These low-profile, aerodynamic crossbars clamp to your vehicle's raised factory side rails to create the quietest style of roof rack on the market. Lockable aluminum bars provide a from-the-factory look and have built-in slots for accessories.
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This premium rack mounts between your raised, factory side rails for a from-the-factory look. While most other aftermarket racks mount on top of the side rails with the bars positioned above the mount - creating a high profile - the Yakima RailBar system positions the bars between the side rails for an ultra-low profile.
Aerodynamic Airfoil Design
Designed with the aerodynamic shape of an owl wing in mind, the RailBar produces less drag - and therefore less noise - than any other roof-rack style on the market. But don't let the elegant appearance and clean lines fool you - this roof rack is also sturdy and hard working so you can carry loads of gear. This means your vehicle will still look great inside and out.
The RailBar features sleek, airfoil-style crossbars that are shaped like tapered wings. These lightweight aluminum bars have been shown to reduce drag by up to 70 percent when compared with round and square bars. They do this by putting the air back together quickly after it passes over and under the crossbars. This practically eliminates the buzzing and humming associated with standard roof racks - no fairing required. Because these bars produce less drag, the gas mileage of your vehicle will be far less affected than it is with other roof racks. And because they're constructed of corrosion-resistant, lightweight aluminum, you never have to worry about them rusting or affecting the load-carrying capacity of your roof.
Built-in Channels with Push-Down Access
The built-in channels include a soft rubber strips that can be pushed down into the channels when you mount accessories, so you don't have to cut or trim them as you would with other slotted crossbars. And this means you'll likely never have to buy replacement strips.
Hassle-Free Installation
All you need for installation is the included hex wrenches, which store inside the towers. To mount the rack, simply remove the covers from the towers, slide the crossbars in and out of the towers as needed until they are centered on your roof, and then tighten the adjustment screws with the hex keys. Replace the leg covers and the rack is ready to roll.
The mounting clamps - or towers - of the crossbars are constructed of glass-filled plastic that is strong, rigid, and UV and impact resistant. These clamps pivot slightly to accommodate the taper of your roof. Each clamp is also lined with soft rubber pads to prevent scratches and abrasions on your side rails.
Same Key System Locks
The crossbars are compatible with Yakima SKS lock cores (Y07204 - sold separately) that allow you to secure the rack to your factory side rails. These locks can help prevent theft of the crossbars by ensuring that they cannot be detached from your vehicle. And the locks keep your channel-mounted carriers and accessories safe by denying would-be thieves access to the built-in top slots. The SKS locks are all keyed alike so a single key opens all the locks. The locks can also be swapped out to make all of your Yakima products keyed alike.
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Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Speaker 1: Today, we'll be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Yakima Railbar Crossbars. These are going to come in silver and black and many different sizes ranging from 28-3/4 inches all the way to 40-1/2 inches. You can use our fit guide through etrailer.com to find out the best fit for your vehicle. The Yakima Railbars are a great solution for carrying your vehicle accessories on your roof whether those are bike racks, ski and snowboard carriers, or cargo baskets. This is going to be an aerodynamic low profile design, which is going to help to reduce wind noise and drag, and the weather strip on the inside can easily be pushed down, and we can use channel mounted accessories. The railbars are going to work with most Yakima roof rack accessories whether those are clamp on or channel mounted.Our towers are going to be made out of a glass-filled plastic, which will grip around our raised rails using a rubber gasket on top and the metal rubber coated clamp on bottom.
On each of our towers, we're going to have a plastic lock core here. That can be removed and replaced with a metal same key system lock core, part number Y07204, and that's going to allow you to secure your crossbars to your roof. The crossbars themselves are going to be made out of a lightweight aluminum, so they're corrosion resistant. They're either going to come in a satin chrome finish or a black powder coat finish. The Yakima railbars are going to come with a limited lifetime warranty and have a 165 pound weight capacity.
You do want to double check your vehicle's owner's manual to make sure your roof can withstand that much weight. Now that we've gone over some features, we're going to show you how to get this installed.Now to begin our install, we've gone ahead and removed our covers on our bars. We're going to have to extend out this end of our bar, and we can take off our tool. When we place this onto our vehicle, we want to make sure that the thicker end of our bar is facing towards the front. We need to loosen up our clamp just a bit more by using our included tool and loosening up our bolt here.
Then, we'll pull on the end, so that our clamp sits underneath our raised rail and the rubber portion is flesh against the rail on top. We can start to tighten everything down. Want to tighten this down just enough so that our bar stays in place, but we're still able to move it back and forth and adjust our crossbar spread.Now, we'll measure out our crossbar spread. I'm going to measure from center to center. I want this just to be even on each side.
Now, we'll go back taking our tool and tightening down our bolt, so that our crossbar is completely secure on our raised rails.Now, we'll take our cover. We want to line up this tab here with our weather channel. We'll push our end cap in until it locks into place, and now we're ready to load up our accessories.That's going to be our completed look at the Yakima Railbar Crossbars.
The rails arrived fast and fit great. Great communication, Great Product.
Great service, fast delivery!
Exactly what I wanted.
Easy to install.
this product has performed to expectations... looks great
Well made, looks nice and perfectly fit in my 04 bmw x5. It would be good if it comes with locks.
Always great service and the product was delivered promptly and unharmed. Product was just as we had hoped and install was easy. Thanks!
Simply put: love the product!
-Built strong
-Affordable for the quality you get
-Versatile for number of endeavors
-Install took longer than expected; but overall, happy with purchase.
Great product, easy and quick installat ion.
As advertised! Great low profile fit to my 2019 Jeep Cherokee. Easy install. Thanks E Trailer
Easy to find exactly what we wanted. The delivery was right on time when other outdoor utility items from other vendors were not. Great communication. Perfect fit for our vehicle and works great with our rooftop tent.
Fits well and looks great on VW Touareg. I was looking for a set of cross bars that minimized height and these do the job.
These bars are working great. I purchased them because they are low profile as I needed to minimize height to get the car into garage with box on top. I’ve always been satisfied with Yakima products.
Yakima rail bars arrived in a timely manner and work great. Excellent shopping experience.
Surprised that after perfect alignment and torquing to specs it deforms the plastic housing around the clamp. When you slide the cover on it just looks sloppy and cheap. Rubber gasket overhangs a lot on a 2020 Crosstrek. Going to return.
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