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Replace a damaged crossbar or add another bar to your BaseLine FX roof rack with this half kit. Durable, aluminum crossbar has a built-in top channel. Installs on your vehicle's naked roof.
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Colin: Hey, everyone. It's Colin here at etrailer. Today, we have a 2019 Nissan Altima. Now, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima JetStream Roof Rack System.This roof rack system mounts to the naked roof of your Altima. It allows you to get all of your favorite accessories on top of your roof, whether you've got a bike rack, a kayak carrier, or even a cargo box.Now we have a couple of different components in our roof rack. Up top, we're going to have our 50" long JetStream crossbars.
Now these are in black, but they're also available in silver, just see etrailer. They're going to have a nice aerodynamic shape to them. It's going to help cut down on wind noise and drag, especially when compared to your standard square or round bar roof rack system.We have a rubber strip up top letting us know we can utilize the T track accessories. How we access that track, we have to pull the end cap off and instead of having to pull the rubber strip out and then cut it to length, all we have to do is push down on it, insert our accessory and then slide it to wherever is most convenient for us on our roof rack.Now in the middle is going to be our baseline towers. These are what's connecting our roof rack to our crossbars, excuse me, to our fit kit.
When I pull it off you can see the components on the inside. We're going to have our tightening bolt right here, which is securing our fit kitted hook and our rubber pad from our fit kit onto the roof.The fit kit is going to include a rubber pad right here, which is going to help prevent any type of scratches or abrasions occurring on your roof. It's also going to have rubber padding on the inside of the hook to do the same thing. It is going to be custom fit for your Altima, so it is going to match the contours making sure it gives it a nice sleek look.On our towers, we are going to have these pop locks right here, which we can replace with Yakima lock cores. That'll give you more security for your roof rack.Now I want to go over a few measurements for you guys.
First I'm going to go from the top of our roof to the bottom of our JetStream bar. It's going to be about three and a quarter inches, so that's plenty of space to be able to get any clamp on accessories under our crossbar without risking damaging the roof of our Altima.Now I'm going to go from the top of the roof to the top of the crossbar. That's going to be 4 1/2", so that's just something to keep in mind that you have added that height to your roof. With an Altima, you probably don't have to worry about any low clearance situations, but it is something to be mindful of.We're also going to have a weight capacity of 165 pounds for our JetStream system, which is more than enough weight to get your favorite accessories on top, but be sure to double check with your vehicle's Owner's Manual to make sure your roof can handle that weight.Now that we've gone over the features, let's show you guys how to get it installed. We'll show you how to get the rear crossbar assembled and installed.
It's going to be the exact same process as our front one. The only difference being how you position it. And how we got the front bar position, we measured from the center of the door jam to the center of our crossbar.Now the back is going to assemble the same way. We're just going to flip it over. Remove the end cap on the other side. These push up on the cap right there and just pull. It's supposed to be pretty tight like that, so don't get worried if it takes a little bit to get it off.Now we're going to come down to our baseline towers. First thing we're gonna do is grab it. We're going to grab the pad from our kit. You're going to see that there is an arrow right above the number. You want to make sure that, that arrow is facing to the outside of the vehicle, so because the tower is going to sit like this, you want to make sure the arrow is facing that way, so we'll do it like that. It just clips right in there like so.Now we're going to come up here and take our black plastic piece, it's going to clip in right here. You want to make sure you pull this gray tab right there. That's going to make sure that this bolt inside is visible. You need that bolt to be visible because it's actually that one right there. We're going to take our silver piece right here. Make sure the flat side is up, and try to thread it on there instead of right on top, and hold it. With my finger, I'm going to flipped it over, and take my roof rack tool that's included in my kit and just begin to tighten it down. Now if I come from the angle, you'll see it start to go down towards the baseline tower. Just make sure it's tight.From there, we're going to come over to this side of our crossbar. We need to feed it into the channel right here, so using the tabs that's right there, we're just going to go like so. Let's get it in the channel. There we go.Now on our cross bar, we are going to have engravings of numbers. There is a measurement in your instructions to let you know where to position it. Wherever the instruction says to mount it, you want to make sure you get the edge of the tower right here right up against there, so we'll adjust it to where our instructions tell us to. There we go.Now the next thing we need to do is adjust our pitch and our tow. Our pitch is going to be which way the towers angle. You can see I move it back and forth like that. Once we tighten it down at a certain formation that's going to be our pitch. How we tighten that down, we adjust it to the pitch that we need, so I need to tilt it back like that per the instructions. Tighten down that bolt that we used for the silver piece. Just keep pulling it back. Now with the tool, it's going to let you know when it's tight enough by giving you those clicks right there.We've adjusted our pitch, now we're going to adjust our tow, which is going to be the way that our pad is. You can see I've shifted it around right there. You adjust it, which is right there. You can see that knob moving back and forth. It's going to be numbered by one, two, and three from the front to the back. Two is just right in the middle. That's where we need to go. Tighten down this bolt. Now we'll just throw our end cap back on and now we're ready to get it on our roof.Now with both doors open, we'll go ahead and set this on top of our roof. It doesn't have to be in an exact spot. We'll go ahead and measure our crossbar spread. That's going to be center on center from our crossbars. You can find this measurement in your instructions. Just make sure it's the same on both sides.Now when getting the hooks installed, we're going to loosen up this bolt right here. That's going to adjust the angle of the hook. We're going to flip that cap back. Take our the hook. We might need to loosen that a little bit more to get our hook installed, just like that.Now we'll need to loosen it a little bit, so the hook can reach the doorframe. There we go. Now what we're going to do is tighten this down. That's going to bring the angle down to where it's exactly the angle we need for the hook to be at. There we go. We don't need to over tighten. It just needs to be like that. Now we'll go to the other side and repeat this.Now the next thing you need to do is make your way back and forth tightening down the hook, which is going to pull up on the door frame. I've already gone back and forth a couple of times. We're on the finishing touches. All I'm gonna do is tighten it up until I hear those clicks right there. Now I can close that cap, and put on my end cap to my tower, shut my door, and now I'm ready to load up my favorite Yakima Roof Rack accessories and then hit the road.Thank you all for watching. That's going to do it for our test fit of the Yakima JetStream Roof Rack System on our 2019 Nissan Altima.
