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These heavy-duty, aluminum crossbars work with Rhino-Rack legs to create a sturdy roof rack. The square bars have top channels for mounting Rhino-Rack contractor-grade accessories. Installs on your vehicle's naked roof.
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Today on our 2016 Nissan Rogue we're going to be taking a look at the Rhino Rack Roof Rack System, consisting of part numbers RRVA126S-2. That's going to be the Vortex arrow bars. Part number RRRLKVA, that's going to be the 2500-series legs and part number DK396, that's going to be the fit kit. The crossbars are made of an anodized aluminum, so they're going to be strong and durable and resist corrosion. The elliptical design of the bar is going to reduce wind noise and drag. The weather stripping is going to keep dirt and debris out of the channels as well as provide a slip-resistant surface for any of your mounted accessories.
The crossbars are 49 inches long. They have a weight capacity of 165 pounds. Now you do want to make sure you check with the manufacturer that your roof can handle that. They also come in a quantity of two. Now everything you see does come with a kit. We already have one bar installed on our vehicle and one side of our other bar completed.
We'll go ahead and put the other side together. First, you're going to take your base plate here and mind the position of the arrow. That's always going to be facing away from the vehicle. Then you're going to take your rubber pad, and you're going to put it on to the bottom of here. Again, you want to mind the arrow.
The arrow is going to be facing towards the front of the vehicle. We're just going to take our pad, and we're going to slip it on there. You'll see these grooves right here and on the bottom of your foot, these two rods. You're just going to pop it on to there. Now you're going to take your clamp and you're going to remove this bolt. You're going to place your clamp with the hook facing in like that, line up the hole, and replace the bolt loosely for now.
You will notice there's a little plate right here. You may have to loosen this bolt up, but we're going to take that plate, and we're going to line up our foot with our crossbar. Now we're going to measure from the end of the channel right here, and we're going to line up our foot pad, the edge of our footpad, like so. You'll find the measurement for your application in the instructions. Once we have it in the position we need, we'll go ahead and tighten up our foot pad. I do want to mention one of the nice things about the included tool, it is a torque tool. The curved piece here, when you know you've reached the right torque, it will straighten out, and you don't need to tighten it any more. Now with the bar fully assembled, we can go ahead an open up the doors and get ready to place it on our vehicle. With your bar in a general position that you want it, the manufacturer does say you need to measure from the center of this crossbar to the center of this crossbar. You'll find that measurement in your instructions. We do want to make sure that we measure both sides, so everything is square. With our bar in position, we're going to go ahead and tighten it up, making sure that we alternate between both sides. What I like to do is tighten up one side until I make contact, switch to the other side, and alternate, making sure that I tighten each side equally. Again, the provided torque tool, the curved part, is going to straighten out when you know you've reached the proper torque. Like that, and then you know you don't need to tighten it any more. Another nice feature is that the end caps are locking, so you don't have to worry about any tampering or theft. We'll go ahead and put those on now. In our final step, we'll be putting our end caps in. Simply place them in, and they are locking as well. We'll put the other one on the other side. Now we're ready to load up our gear and hit the road. That will finish up the look at the Rhino Rack Roof Rack on our 2016 Nissan Rogue.
Great product and as advertised. Fits great on our car and paper instructions were exactly the right fit.
Its falling apart and has left a nice dent where the pad is.
Kit was pretty easy to put on, at least my husband didn’t seem to swear a lot. Great value since we only use this once a year when we go to the great state of Maine.
Fastest Shipping & FREE!: took one day from middle of the US!
Product packaging, etc. Perfect!
Far and away, #1 on my merchant list for relevant products.
Are you kidding me? First I get the box with missing hardware (pic attached). I call up, tell them I don't even care for a discount, just expedite the right parts. They didnt expedite them as promised, a week later the parts come in and they are WRONG (pic attached)!! So after calling in and spending more of my precious time on the phone again, I looked up the correct part numbers from Rhinos website and provided them to the rep. Again I was assured they would be expedited.... The (2nd) phone call about missing parts was on Mon Feb 21st 2022. They didn't prepare the items for shipping until Fri the 25th. As of today Sun the 27th, USPS is STILL awaiting my items. After being assured they would expedite my stuff, here I am still waiting. Btw, my original order date was Jan 23rd. What a terrible experience, I should have paid the little bit extra and just went through Rhino themselves. Would not advise dealing with this company. Now I'm waiting on my parts to ship again, which means I probably won't see these until March 4th if I'm lucky, which is 1.5 months after my original order date! Hopefully they are the right parts this time.
Product seems very durable, sturdy an rugged, Shipping wasn't bad took about a week to get. However looks like one of my rails was returned an then shipped back to me, the box had someone else's name but scratched out and spray painted, an some of the measurement pieces in the inside where already cut in half. I took the one from the other rail and made it work. Would be a 5 star if that didn't happen. However I would recommend the product overall seems pretty well. This is my first rack I've loaded one box on it and it held it down.
Pretty good racks. You should be able to order individual replacement parts.
Easy ordering. Quick shipping and expert advice on products. Will definitely purchase from etrailer again
I purchased Rhino rack. Very happy with price and quality
I purchased Rhino rack. Very happy with price and quality
The clamps didn’t fit my 2013 F150 perfectly. They needed to be bent to fit reasonably well. I get more wind noise in the truck with them on.
great help from Steve enabling me to get the right parts . and delivered in 3 days. I will use etrailer again
Easy to assemble. Instructions for install was very helpful and had no issues.
These things are stout and have been attached for 2 seasons of kayaking !
The Rhino rack I ordered is decent. However it arrived without all the pieces needed to assemble. I contacted etrailer and they wanted pics of the holes in the box ( which I understand they need to file a claim) Unfortunately I STILL haven’t received the required parts 2 weeks later and I’ve moved (why I needed the rack in the first place)
Worked perfectly with the cross bar kit
Great product , Etrailer did a great job for me especially Kevin!
Thanks !
The roof rack was simple to install and very well made
The parts arrived with no package damage and all the parts were there.
Good quality, great instructions
Pretty easy to install, good directions. Components were solid and well made. Used regularly to transport kayaks.
Good strong product, easy to assemble, great customer service
Arrived quickly and came with easy to read instructions. Only took me an hour to set it up, and it works great.
Good product..simple install...wish the instructions were not in mm
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