, were for Nissan Leaf 2021.
And not to forget the etrailer company, they did their part as well with flying colors. All parts arrived in time and were correct!
The bars are strong and fairly quiet, especially considering that I mount them on the main cab of my pickup truck and not on top of the canopy. My biggest concern is that the rubber strip that runs the length of the bar to reduce wind noise was badly damaged when I slid my canoe up on to the bars. Given the weight of the canoe, I'm accustomed to getting one end on a bar and sliding it back into position. Given the sensitivity of the rubber, is started pulling away from the bar and shredding when sliding the gunwales over the top of the bar. I'll try to be more careful, but a roof rack needs to be more utilitarian in my humble opinion.
So far its the best roof rack you can get today! Had no issues when driving through rugged and bumpy terrains all day.
I've owned this roof rack for a year now, and it has served my purposes (carrying my kayak around on my truck) quite well. It was fairly easy to assemble, largely because the entire instruction guide was in pictures.
I have had to retighten the rack a couple of times since putting it on the roof, so I tie the kayak down to the front and back of the truck as well as to the roof rack. I suspect the ocean kayak puts a bit of lift on the roof rack resulting in the loosening.
I bought the Thule Evo Roof Rack to transport my kayak on my Lexus 300H. Thule will advise you on their website that his particular rack is not right for a Lexus 300H (i.e., they don't make a roof rack for a Lexus 300H); it is really for a Camry, but etrailer told me that is worked, I trusted them and they were correct. After all, a Lexus sedan is really a fancy Camry, but Thule will not acknowledge this point. It works great. Thule makes a solid product.
These bars are light weight and easy to set up. However, the measurements in the directions were not right to fit them to my vehicle, and they were really difficult to adjust once the bars were on the roof. They seem to be snug on the roof and working well, I did a test drive yesterday at varying speeds and they are secure. They don't cause any unpleasant noise - you'd forget they were on there.
It is great. I love appearance of the Thule roof rack that I install today.
I had to warranty the bars because the rubber strips that seal the attachment channel would not stay attached.
Blew off on the highway. Poor design.
Thule warranty is awesome, They sent me 2 new sets. Still wouldnt attach securely.
Thule sent me a new set of bars.
I already bought some square bars.
I dont even want to use the wing bars. I want aerodynamic profile not the rubber strips.
Same great design and quality of Thule bars, but this one was missing one of the four end caps. Fortunately, I have extras from other bars, but it could have been a real problem. Also, no instructions with the bars. You apparently have to buy all the attachment pieces with it to get instructions?
Items arrived later than expected despite cancelling an month long order due to waiting stock on a different set up that was in stock. Once it arrived the box was all torn up and the person that delivered it just dropped it in the garage with the boxes spilling out of the bigger box. Love Thule products, etailer and the shipping supplier not so much,
Overall solid product. The little rubber strips that fit into the top bar are relatively fragile, I installed them, pulled one out to trim about 1/8 inches of excess length and the strip deformed such that it never went back in correctly. Fortunately etrailer had replacement strips.
Great quality products! Easy installation with properly guided instructions. One of the best tracking information, from ordering to delivery. Would strongly recommend etrailer to anyone looking for roof or hitch bike racks.
Thule is an excellent product and the fit on my 2017 Chevrolet Colorado is perfect. The good people at etrailer were super helpful in getting the correct fit parts to me as quickly as possible, especially during a tough year for all. I’ve found my Thule racks to be the perfect tool to take our kayaks on our adventures!
I’ve been searching for a set of crossbars for my 2021 Crosstrek. After looking at several different companys,, I decided to go with etrailer.com and get the Thule Wingbar Evo Crossbars and Evo Raised feet. Ordering was quick and shipping was even faster! Installed them in about an hour with no issues. I love the way they look, and the construction is solid. Shout out to the staff for doing a great job and for the great communication from placing the order, confirmation, updates and shipping the order. You will not be disappointed!
I've always trusted Thule bars. I have an old Xsporter on my truck that works really well and it has held up over time. I needed to get a Thule rack for my Jeep Grand Cherokee and found that etrailer had all the parts I needed specified for my model. That was one of my favorite things about the site. No need to search around for the different parts to attached onto the factory rails. Once I received the rack and components, it was really easy to install. I pretty much watched the etrailer videos before hand.
I have the older Hullavator 897XT to haul my kayak in. With the WingBar Evo, I found I needed to get a slightly longer bolt (6-1.00 x 30), which I got from the local Ace hardware store, to attached the Hullavator support bracket to the WingBar. Once I got those bolts set up, I was on the water with the kayak the next day.
Talked to the customer service a few times and they are great friendly people. And I can understand what they are saying.
53” Thule bars fit our 2021 RAV4 Hybrid! Most people appear to be using 47” bars for the 2021 RAV4 with flush roof rails, but that’s smaller than I wanted. I sometimes carry a sheet of plywood, or a kayak plus a cargo box, and wanted a wider rack for that. I had heard that upsizing to the 53” bar was potentially not possible because the mounting slots on the bottom of the bar may not accommodate the rail locations relative to the bar length. ETrailer helped me out with some dimensions, so I bought the 53” bar knowing it would be close. There is only about a quarter inch of play on either side on the rear bar, but it fit (the front bar had more play, since the towers are a bit further apart at the front).
I’m SO happy with the result! Now I can carry what I want on the rack, and have room to spare! It looks pretty good too!
Reliable and durable
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