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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 2012 Hyundai Elantra, we're going to be taking a look at the Rhino-Rack 2100 Series Roof Rack, consisting of part numbers DS126B, that's going to be the actual roof rack with the 49 inch long bars, and the 2500 series legs, and part number DK301, this is the custom fit kit for the Hyundai Elantra. The Rhino-Rack roof rack system is great for carrying a wide variety of objects on your roof and possibly freeing up some space in your car. Another nice feature about this roof rack system are these locking end caps here, so once you have this installed, it's going to be secured to your roof. The bars are nice and sturdy and have a carrying capacity of 165 pounds once you have them installed, although you always want to double check with your vehicle's manual to make sure your roof can withstand that weight. 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 one installed, let's go ahead and finish up on the rear here. We'll first flip our bar upside down and get the proper measurement for our strips here. Now, to adjust these along our bar here, we're going to have to loosen up this screw using the included torquing tool.
Put it in there and turn it to the left to loosen it up. This will enable us to slide it to where we need. Now normally, you would have a strip that comes with it that would snap into place and you would cut it when it's at its proper measurement, but for today's purposes, we're just going to go ahead and use a measuring tape. Now, you'll find this measurement in the instructions. And we'll tighten it down.
This'll be the same measurement for the other side as well. Next, we'll install our fit kit. We'll take our rubber pad . Now these are numbered. Make sure the proper pad goes on the proper leg and always make sure that the arrow is facing out away from the center of the vehicle. On these, you'll just push into place and once those are pushed into place, we'll go ahead and install our clamp.
We'll first remove our screw here then we'll line up a clamp and reinsert our screw. We'll just get it finger tight to hold our clamp in place. Now we're ready to set this on the roof of our vehicle. Next we'll open our rear doors, just set it down in the vicinity of where our bars are going to be, then we'll measure our distance between the bars from center of the bar to center of the bar. You'll find this measurement in your instructions. Once they're even, we'll start tighting 00:02:31 them down.
We'll snug it up first against our door. We'll do this on both sides and then we'll tighten it down the rest of the way, giving about five or six turns each time when we go back and forth until it's completely tightened down. You'll know that it's tightened down because the curved portion here, once you're pushing on it and tightening it down, will actually straighten out, leading you to know it's torqued properly. With everything tightened down, our final step is to put our locking caps on. Just push them on like so and lock them into place. Now we're ready to install our accessories and hit the road. And there you have it for the Rhino-Rack 2500 Series Roof Rack on our 2012 Hyundai Elantra.
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (2460 Customer Reviews)
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.Excellent product! Fits like a glove on my 2016 Hyundai Elantra. Install was fairly quick and painless. My dad and I installed it in about 20 minutes with no problems. I would definitely recommend installing this with two people to make sure the bars are evenly spaced on the vehicle. I love the way it looks and you can tell it is great quality. I plan to leave the rack on permanently and just change out the various gear attachments. I also bought the Rhino Rack Bike Mount and they fit perfectly together.
There is very little wind noise and you can't even hear it when the sunroof is closed. I got up to 60ish mph and only noticed some noise when the radio was off and I was actively listening for any extra noises.
I am very impressed with this roof rack already. Great price and great quality product. Can't wait to get more use out of it!
I am very happy with my racks. They fit my car beautifully and seem to have great quality materials. I highly recommend.
Bought this Rhino-Rack to install on my 2013 Hyundai Elantra. This product was a great value. Installation was very easy. Processing and shipping was incredibly fast. I had one little minor issue with a screw head that was stripped, and although it did not delay installation, customer service was all over it, and had a new one out to me in no time. I have purchased from etrailer.com before, and always had great product and customer service.
Chuckmet - 08/17/2016
Instructions could have been a little better but the product itself is great.
This is a very sturdy rack. It fits great on my car and it's easy to use.
My only issue was with the original installation. The instructions had an error with the placement of the rack feet on the crossbar. I used the dimensions given in the manual but they were off by 10 cm. I had to adjust the feet in 10 cm on each side of the crassbar for the feet to sit correctly on the roof of my car. A very minor issue.
Overall, a great rack system. The single kayak kit was easy to install and works like a charm.
Thanks Rhino Racks!!!!!
