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Extremely quiet, aerodynamic crossbars attach to Yakima towers to create a stylish roof rack for your vehicle. Rubber strips in T-slots push down to load carriers or accessories - no need to trim. Full-length aluminum bars maximize carrying capacity.
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Yakima 60" JetStream MD - Black:Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Speaker 1: Today, on our 2018 Ford Escape, we're gonna test fitting the Yakima Jet Stream roof rack system consisting of part numbers Y00425. These are the Yakima Jet Stream crossbars, 50" long and this also applies to the 60" long bars, part number Y00426. These are also available in silver as part number Y00428. We'll also be using part number Y00147 and these are the Timberline towers for the Yakima crossbars, particularly for the factory raised side rails. The Yakima Jet Stream roof rack system is great for carrying a wide variety of accessories on your roof while freeing up space inside your Escape. This can carry anything from bike racks to cargo baskets to cargo boxes.
The bars themselves have an aerodynamic shape to them and that coupled with the rubber strip up at the top as well as the one that you cut to length underneath, that's gonna cut down wind noise and drag while you drive and that's gonna eliminate the need that you would have with square and round bars to buying those fairings after market.Removing out end cap here, you can see that it's compatible with T-track accessories and instead of having to remove the strip and cutting it to length as you would for other roof rack systems, this one, instead, you simply push both strips down and slide your T-track accessory in place and tighten it down and then you simple replace your end cap. The end caps simply pop off, like you can see there and these wrap around your existing factory raised side rails within this rubber coated steel strap. So it's gonna keep your factory side rails safe and unscratched and then just tighten it down into place with the bolt up top. Looking at our end cap, there is a plastic knockout, which you can have removed and replaced with the Yakima same key system, which is sold separately, so you can secure it to both your factory raised side rails or if you wanted to, you can make it key to like with your accessories as well. Next, I'd like to give you a couple quick measurements.
From the center of the roof to the bottom of the bar is gonna be about 3".From the center to the top, it's gonna be about 4". So there's plenty of space in between the bar and our roof here to install your accessories that don't get installed to the T-track that simple wrap around the bars. Also, the carrying capacity for the two bars combined is 165 points. But you always want to double check with your vehicle's manual to make sure your roof can withstand those weights. Now that we've gone over some of the features of the roof rack system, let's go ahead and show you how it installs.
We have our front bar already installed onto our factory raised side rails and then we have our rear bar partially assembled on our table here. Our next step is we're gonna take our tower and install our two pieces to install onto our Jet Stream bar. So we'll flip this upside down and we'll start making that happen. So we'll take our plastic piece here and install it on the top portion. It just fits right in.
You'll hear kind of a snap when you install it.Then we'll take our metal bracket here, slide that into the top, and tighten down the screw down here to hold everything in place. We'll use our tightening tool here that does come with it as well and this is kind of a neat tool because it's gonna make a couple of noises here to let you know everything's tightened down, so you don't over tighten it. Isn't that nice All right. Now we can take this top portion here and slide it into our channel at the bottom. All right, and then we'll put on our end cap here to make sure everything stays in place and also, I would like to mention at this time there is normally rubber strip on the bottom here that you will cut to length once you've put this and get this set in place on your roof rack. We're gonna keep that out for now for demonstration purposes. But just do bear in mind, once you have everything measured out, you will cut that to length and put it in place in this track on the bottom. We can now sit out bar into place.We do want to make sure that the line here at the bottom is gonna be at the top part of our factory raised side rail. Next, we'll measure from center to center of the bars on both side to make sure they're even. You just want to make sure it doesn't go under 24". Then we'll measure for crossbar overhang on both sides. All right, that looks even on both side, so we'll tighten down the screw on the inside first to tighten our tower down to our bar and then we'll tighten this screw after wrapping our strap up underneath and tighten that to our factory raised side rail. Wrap it up underneath. Put it into the cradle here and then we'll take our handy dandy tool here. We'll get it loosely tightened on both side and then tighten it down the rest of the way. Our final step is to push our end caps in place. Now we're ready to load up our gear and hit the road. There you have it for the Yakima Jet Stream roof rack system on our 2018 Ford Escape.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (194 Customer Reviews)
Extremely quiet, aerodynamic crossbars attach to Yakima towers to create a stylish roof rack for your vehicle. Rubber strips in T-slots push down to load carriers or accessories - no need to trim. Full-length aluminum bars maximize carrying capacity.Excellent solution for my 2023 Chevy Silverado. In the past, I have had rails installed on the roof of my pickup trucks, but I find the BaseLine towers to be a better solution, since they don't permanently change the truck. Plus, they are much more solid than SkyLine system on the rails.
