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This fit kit lets you mount Thule Rapid Podium-style feet to your vehicle with factory roof-rack tracks. The fit kit includes pads, hardware, and tools necessary for installation.
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Just what I needed to adapt my Thule Load Bars and Ski Rack from my departed 2012 Mazda5 to my 2014 BMW M235i. The whole conversion took me about an hour, only because I was enjoying it, and in no rush.
etrailer Order Processing and Prompt Shipping got my stuff here in record time, and I'm loaded and ready to hit the slopes for mid-week madness!
Bought a used 2010 Subaru Forester with no roof rails. These fit the fixed points perfectly.
I have been eyeing on roof rack for a longest time and finally we have our first new born three weeks ago and it's time to increase the capacity of the vehicle. I had a Thule bicycle rack before and love the quality & design of it so I figured to give them another shot. The shipping is quick (3 days I think). Packaging arrived well w/o any damages. The installation was a breeze (30min +/-). Do keep in mind that the Bars are different length (one longer, one shorter). For Murano, the long bar is in the front, short in the back. The Aerobar looks slick and they actually look OEM. I absolutely love the look and the set up. Now my Murano is truly a "SUV" instead of a "crossover" lol well, kinda. I now need to look for the right size of top box.
Thule is the only premier cargo accessory manufacture in the industry. The design, manufacturing and quality of their products is world class. We currently own two German SUVs that are used regularly for a wide array of outdoor sports and refuse to outfit our vehicles with any other brand of equipment. This particular system was very easy to install when following manufacturers installation instructions and recommendations.
Please see my review of Thule risers this Fit Kit was used with, as well as, Flint Hill basket. Same pic below as there. Weakest element of this item are the clips that fit into slots to secure it to - whatever - in my case, a Retrax Pro, manual Tonneau cover on the bed if my truck. See pic. Hard to visualize appropriate, secure placement. Seem to be working, but major test to come.
Exceedingly disappointed in the "fit" of this Thule fit kit for a number of reasons. First, the feet/rubber gasket leave huge, ugly gaps on the either side of where the brackets attach to the anchor points of my 2018 Murano's flush-mount side rails. Secondly, the bolts used to secure the roof rack use a modified and apparently proprietary Torx head, which make them tedious to install, the heads are very shallow and the metal is very poor quality metal that are easy to strip. Thule has never been stellar quality stuff, but never this horrible. I'd definitely recommend staying away
Great Etrailer service but the Thule instructions are horrible! Once I decided to forgo the instructions the install went smoothly. Still not sure if installed correctly though.
The rubber "boots" do not conform to the rails and the only thing holding the rack ends to the truck are the four bolts? Nothing attaches to the rail itself or hooks onto it?
Very solid when installed on the rails. We encountered an installation issue just before our vacation however because the parts and instructions included did not account for our older 460 podium foot which does not have a center screw hole. The instructions says to rotate the steel rod 1/4 turn to expose the center threaded hole, but ours does not have that. It turns out that if you call Thule, they will ship you another 4 screws and you can use the 2 side thread holes, but that is not documented and it took us some time to figure it out. Older versions of instructions show both options and included 8 screws, but it seems they made a change to save cost. The replacements did not arrive in time for our trip so I purchased 6 mm socket head cap screws as an interim solution. If you have older 460 podium feet, check for the center threaded hole first!
This kit attaches the OEM roof rails (in my case a Chevy Bolt) to the foot pack which holds the Aeroblade cross bars. Overall quality is very high and the product seems very sturdy and secure. Installation is fairly easy but the Thule instructions are of little use, being only small drawings of the pieces and how they fit with no written instructions. You tube videos of the installation are much more helpful.
One concern is that Thule only provides a kind of "L" wrench for the Torx screws that attach the THKIT3168 to the roof rails. The screw locations makes this an awkward process and I was concerned about scratching my car's finish using the wrench. A T25 Torx security-type screwdriver or bit driver would be much safer. If you are going to remove and replace the rack often, I would suggest using something other than the "L" wrench. The product is 5* but the instructions and the wrench lowered my score.
Got our order for this roof rack system and CRV fit kit in a timely manner and even had the etrailer team contact us both when there was a small delay on our fit kit coming in as well as when everything actually shipped out!
Assembly was super easy and straight forward. The husband worked on prepping the car while I assembled the bars to the towers and then we worked together to affix everything to the car. All in all, it took us maybe 30 minutes to complete installation. Doing it alone might take 45 and is very doable.
