Custom DK Fit Kit for 4 Rhino-Rack 2500 Series Roof Rack Legs - Naked Roof
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This custom fit kit lets you mount 4 Rhino-Rack 2500 legs to your vehicle with a naked roof. Clamps mount to legs with bolts. Includes 4 clamps and 4 pads.
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Today on our 2016 Acura MDX we'll be doing a test fit of the Rhino-Rack Vortex Aero Crossbar System, using part numbers RRVA137B-2 for the 54" Black Aluminum Crossbars, and then part number RRRLKVA for the 2500 Series Leg Kits, and then part number DK400 for the clamps and the pads. We've already got the front one installed as you can see here. We followed our instructions, we came from the door jam over to the center, we measured out the distance and how far we're supposed to be for our legs underneath the bars, and then we tightened everything up, and we got it. So let's go ahead and do the rear one together. First thing we'll do is we'll grab the leg first, and then our pad. We want to make sure that the arrow is pointing out, so away, and then we're going to push that on the bottom. Make sure that it seats all the way around.
Once we've got it seated let's go ahead and remove our bolt here. We'll grab our clamp. Now you need to make sure that you have the correct clamp because they differ from the back and the front. We don't need to tighten this down all the way. Just need to get the bolt started so it's loosely installed, and then we can turn our crossbar over. Now when you get your kit it's going to come with a scale that gets inserted through here.
When you follow your instructions it's going to give you a number to set your leg. For demonstration purposes we're just going to be using our little tape measure here. We're going to measure this direction here. We'll measure it out and we'll set that. First we'll need to remove the end cap and we're going to slide this on here.
All right, once we get it on there then we can take our tape, set it to where it's supposed to be, and once we have that set we can take our included tool and tighten that down. One we've got that tight we'll replace our end cap and we can actually use the rest of the strip that we have to fill in the gap on the other side. All right. Once we have that done we can open up the rear doors of our MDX and set our crossbar in place. Now in some cases it's not a bad idea to get an extra set of hands, but you'll want to set it down gently in the roundabout area. Now according to our manufacturer's instruction we need to have 29 centimeters ...
Excuse me, that'd be 75 centimeters from center to center. Once we get that lined up let's go ahead and check the other side. Almost got it there. All right. That looks pretty good. All right then, we can grab our included tool. Now a few things you want to look out for, you want to make sure that your clamp is going to go underneath your door here, and that your pad is actually seated on top of the roof. Once you've ensured that that is the case you can then tighten it down. Now you want to be sure and tighten them down evenly on both sides, so we'll go ahead and seat that clamp right there and then we'll run over to the other side and do the same thing. Now that we know that they are both seated correctly we can just kind of keep an eye on it and then tighten them both down evenly. This side actually looks pretty good. We'll finish up on the other side. Now the included tool actually has a built-in torque mechanism, and that's actually this blue portion here. You tighten it up until that runs straight, and that's how you know that you've got it. All right, now the only thing left to do is to put on our caps, lock them up. You of course want to make sure and set it in correctly. We can also lock up our end caps of our crossbar. With the included tool lock those up so we know they're in place. Then we're ready to load up our favorite Rhino-Rack accessory and hit the road. Well that's going to complete our test fit of the Rhino-Rack Vortex Aero Crossbars Roof Rack System on our 2016 Acura MDX.
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