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These Rapid Traverse feet let you install Thule crossbars on your vehicle with a naked roof. Feet fit securely on vehicles without existing roof rack attachment points.
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Speaker 1: Today, on our 2017 Honda Pilot, we'll be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Thule Roof Rack System; that's going to consist of our Thule Aeroblade Crossbars, part number: THARB60, our Thule Rack with Traverse Foot Pack, part number: TH480R, and our Thule Fit Kit for our Honda Pilot, part number: THKIT1811. Now, our crossbars are also available in black with part number: THARB60B.The Thule Roof Rack System is a great solution for carrying your vehicle accessories on your roof, whether those are bike racks, ski and snowboard carriers, kayak carriers, or cargo baskets. The aerodynamic shape of our bars, as well as the weatherstrip on the inside, are going to help reduce wind, noise and drag. If we move our end cap out of the way, you can see that our weatherstrip is easy to remove. We can cut it down and replace it with channel-mounted accessories.Our foot pack does have a built-in cover. We also have a plastic lock core here.
If we remove that and place in a metal lock core, that's going to help to prevent theft and tampering of your roof rack system as a whole. We can open that up, on the inside you'll see we're easily able to store in our tool. This is going to be helpful, so we don't have to worry about losing or misplacing our tool at any time, though I do only suggest you do this whenever you have a lock core on your cover.Our fit kit is going to be custom cut to our vehicle. It's going to give us a nice secure fit. We're also going to have a rubber coating on any portion that touches our vehicle, so we don't have to worry about any scratches or abrasions.This roof rack system has a 165 pound weight capacity, though you do want to double check your vehicle's owner's manual to make sure your roof can withstand that much weight.
This is also going to come with a lifetime warranty and be quick and easy to install. We'll show you how to do that now.Everything that you see on our table is what's included in our kit. The only thing we've provided ourselves is our flat tape measure. We're going to get two crossbars, four foot packs, four of our pads from our fit kit and four clamps. We'll also get four end caps, as well as an included tool to tighten everything down.Now, to begin the actual install, we're going to take our foot pack, our clamp and our pad.
We're going to open up the front door on our foot pack to start and take our clamp. We want to make sure that it fits behind each gray piece on our foot pack. Close up that door, flip this over, and we'll take our pad. We're going to place that onto the bottom, making sure that every hole is closed. Then we can open up this back door, and we're ready to place it onto our crossbar.We're going to start by sliding this onto our crossbar, and we'll measure out the distance.
Now, we don't have a scale on this bar, usually they will come with them. We're just going to take our flat tape measure and measure that out from the center of our bar to the edge of our foot pack. Once we have that measured out, we can close up that back door and we'll place on our crossbar end cap. Now, we're ready to open up the doors on our vehicle and load up our crossbar.We're going to place it over the roof of our vehicle. We want to make sure that our clamps sit around our door. Measuring out our crossbars, we're going to measure from the front of the front foot pack to the front of the back. That measurement is in your instructions. We want to do the same thing to the other side as well.Now, we'll take our included tool and we'll start to tighten down our bolts, this is going to tighten up our clamp. We're going to start so that it sits just up against our doorframe. Now, we want to do the same thing on the other side, again going back and forth, tightening it down evenly, so that we have a nice, even and secure fit.Now, once we've finished tightening down our bolt, we can push in our tool and leave it in there. Close up our cover, though I do only suggest you leave your tool in whenever you have that locking core. Now, we're ready to close up our doors, load up our gear and hit the road.That's going to be our completed look at the Thule Roof Rack System on our 2017 Honda Pilot.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (127 Customer Reviews)
These Rapid Traverse feet let you install Thule crossbars on your vehicle with a naked roof. Feet fit securely on vehicles without existing roof rack attachment points.
