Durable nylon legs let you mount Vortex Aero crossbars to your vehicle's factory elevated side rails. Custom-fit leg clamps tighten with included tool for easy installation on your rails. Pair with 2 crossbars to create a complete roof rack.
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Randy: Hey guys, it's Randy here at eTrailer again. Today we've got in the 2019 Jeep Cherokee. It's got the raised side rails on it and we're gonna test if the Rhino-Rack Vortex Aero Roof Rack System for you. We're using the SX Series feet for the raised side rails and the 49 inch Vortex Aero Crossbars. They're also gonna be available in not only the black that we see here but silver.Now you can see we've already got the rear bar installed. We wanna show you how to get the front bar put together and get it put on the vehicle, it's really straight forward.
We're gonna start with our SX Series Foot Pack here. What we're gonna do is back that screw out all the way. Depending on the size of your side rail there, you might have to adjust it but on the Cherokee we want that to be backed out just about all the way with just a few threads touching there.Then we're gonna take that and see we've got our square here, square here and these two guides here and those all need to slide down. Just like that into our slot. Once you get here you're gonna have a little resistance, these tabs are made to give us a little resistance so it doesn't come back out.
Just slide that down and on and we'll open up our clamp.Once that's done we'll take our crossbar. I'm gonna place it over this side and allow it to rest down on that side. We'll go get that one guided around. Now we need to get these positioned squarely. Depending on your accessory you may want to bring your front bar forward or your rear bar forward, the front bar back to get the appropriate crossbar spread.
These can be position anywhere here on the side rail so I like that.We're just using where the base comes up here as our mark, so we know we've got our bar sitting square. That's really important when it comes to different accessories, you don't want them to be crooked on your roof line. All right so we'll move that up to the same spot and now we need to check our overhang. I like to just get a visual from the front or we can also measure into here. I just want to make sure our bar's hanging equal on both sides.
While that won't effect the performance of the roof rack, it will effect the look.Once that's positioned where we want, we're gonna take our tool, go right into our screw or the bolt that we saw earlier there and we're gonna start tightening this down. Now as we do this the inner clamp comes in, that's what grabs the inside of the bar or the inside of our side rail rather and that's gonna make our nice tight connection there. We're gonna do this on both sides of course, too.Now once we have that nice and secure on both sides, it's time to get our end cap put in place. See that rounded portion We want that to face up, it slides right in, we use the provided key, turn that to lock and that will keep everything nice and secure for us. Now you do have the option of upgrading the core here to an actual key lock core. These are going to do a really good job of preventing theft, deterring theft but those locked cores and getting the key in there is certainly going to give you more security.And that's really all there is to the installation process, it's quick, it's straight forward. You're not gonna have to do a bunch of moving around and a bunch of measurements. I like the way it installs and I like that our tools are provided. This is gonna give us a lot of flexibility, especially with smaller SUVs like that. Our carrying capacity is pretty limited, especially if we've got four people and we're limited to just our back area.This allows us to put rooftop cargo boxes that are enclosed or maybe rooftop cargo baskets if we have some gear we don't worry about the elements getting to. It will work our really well for your canoe, kayak carriers, bike racks, just about any type of roof type accessory, these are gonna work out for. And remember since we can adjust the width between them, we can make them work for just about any sized requirements.Now with the Vortex Aero Crossbar it's gonna give us excellent aerodynamic. We're not gonna have to worry about adding a bunch of wind noise. We're not gonna have to worry about that buffeting that we'll sometimes hear out of other roof rack systems. Especially square and round systems, those tend to be the noisiest.Another thing I like about this kit, with the SX Series here you can see our foot pack is nice and low profile. It doesn't stick up a low way off the top of the vehicle, lead into issues with just cosmetic looks or running into things. But you will notice there's still plenty of room between the bottom of our crossbar and the roof line of our vehicle for any style clamp that we might need to use.As far as the capacity on the roof rack kit, it's gonna be 165 lbs but you definitely want to check your owner's manual to see what your vehicle's roof line is rated for and not go over that. It seems like a really nice fit and something easy to get on there, so we've got the Rhino-Rack Vortex Aero Crossbars, those are 49 inches with the Rhino-Rack SX Series Foot Pack.
