Video Transcript for Exposed Racks Square Bars Roof Rack Review ER22XR

What's up everybody. It's AJ with etrailer.com. Today, we're gonna be checking out the Exposed roof rack system, so this is gonna be square bars that mount onto your crossbar rails and it's gonna allow you to put more accessories up on your roof. We got some ski carriers on there today. Let's check out how it works. Now Exposed rack, roof rack system's gonna be inch and a quarter square two.

So that means inch a quarter here inch a quarter there on each flat side of the tube. Now it's gonna be black powder coat steel. So it's gonna hold up to rust and corrosion. If you wanna leave it on your vehicle at all times the elements aren't gonna bother it. It also has a weight capacity of 165 pounds.

So just keep that in mind with whatever you wanna load up here. Let's take a closer look at the bars and see that they are that square design, so there's no holes on top, so that's gonna keep any water from collecting on the inside. Another thing that's gonna help with wind noise is gonna be the end cap here. So it's not just an empty bar. It's gonna be closed off so that no rain can get in there from the top or even the sides.

The bars ,and brackets, and even the clamps are gonna have a sturdy steel design with a black powder coat finish. It'll hold up to those elements when you leave 'em up on your roof. It's got a Z bracket design that clamps down on the bars. So with the shims and the padding in there it's gonna not scratch up your cross rails either. So you have to put those in there to get that to fit on certain vehicles.

Each vehicle's a little bit different but there is protection there, so it's not just clamping down on the bar. There's several different versions of this roof bar kit, so make sure you get the right one for your vehicle and use our fit guide. Comparing this to some other roof racks, I mean, this works it's on there. Nice and tight. The clamp system's a little bit different. You see, how you can shake the whole vehicle back and forth. So there's no rattling or movement right there myself.I would probably look into maybe the N.O. or rhino rack options. It's more of an arrow bar design that's gonna work with more accessories and be quieter down the line. And you kind of get more for what you're getting here in this system, but this is still gonna work if you have some clamp on systems that you just want to get on your roof. One thing we did notice on this one versus some of the other roof rack options is that sometimes the base kits have those parts that Mount right here on the bar those take up quite a bit of the bar, so it really limits you on where you can put the clamp on accessories. You can see this one that's plate is more right there towards the bar. It only adds a little bit to it so you don't have the big plastic end cap here that would be in the way that you would normally have. So that gives you a little bit more room to move those accessories towards the end, of course with Exposed racks there's other options. There's the other ones, the other bars that have the holes on the top that accept their specific accessories. Those are more for Jeeps or Broncos and that's a pretty cool design. I like that you can just drop in their accessories with the pushpin and it stays in place. If you already have those on another vehicle I would suggest getting the Exposed rack system with the holes up top. That way you don't have to buy all new accessories cuz that's kind of a pain. If you have to do that otherwise though I think this is gonna work, and I think that does it thanks for hanging out and I hope this helped..