My only gripe would be the actual footers on the fit kit. The plastic pieces looked like they were supposed to snap in somewhere but just wiggled around in the mounting gaps until we actually tightened them down. They also seemed to be a bit of an awkward fit on the existing plastic rails, but again, once tightened look fine. I was slightly worried they would crack when tightening just because the plastic isn't very thick, but no problems so far!
We're only one week after installation now, but love the look of them on the car, haven't noticed any extra noise while driving, and are excited for the first kayak trip this weekend to actually use them!
Great kit. Fits my Honda CR-V 2015 perfectly. Finally I Got a roof rack that that is flat instead of curved like original Honda which make impossible to put a flat stock like plywood or sheet rock on top. Unfortunate I couldn't purchase a whole kit from ETRAILER, the kit coming only with 47" bars for CR-V. So I purchase a 53" used bars. Yes I have 53". Instructions are a little confusing but if you have the kit in your hands right next to a car it fall right in place. Otherwise great product and I do recommend it.
I already had an "older" Thule roof/bike rack,
purchased for a 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee, then used on a 2010 Hyundai
Elantra Touring (this was the roof rack with the "strapped-on to roof rails"
feet, and the bike carriers with the cantilevered, front fork-secured,
mechanism). My new 2013 Hyundai Elantra GT does NOT have roof rails, thus
the need for this new Thule package consisting of: 1) TH460 - Thule Podium
Roof Mounted Foot Pack for Square Load Bars, 2) THKIT3068 - Thule Fit Kit
for Podium Syle Foot Pack and 3) THLB50 - Thule Square Load Bars - Steel -
50" - Qty 2. MY plan was to "re-use" the pair of "older" Thule bike
carriers.
Etrailer's online info was excellent. The installation videos (although not
for this identical package on the same vehicle as mine - but the 2012 Honda
CRV's roof-mounting system is very close to the Hyundai's) were even MORE
excellent! The box arrived on-time. The components were all there, and
undamaged. The installation instructions were clear and concise... even for
these 67 year-old eyes/mind! My "older" Thule bike carriers fit
PERFECTLY... the new load bars are identical to my old ones (the only reason
I needed new ones was I'd "cut down" the old ones when I moved the rack from
the Grand Cherokee to the Elantra Touring, and now they were ~2" too
short!!!).
We tow the car behind our motorhome and we've found the Thule roof-mounted
products to be excellent for our needs... holding up to three bikes on the
top of our "dinghy".
Dealing with the folks at Etrailer.com was a very pleasant experience!
I originally purchased this roof rack to haul my 80lb skiff to and from the local lake, and for those purposes, it works great. Easy installation (and removal for the off season). My only issue is trying to make sure the bars protrude evenly from both mounts - less of a concern after in place, but it's a bit fiddly to get it right (measure, adjust, measure, adjust, etc).
As others have said, it can whistle with the squared off rails, but it's only noticeable when the rack is all the way forward and the sun roof is open. Driving on the interstate with the windows up, there's no cabin noise from the rack.
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!
Thule is a horrible company compared to what it was back in the day.
In drilling holes into my brand new cap based on dimensions that thule gave me (superficial dimensions with no definite "from"-"to" locations) then confirming these dimensions based on the risers, suddenly the dimensions they said were several I chest different, and then they started saying the dimensions of their racks are proprietary. Basically ruined my cap.
So in a fit of rage, I removed the Thule junk, and designed an adapter in Solidworks that would hold LED floodlights and route the power cables through the 1/4" mounting studs without modifying the cap further, and SLS nylon printed 4 sets of these mounts and mounted LED 5" floodlights in 4 locations. (See image).
Then I went and bought a Rhino Rack HD Track for my cap. Best thing I ever did. Thule lost a 20 year customer.
The product works great at holding the podium firm and not moving. My only problme is for 4 pieces of rubber and metal I think its over priced. This is the only reason I am giving it 3 stars.
Everything was delivered as promised. Had inventory needed when other retailers and suppliers didn’t.
Great product. Assembly and installation instructions are weak!
This fit kit worked as described and made attaching the podium feet and wing bars a breeze on my 2019 Honda CRV
These Thule roof rack rails are fantastic. I can easily and quickly add my ski and paddleboard accessories. Plus it's just such a sleek look!
They work as designed. EAsy to install once one figures out where the attachment points on the Honda CR-V are..
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Bill
7/24/2023
A year later and everything is as perfect as when installed and used. Still recommend etrailer to anyone.