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (98 Customer Reviews)
Durable nylon legs let you mount Vortex Aero crossbars to your vehicle's factory elevated side rails. Custom-fit leg clamps tighten with included tool for easy installation on your rails. Pair with 2 crossbars to create a complete roof rack.
To be honest, haven't really used the locking feature. But they attached easily and they are still in great condition despite the harsh mountain west winter. No problems with rhino rack either - that gets used! 644093
Product was exactly as described. Installation was easy. 637699
They fit perfectly and as described, had no issues whatsoever. Whole rack system installed easily in an hour with all needed tools being supplied. They also work well with the kayak racks I had purchased prior to these. 680232
The Rhino Rack black aero crossbars looks look great on our 2014 Acura TSX. There were 2 components involved, the bars themselves and the mounting legs. There was evidently a holdup with the latter (the legs) becoming available, and etrailer kept me updated on the status via both telephone voice messages and emails. Really topnotch customer service. 545585
I spent a week reading reviews and forums to find the right one for my 2019 Jeep Cherokee that I just bought a few weeks ago. I just have to overthink everything but it paid off. I just received them this morning and installed them myself! First time for everything! It was really easy. The only part that was frustrating was the very first part... sliding the rubber pieces into the crossbars. They would not slide very well so I ended up using a bit of oil to make them slide better. Other than that, installation was easy and quick. I LOVE the looks of them. Very gorgeous!!! Thank you so much!! Very happy with the end result!! 671162
It was easy to install. The whistles are loud when I go around 30-50 mph eventhough i put the rubber and measuring strips up and down; fortunately, I still have the measuring strips left so i put it on the holes and the whistling was gone. Great product! 645220
So far I'm liking these Rhino Racks. My first set of racks, so installation took some more time than it would otherwise. Not bad though. The longest part was popping all the rubber insert pieces into place (why did they give me so many 8" long pieces instead of just giving me one long piece, or better yet, having that already assembled!) I got the who system installed in about 40 min though and it's working great. At first, there was a whistling noise, then I realized there were more rubber inserts I needed to put in on the bottom of the rack bars, which fixed the problem. I like these. They look good. Haven't tested them yet with any heavy loads. 558522
These stanchions are very easy to install and have a nice low profile to them. Very happy I went with them. 524222
I am very pleased with the etrailer.com. Easy to navigate website and expedited shipping for no extra cost. I ordered and received my product in about a week, which is very reasonable for being across the country. The product arrived in tact and with no damage. Easy to put the rack bars on my jeep. I've included pictures of the completed result. We plan on buying the attachments that will mount our bikes and when we do we will be doing so from etrailer. 603778
Got a roof racking racking system. Only comment would be that when buying the racking system the feet come along with the racking system instead of having to buy separately. 775252
I bought a boat trailer from Etrailer last year to pull my kayaks. It hauls 4 kayaks on j hook style holders. All I can say is I’m happy I bought it from e trailer. Assembly is required. I’m not a master mechanic by any means and the directions were very easy to follow. There’s also a phone number to call with any questions. It’s a great trailer I pulled it behind a Jeep Cherokee all last summer. Easy to load and unload. I highly recommend it and etrailer. 765148
Good quality and easy to install. 764136
Nice, solid rack. It went together very easily. It will support my canoe and my rod rack fits well on it. It’s very light weight and the directions were spot on. There is also videos to help make installation easy. 751412
Strong product with a great fit on my 2014 ford explorer limited 740142
great product for carrying bikes on car roof 727823
Great quality. Easy to install. Would definitely recommend this product. 679140
The product was easy to install and seems to be sturdy. 659482
Easy install , looks good. 659082
Easy install ! 659079
I’ve had the roof rack installed for about a year now. They have remained rock solid in their mount with no issues. The noise dampening on the leading edges work well. Certainly a good purchase 654832
Product arrived on time and was very easy to install. The feet fit the factory racks very well. They are very secure. I am very happy with them! 652040
worked well 644642
I gave this a 4 star not because the product was bad but because it did not work as I needed for my 2017 Equinox. I will be a carrying an 18' canoe and because of the molding on the factory roof rails and the way the foot mounts clamp to the rails, you lose about 6-7 inches on the front and about 4-5 inches on the back. The minimum distance required between centers was 27 7/16" and you can only get 23 with this set-up, so I had to return them and find cross bars the mount internally to the roof rails. If you were carrying something really short, it might be okay for you. 639423
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