Not only does this serve it’s purpose well & look good, it was easy to order online and arrived in a timely manner. Hopefully going to be able to order the kayak attachment soon. ;-) Adventures await! 729944
The roof rack fits well on my Honda Pilot. The customer service was exceptional. They were friendly and also professional. The items were packaged very well and arrived on time. 818983
Well made product. Will work great with the other components to make one terrific rook rack! 194742
Jeff H - 06/17/2016The whole experience was freakin awesome. * Ordered on-line, delivered when promised, all packages were in excellent condition, and all parts were accounted for - no shortages, THANK YOU! * The Thule roof rack design, quality of materials, comprehensive instructions were really impressive. Everything went together without a hitch and really looks good installed. * We plan on carrying our 12 1/2' SUP's on the roof rack when we head out to the lakes. * It saves us time as our SUP's are inflatable, however it takes a bit of time to pump them up once we get there. Now it's just loosen them up and we're ready to go. Great job etrailer, I would definitely buy more products from your organization!! 672688
Allen - 07/20/2020Thule aeroblade w/ Curt rack. Used this Christmas for a family trip to Gatlinburg, TN and through the Smokey Mountains. It worked great to get all our gear there and back! Thanks for getting it to us on time. 410430
Fast shipping and Installation was easy to do with the instructions provided. Am happy with my bike roof rack. 5 stars 616084
I am not much of a do it yourself-er when it comes to things such as this. However, the product installed very quickly and without an issue. The instructions were better than most. I look forward to using the racks to get more involved with family outings and adventures. 722411
First of all, awesome customer service by etrailer! My THULE roof rack is definitely a welcome addition to my 2015 F55 MCS. Next item of purchase, cargo roof box, THULE Wind Fairing and a Bike rack ... 361966
The transverse foot is the most complicated, and most important, part of the rack system, but was simple to assemble and install. I spent about an hour with assembly and installation of the complete system, and I wasn't in any hurry. The feet provide a solid interface between my car and the rack, and the rubber pads protect the car finish. The AccuTight tool is especially helpful because it provides a torque indicator to ensure proper tightening of the foot bracket. The tool remains inserted in the foot after installation, with a tool for each side of the vehicle. The feet contribute to the overall beauty of the rack system by their smooth contour. 272652
Assembled and functioned just as the instruction said it would. I had absolutely no problem installing and using these rack bars on my Ford Edge. They have nor shifted and have held my equipment perfectly. Would certainly recommend them. Purchasing and getting additional from eTrailer was also excellent. 667797
I ordered a Thule roof rack fit kit, Aeroblade along w/ a Curt roof rack for my 2005 Ford Focus. We were a family of 5; and now we are 4, we had always traveled in our larger Toyota 4-Runner, which had enough room for everyone and their luggage. Now that we sold the 4-Runner and have only the smaller gas saver, it presented a problem for travel. I ordered the roof rack for our trip to Gatlinburg, TN. It worked fantastic. The shipping was fast and made it to us in time for us to install it. We were able to install it in about 20 minutes after watching the installation videos on etrailer.com. It was able to accommodate all 4 of our large suitcases and freed up leg room to provide a more comfortable trip. The Aeroblades were very quite. We are very pleased with our purchase and would recommend this to anyone who asks. 333722
Awesome, fast and easy to install! 901588
Ditto 899561
I bought this with the mini cooper 2006 package. I had looked around locally and got some quotes for a rack for my girlfriends 06 mini, and I was getting prices over 850 dollars for the complete package. There were 650 with shipping (I chose the expedited) and arrived in 3 days, which is really fast where I live. The racks fit and I was able to find an installation video from the etrailer youtube website which was very helpful. From what I heard from the locals shops they stopped producing this set so if you have a mini cooper thats 06 and earlier this is the one to grab while they still have them in stock. We did have to adjust the back measurements a bit from what the manual said and it was a bit tough to work the back mounts into place but after some work the racks look great and are very sturdy! 883228
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Perfect fit! 872800
Excellent company. Fast shipping during a pandemic where most retailers were out of stock or extremely expensive 871295
fit like advertised 864208
Happy customer 857348
Incredible customer service. Greg was amazing in getting my roof shipped to me. I am 65 and this is the best customer service I have ever had. THANK YOU. 856122
Product is great quality and works great for what we use it for. We tie our kayaks on it. 825964
Easy to install, fits perfectly, feels very secure on the roof, and world-class customer service!! 824351
Quick turnaround on my order 822349
Excellent product! Use it for a 2,000 miles trip and worked perfectly! Easy to install, and easy to remove. Do not forget to buy the locks as well. 807880
The installation was simple enough and the product seems to be made very well, I just installed so the performance is yet to be known but very happy with my purchase, just need to put to use! 796636
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