Really easy to install & work as specified. So happy with the customer support/service at etrailer.
Follow the instructions, and you can't go wrong on the self installation
Love my Yakima roof rack!! It exceeds my expectations.great product. Also thank etrailer for the tec support! great staff always there to help thanks again!!
Easy to install. It probably took 45min. I bought them for my 2024 Expedition to haul a canoe. I have not done that yet but I expect no issues.
Ackage came 2 days early the install was somewhat easy (did it by myself)
Did not get to mount anything to it but seems really sturdy. One thing I can say is mark out your mounting points with provided stickers then put up and make adjustments to the roof rack.
product was just what I needed The folks at etrailer were extremely helpufl!!
Love it! We've made several long trips with full luggage loads.
Well packaged and on time
So far so good. Purchased these towers to use on a 2022 GMC Canyon with HD bars that I already had, primarily to carry my canoe. Yakima's fitting instructions worked perfectly and the whole system seems really solid.
Your notice of schemes was a lot better than the yakima site provided. They did not suggest the scheme you did.
But when the products arrived, the instructions were by yakima. Generally worked as instructed except the tower to tower transverse mounting dimensions needed to be tweaked for a perfect fit.
Not a bad setup. I dont believe you need the 60" bars i received as they hang over the edge of your Hyundai. You need to watch your head getting in and out of your vehicle. The Jetstream crossbars are very loud at speeds over 65 mph. Im probably used to it by now, but it is definitely noticeable. Much louder than an older Rhino Rack of similar dimensions i had. Install was simple and took about 30 minutes, just take your time and measure correctly like all roof racks.
Easy to order and quick to ship. Took a bit of time to get these installed correctly so they fit just right.
1 year later and still love my Yakima JetStream system. I've mostly used them to transport my kayak however I've also been able to transport some big box store items as well. They are very versatile. There is a t-track option as well as wrap around attachments. I've use ladder attachments, eyebolts, and Thule Hullavator in t-track. I've used Malone MegaWing and Yakima Skybox as wrap around attachment. What I really like about the t-track system is that you do not need to cut out the rubber track insert. You simply slide over the rubber, which allows you to adjust your system, on the fly, to load what you need to carry.
Great product fast shipping
Great! Easy to install!
Great service and great staff. They will have all the technical information you need.
Solid build quality and easy installation on my '21 Mazda CX-5.
SIMPLE & EASY1
One year later and everything works well. I had a problem early on where the rubber protection for one of the j clips from the base towers came off. Contacted etrailer and they sent me a whole new assembly direct from Yakima. Thanks for the prompt response and service!
Very sturdy hold with a matte look and fine textured feel. Very light making for easy install.
High quality bars that were easy to install to the Skyline towers and work great with our Yakima JayLow kayak carriers.
Nicole was beyond helpful!!!
They work as advertised and have been holding up great.
I had a need for the Yakima Crossbars and Towers for my Expedition. With a short delivery time frame, I contacted etrailer knowing they are the best. Justin B. worked with me to get the correct parts then made sure that the products arrived in time, it did. The Towers, Bars and overall excellent customer service from etrailer made for a great experience. Thanks again for exceeding expectations etrailer!
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