Purchased the Rhino Rack and the parts. Had my local outdoor store where I bought my kayak take a look before I bought. They highly recommended this product and it was considerably less expensive than the product they offered. This product is great, a year later, still great. I highly recommend.
Very well made! I had been looking for a kayak rack to go on our Hyundai Elantra which we tow behind our RV. This fills the bill! Good product, good communication from the seller & shipped promptly. I’ve had nothing but good experiences ordering from etrailer!
Easy to install and very happy with the first use of transporting my kayak with a 2011 Hyundai Elantra. Liked it enough to order another one for my wife's car. The only knock would be that the spacer length on the paperwork was incorrect for my vehicle. Once I got that correct everything came together well.
Great product , Etrailer did a great job for me especially Kevin!
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This is a very rugged unit. Easy to follow instructions. Definitely would recommend for others.
Very happy with this purchase. Extremely fast shipping and product was exactly as described. Will purchase from this website again.
Love it. Better than I could have ever hoped.
Paul - 06/19/2015outstanding
Product is fine, some of the measurements were questionable. I had to do some tweaking... and I measured carefully and had another person double check before proceeding with anything.
Review from a similar DK in Roof Rack
Customer support was great. After reading the instructions and watching the video on how to install the Rhino Rack installation went well. The ski rack has one draw back, if you leave car out over night with skis locked in the ski rack, every thing can be easily stolen. All you need is an Allen wrench to remove the ski rack with the skis. The roof rack has locking covers the prevent theft of the roof rack. The ski rack can be easily removed from the roof rack.
Review from a similar DK in Roof Rack
Installed this and 65" Vortex Areo crossbars on a 2015 RAM 5500 chassis cab/crew cab. It is listed to fit 1500 to 3500 RAM's and neither Rhino-Rack or etrailer would confirm it would fit the 5500. My research suggested there was not much, if any difference, between the 3500 and 5500 crew cab, so ordered it any way. Installation was relatively easy, fit seemed to be good and have made multiple 200-300 mile trips with a 75lb kayak. Good price, great customer service and fast delivery through etrailer.
Mike L - 10/06/2022Review from a similar DK in Roof Rack
The rack was fairly easy to mount on my Durango. I was able to load my kayak from the side since I have a bike rack on the rear. I use a bathroom rug and flip the boat up on the car, then slide the boat directly onto the rack. I only carry it this way for short drives to local lakes. There is some wind noise at 50 mph.
Review from a similar DK in Roof Rack
We originally got this rack system (Custom DK Fit Kit for 4 Rhino-Rack 2500 Series Roof Rack Legs - Naked Roof Item #DK427) mostly for our Kayak racks on our 2015 Ford F-150, which worked great. Then we totaled our F-150 and the racks actually fit on our new 2022 GMC Sierra 2500 HD P/U. We took it on a 16,000 mile trip from the East Coast to Alaska with both 12 ft. kayaks on the top. Through the various speeds (sometimes up to 80 mph), weather conditions, and the high crosswinds of the mid-West, the racks help up perfectly. No issues or problems. I would recommend these to anyone.
Review from a similar DK in Roof Rack
I've had this Rhino Rack 2500 series for one year. I've outfitted the rack with one "J hook" style kayak holder and one "cradle" kayak holder. I am able to securely travel with two kayaks on the roof of my 2014 Honda Civic sedan without issue. During the one year I've had this rack I've traveled over 1,000 miles with two 12 foot+ kayaks on my roof. I can set cruise control at 70mph and not worry about the rack failing. I rate it four (4) stars because the cradles will sometimes move during a long drive and have to be readjusted. This is something that is more cosmetic in the since it looks slightly off, however it does not affect the racks security.
Review from a similar DK in Roof Rack
Fairly easy installation. Read the instructions thoroughly before hand and get familiar with the parts. Take care when installing mounting studs onto car itself so as not to strip or cross thread them. Once installed they look great.
Robert - 10/14/2022Review from a similar DK in Roof Rack
Fit my Honda CRV perfectly and the whole kit was easy to install. The cargo box I ordered for in the racks perfectly. Of course there was some noise when traveling, and also reduced gas mileage, but that is to be expected. The very slight whistle when driving at higher speeds was easy to tune out. Service from etrailer was great and shipping was quick! I also appreciate all of the information and tutorials available. Would order from this company again.
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