Free up room in your vehicle by packing your gear into this roof-mounted cargo basket. The sturdy steel carrier attaches easily to most factory and aftermarket roof racks. The included fairing reduces wind noise and drag.
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Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 Subaru Forester we'll be installing Curt's roof mounted cargo basket, part number C18115. This is a nice simple cargo carrier. It's great because it doesn't interfere with any of the operations that come factory on your vehicle. It's the economy option, it's got plenty of tie-down points and what I like best about it, is that you have that option to extend it. So if you're going on those longer trips, your family gets bigger, this thing is going to keep growing with you.This cargo basket is going to increase your vehicle's carrying capacity to be able to put more gear on top of your roof or you can take gear that was inside your vehicle and put it on the roof and now you've got more room for passengers inside the vehicle.It measures 41 1/2 inches long, 37 inches wide and 4 inches deep, and features 150 pound carrying capacity. Now you do want to check your vehicle's owner's manual to make sure you're not exceeding the carrying capacity of your factory roof rails.Now, if you need more carrying capacity you can get an extension that will add 21 inches of length, bringing it to to a total of 62 1/2 inches.
You can get this extension using part number C18117 or if you had purchased the the longer kit, it was already included.As you can see here, there's plenty of clearance between our hatch when it's fully open and as well, our antenna so we don't have to worry about any clearance issues at the rear of our vehicle. And as you can see here, it's not going to interfere with the operation of the factory sunroof.To help reduce wind noise, there's a fairing, located in the front and this will help direct the air up, over top of your cargo. The cross rails on the bottom and sides provide plenty of tie-down points. And if you have smaller cargo that you're worried about, you can get a cargo net such as the one from Curt using part number C18200.This cargo basket is lightweight and easy to set on top of your roof. Once you've got it set up there, you want to make sure you set your distance between your crossbars so that it's as far to each edge as possible and they line up between two of the cross rails on the cargo basket.We've already got three of our clamps installed.
Now we'll show you how to do the third now. You'll begin by taking the plastic spacer, placing it between your roof rail and your cargo basket. Make sure it snaps into place, in between the two cross rails. Then take the metal clamp and put it on top of the cargo basket, over your plastic spacer.Then take the u-bolt, go underneath your crossbar, slide it up between the outer slits of the spacer up into the holes in the metal clamp. Now thread the plastic nuts on each side of the u-bolt.
Once you've got them run down, make sure that you get them nice and tight so your cargo basket doesn't slide around on your rails and keeps all of your cargo secure. And you repeat that same process for all of your remaining clamps.Now that we've got it installed get ready to load it up and hit he road. And that completes our installation of Curt's roof mounted cargo basket, on our 2018 Subaru Forester.
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (110 Customer Reviews)
Free up room in your vehicle by packing your gear into this roof-mounted cargo basket. The sturdy steel carrier attaches easily to most factory and aftermarket roof racks. The included fairing reduces wind noise and drag.
Bolts are too long, so they MAY damage cargo in basket. Manufacturer expects these to be "cut off", but provide no tooling or instructions to do so. 499617
Heather A - 05/01/2018The only reason I didn’t give 5 stars was because there was something missing. I didn’t get one of the small screws and nut for the top part of the wind shield. I like the product in general. If you guys could send me the missing nut and bolt that would be great. Thanks 863753
Product was easy to order. Shipping was right on schedule. Very easy to install. Looks great on my Toyota Rav4. Awesome job again etrailer!!! I be back ordering again very soon!!!!! 850126
Greatly increased the cargo capability of our EcoSport. Easy to put onto the rack and take off. 844190
The rack looks great on my car roof. It looks and feels sturdy. I am extreamly happy with my roof rack. Thank you. 811379
I've had this on my Pilot only once in anticipation of a full vehicle for a family outing. I mounted it on the Pilot's roof rack bars but didn't need to use it. Traveling down the interstate at 70 mph and no noise or rattling from the basket. The downside for me is the attachment bars. They are universal fit for multiple vehicles and I would perfer a specific fit for my 2018 Pilot; guess I need to spend more money to get that. All in all it's a nice roof basket and sufficiently robust for it's purpose (and it's a good price point). I would recommend this to a friend. Sorry, I don't have any pictures. 798275
Expand what you can haul, by putting some of the bulky items on the roof. Leaves more space inside your vehicle. My wife and I hauled our canoe on our curt roof rack and had plenty of room for coolers inside. Great product at a great price. So good, I had to buy a second one for my Jeep Grand Cherokee. 722332
Excellent product not going to have pictures till Christmas super fast shipping 720453
Love the roof rack. Affordable and dura ble. 674154
It's strong, sturdy, and looks good. The bolts were a little long, and protruded into the cargo area of the basket, but that's to be expected because it has to be able to fit all different size crossbars. I just cut them shorter, but some people who don't have access to our experience with tools will have to deal with those bolts sticking up. 659802
Easy assembly and install... it is rock solid! 653847
Great experience - top to bottom. Quick easy checkout. Fast delivery. Shipment tracking. Item as described and in great condition. Buy from eTrailer with confidence! 640668
So far I am very happy. The rack came well packaged and delivered on time. The rack seems rugged and well built....easy to put together...have not mounted it yet but I am hopeful its as easy as it looks. 607393
Carrier fits my Xterra perfectly, and was the best price that I Found anywhere. 595534
I received the product in good condition. I installed it but haven't tried it on the road yet. There is couple of screws and nuts are missing. I have to go to the hardware store to buy some. 592890
Was bought as a x-mas gift and recipients recently informed me of how much it has been useful and appreciated. 589070
good delivery, price and decent product. 582956
I haven't used this yet, but I assembled it and installed it. It appears to be fairly sturdy, and the mounts don't look like they will do any major damage. One thing I am not too happy about are the nuts that clamp the "U" Bolts to the crossbars. The "U" Bolts have a great deal of very fine thread that you have to go through to get them tight. When you finally get them tight, the end of the bolt comes up above the grate that your luggage will be tied down to (at least on the 2015 Subaru Forester). Obviously this will damage whatever you plan to put there. I plan to cut them off so they don't poke through. 579602
Awesome service, product completely explained, even a video, super fast shipping 565084
We found that this product was very well made,strong and sturdy. Putting the basket together was simple, we had a little trouble mounting it to the roof, but the video on the site was very helpful, aw success. 542063
Wow is all I can say! Have purchased from ETrailer several times but there service is awesome. Paid for 2 day service and ordered at 2PM received next day at 6PM. Product is great. I really love your service and products 541955
The Curt roof basket is very sturdy and looks good on my 2015 Honda CRV. I chose the smaller basket which has about 10.6 square feet. It secures everything that I need to put in it and I like the higher sides. It took about an hour to assemble. Attaching it to my roof crossbars was puzzling at first but after consulting an etrailer expert the rest went well. I wish both roof crossbars on my Honda Fit inside the bottom of the roof basket. Thanks to expert advice I was able to figure out how attach it to my crossbars and it is very secure. The basket is going to free up a lot of interior cargo space. 540446
Product is fine however the UPS shipping was not great. Paid for 3 day shipping but it took 8 days to receive. Not good service in my opinion. 540043
Very sturdy have used it 3 times during year easy to install and holds luggage weight very well worth the investment 527117
Thank you etrailer my car looks great I spent 4 hours to ensemble this cross bar and the bask rack but finally I made it now I have more cargo space in my car I really recommend etrailer good quality items and good service thanks again 512687
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