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (15 Customer Reviews)
Replace a damaged crossbar or add another bar to your BaseLine FX roof rack with this half kit. Durable, aluminum crossbar has a built-in top channel. Installs on your vehicle's naked roof.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!!
Look great & perform outstanding. Would recommend this product to anyone where applicable.
They do the job but have loosened up and needed readjusting a couple times over the almost 20,000 miles we’ve put on them since installing. Overall, good, just check periodically for loosening.
So far this has been a great product except for the cover on one of the legs flew off and got all scuffed up on the road -- luckily my husband saw it and stopped but other than that it seems to work as it should, unfortunately, we have only been able to use it a few times. But so far so good. We will be looking for accessories to add to it.
excellent design with easy to follow in structions
Good quality rack system.
Everything fit as expected. Nice to have a second person to help on the install. Well made piece of equipment.
Exceptional service highly recommended
Liked there fit. Appear beer that the old qtip style.
Haven't installed the rack yet but this base clip is robust and etrailer has been great in getting me what I needed.
I purchased clips that were stated as being compatible with our 2010 Chevrolet Impala. The front clips fit well, however the rear clips do not.
From start to finish, the folks at etrailer -- and I spoke to several people there, so it was a consistent corporate vibe -- were fantastic to deal with.
There were delays in getting my product that were on the supplier side and out of eTrailer's control, yet etrailer folks kept me up to date and also worked on a customized solution.
My goal was to be able to carry my surfboard on the roof of our 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe to the beach more than 3 hours away. But the particular model we had had no existing racks, no recessed areas, nothing to fix racks to. Not even the dealer had a solution. I was sh*t out of luck.
But etrailer hooked me up. The racks did take me a while to put on, but most of that time was fine tuning to reduce “hum” while driving. I’m very happy with them.
Thanks to etrailer, I have gone surfing and can go surfing whenever I'd like to.
I purchased clips that were stated as being compatible with our 2010 Chevrolet Impala. The front clips fit well, however the rear clips do not.
I have a 10th gen Civic sedan and I was dying to get the perfect roof rack set for my car. At the time of my purchase there was not many visuals of what the rack system looked like on this car.
I purchased the:
•Yakima 50in Jetstream crossbars
•Yakima baseline towers
•bc182 & bc183 clips
•Yakima 46in fairing
Overall I love how it looks on my car! During This COVID pandemic I have been camping more, and this is the perfect foundation! First off, the 46in fairing is the perfect fit for the 10th gen civic! Wind noise is low also with the help of the aerodynamic crossbars. My main concern was the fuel efficiency. On long road trips I still average 38-40 mpg with the rack on. My daily commutes I average 34 mpg without Econ on.
Hyundai Sonata - glass pano roof. These items have been on for about 1-year. So happy with the set up. I’ve take a road bike and a mountain bike on 500+ mile trips. The mounts do an excellent job.
Works perfectly on my 2023 Chevy Silverado. The rubber pads are soft enough to prevent scratches, yet firm enough to support the force of being cranked down on the roof. They fit perfectly in the ridge near the edges of the rough.
I ordered the Yakima "aero" bars , baseline towers, and BaseClip kits for my 2019 Honda Civic 5 door. While expensive the quality is excellent and it was a pleasure to assemble such a high quality and precision engineered product. It fits perfectly on my new car and the "aero" bars are quiet even at freeway speeds. Highly recommended.
Overall these are a great product and much needed. I had a Tiguan with the side rails but needed cross rails for my gear. When I got my Jetta I wanted to keep my Yakima cross rails so I needed the Towers. They work great and fit my car well. I took them off recently after having them on for a year for re-fitment.
Exactly what I need, and good Track information. Thank you!
The installation was super easy, and despite a long time stuck in shipping the delivery itself was extremely fast, and the package arrived in spotless condition. The manuals were very easy to follow, and the end result is absolutely amazing. They provided a nice, flush finish and hold the racks down tight.
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