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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Colin: Hey, everyone. It's Colin here at etrailer. And today, we have a 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan. And we've been test fitting some roof racks on it. Right now we have the Rhino-Rack Vortex Aero roof rack system installed. This is going to install to the raised side rails of your Tiguan.
Gives you an option to be able to get your favorite rooftop accessories loaded up. Whether you want a cargo box up there to load some extra luggage and cargo for a longer road trip and give your passengers some more elbow and legroom. Maybe a couple of bikes so you don't have to get a hitch mounted bike rack. Or you don't have to try to cram two bikes into your Volkswagen. In that case, they could be pretty dirty from a long day on the trails.
Definitely don't want to get all that mud and stuff in there.Might even be able to get two kayaks up here so that you don't have to try to cram them in your Volkswagen because you know that they're not going to fit. Now up top we have these nice 49 inch long Vortex Aero crossbars. We have them in black right now but they're also available in silver. So just check out our website if that's something you're interested in. Now, we have the nice elliptical shape and the type of arrow bar that's going to help cut down on wind noise and drag while we're traveling at high speeds.
We have this nice rubber strip up top as well, that's helping out with the wind noise and drag. But it's also letting us know that we can utilize T slot accessories for this roof rack. And how we access that T-slot is we just take this included plastic key, unlock the end cap, and it comes right off.That's going to give us access to the channel. We just pull the rubber strip out and then cut it to length for whichever accessory we want to use. And then reinsert it.
Well pulling off the end cap also gives us access to the bolt that's on the inside. This is to loosen and tighten up our SX series leg that's right here. Let's go and put the end cap back on. I do want to point out you can replace these with actual Rhino-Rack lock cores. That'll just give more security for your roof rack. Now right here with our SX series legs, you can see we have a really nice rubber coating all the way around when it's clamping down. It's going to help prevent any type of scratches or abrasions occurring on your raised side rails. So if you ever want to take this roof rack off when it's not in use, you do have that option. And it's very easy to do, which is something I like about it.Now I do want to provide you guys with a few measurements. First, we go from the top of our side rail to the top of our crossbar. It's about two and one quarter of an inch. Now it's a nice low-profile roof rack so you don't have that much height added to your roof. So any low clearance situations, you shouldn't have to worry too much, especially with the Tiguan being a lower sitting vehicle. Now, if we go from the top of our roof to the bottom of our vortex bar, it's going to be about an inch and seven eighths. That's just something to keep in mind that you do have enough space to clamp on accessories underneath of your crossbars without touching your roof. You do want to be careful however, if you are just kind of tossing your roof rack accessories around. Then you may hit the rooftop and you definitely don't want to scratch it.I also want to point out that that space underneath the crossbar is enough to be able to open up your sun roof when the roof rack is empty. You see it does come very close, but you can still open it up. Now, if you do have a clamp on accessory installed, you're most likely going to lose access to be able to open it up because the clamp on accessory will be right underneath and would make contact with your sun roof. So, in my opinion, it's best just to leave your roof rack closed when you got on a clamp on accessory on your roof rack. This roof rack does have a weight capacity of 165 pounds. But you do want to be sure to double check with your Tiguan's owner's manual, make sure that your roof can handle that weight before you load the roof rack up. Now that we've gone over some of those features, let's show you guys how quick and easy it is to get this installed.All we're going to do is take our SX series leg, feed it into the bottom track of our Vortex Aero crossbar. Just like that. Bring it back up a little bit. Then we'll spread the clamp out. Now with both of them installed, we'll just raise it over top of our roof rack and set it onto our side rails. Now, what we're going to do from here as measure our crossbar spread and that's just center on center for each crossbar. There's no set measurement. Just make sure it's at least 27 inches. We're going to come down to 28 for both sides. And double check to make sure that both sides are the same before you tighten anything down. Now we'll just reach our included tool to that bolt on the inside and tighten it down. And the tool will actually let you know when it's fully torqued. You can see how there's a curve on the end right here. Whenever the pressure of tightening it straightens out that curve on the tool, that's how you know it's tight enough. So we'll just keep going. Almost there. Maybe one more turn.You see right there it's pretty straight. So we'll just go ahead and finish up and repeat this for the other side. Both sides tightened down. We'll just put our end cap on, lock it up. And then when I'm all done installing these, I always like to grab a hold of the crossbars. Give the vehicle a good shake. Excuse me, give the roof rack a good shake and you can see the vehicle is moving with it. So we know that this roof rack is not going anywhere and we can load up our favorite rooftop accessories and then hit the road. Well everyone, that's just going to about do it for our look at the Rhino-Rack Vortex Aero roof rack system for our 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan.
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (117 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.Installed rack on Kia mini van, van is used for work and I needed a ladder rack, easy to install and has held up well thru heavy use. very little wind noise running down highway, If roof rack is needed would recommend you check this one out. 902638
These feet worked like a charm! We were able to use these to install the Rhino Pioneer Rack onto our existing factory rack (2007 Toyota Land Cruiser). Adam at etrailer.com was awesome! 906668
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
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
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
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
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
They are extremely helpful and knowledgeable. They make the process simple. 913959
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Super easy to install, good 10 minutes, and the only tool required was part of the package. 903596
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took longer than usual for delivery; fits well 875498
It does what it said in the description. Easy installation. 816710
First day I had it I tied my kayak down and went Yamin! Great grip! Easy to install. The vortex rubber was hard to put in at times. It does make some sound (of course). But it isn't too overbearing. Great look on my renegade. 810126
I feel like to have used etrailer for my first roof rack and that has continued as I have changed vehicles. I sold my Ford Fusion, kept the rhino rack system I originally bought from etrailer and was able to order the RRSX100 for my new Subaru Crosstrek XV. These went on to my roof rack in minutes. The process took less than a hour to install and put my kayak rack and bike rack on. Thank you etrailer for your extremely accurate and fast shipping and your attention to detail and customer service. I will be back again in the future. 808846
We've had our roof rack a year now and used a few times. Super easy to install and extremely sturdy. Very solid purchase! Highly recommended. Beth 800141
Its been one year since I installed the Rhino Rack crossbars and I have absolutely no issues. The main use is to carry my Kayaks on my 2013 Subaru Impreza utilizing Yakima JayLow kayak carriers. The only caveat is to be sure to properly cut and install the plastic channel inserts (underside) or you will experience an annoying whistling sound. If you're looking for high quality crossbars, I highly recommend these. 790195
Using Rhino-Rack Vortex Aero Crossbars, Using Rhino Kayak holders. Also use a Rhino bicycle rear receiver mount. Love Rhino products.....strong, well engineered, low noise, and every part is quality... mounts, straps, etc. Photo is departure picture from last years trip to Big Bend, Texas. We probably put a couple thousand miles on these pieces of Rhino equipment on all types of roads at both Big Bend Park and Big Bend State Park... You really cannot go wrong buying Rhino products. Everything they make is well designed and will not disappoint. 783038
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 etrailer. 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
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