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These JetStream crossbars are built from aluminum, giving you the strength and stability you need for hauling kayaks, cargo boxes, or camping gear. With a weight capacity of 165 lbs, they handle serious outdoor loads while keeping everything secure on the roof. It’s solid construction that holds up trip after trip.
Long drives are more enjoyable when you don’t have to listen to constant wind noise. The aero-style shape of the crossbars helps keep things quiet, and the push-down rubber strips in the top channels reduce vibration and airflow noise. The result is a smoother, calmer ride without the whistling that can come from some racks.
Setting up accessories is easy thanks to Yakima’s push-down rubber strips. You just press your hardware into the top track—no trimming needed. The strips close around the mount to keep things tight and weather-resistant. It’s a small design detail that saves time and keeps your setup clean.
Whether you’re packing for a river trip, ski weekend, or cross-country road trip, these bars are ready to carry what you need. They fit accessories that mount in the top channels or clamp around the bars, making it simple to swap between different gear setups. It’s one rack that does it all.
Add Yakima Same Key System lock cores (sold separately) for extra peace of mind when parking at trailheads or rest stops. With SKS locks in place, your rack stays secure even when you’re away from your vehicle.
Alternate Instructions
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Hello neighbor, this is Curt with etrailer, and today we're gonna take a look at the Yakima SightLine roof rack on the flush rails of our 2024 Hyundai Tucson. Now if you've had any experience with this Yakima roof rack, or if you have questions about it, please leave those in the comments below. We'd love to take those experiences and those questions and use them to help our other neighbors make the best decisions possible. Now, when planning your next adventure in your Tucson, you might find yourself in a situation where you have some cargo that either doesn't fit or that you don't wanna travel with inside of the vehicle, and that's where a roof rack can come in really handy. There's all sorts of accessories that you can use on the roof rack to help you out in getting to where you're going. There are rooftop cargo boxes, maybe you'd like to put a kayak up there, you're going kayaking, ski carriers, bike racks, all sorts of items that you could travel with on your roof rack.
This is an arrow-shaped bar, which is gonna make it a lot quieter than those kind of more traditional circle or square bars. It's also gonna allow us to use not just clamp-mounted accessories, but track-mounted accessories right through this weather strip T-slot up here at the top, which you can access through the end cap of your crossbar by simply depressing on the rubber strip, and then sliding your T-slotted accessories to the point where you want them placed. It is gonna give us a little bit of an overhang. It's not gonna be too much of an overhang outside of the door threshold, so I'm not all that concerned about, you know, hitting my head on it or anything like that. But anytime you have an overhang bar, it is something that you wanna be conscious of.
So with a 165 pound weight capacity, this is actually gonna let you carry pretty much most accessories that are out there. However, it is important to remember that although the bars do have a weight capacity of 165 pounds, you still wanna double check your owner's manual and make sure that your roof can actually handle at least that much weight. If your roof doesn't handle 165, you're gonna have to go with the capacity that your manual suggests. Now later in this video we're gonna go over how we got these installed, and in those instructions you'll find that Yakima is very specific about where to place your crossbars on your Tucson. So with that being said, they have a setup with a 32-inch spread, they have a setup where we're really kind of in between the door openings of the front and second row, and it's also leaning a bit more toward the front of the vehicle.
As you can see, there's a lot more space back here that they could possibly go, but in the case of where they suggested we mount it, it is toward the front of the vehicle. So if you have a sunroof, it is always important to remember that it may interfere with your roof rack. So for that we're just gonna take a measurement here to see just how much clearance we have from the bottom of the bar to our roof. And that's gonna come in right at about 3 1/4 inches. It is actually the same right back here on the second bar as well.
So while a sunroof may be your concern with the front bar, with the second bar, your concern might be this antenna that's located back here. Now the antenna comes up just above 2 1/2 inches up from the roof. So even if you had this moved back, or you had an accessory above here that doesn't come below the bottom of the crossbar, you should be able to clear that without any issue. Also, seeing that the second bar is all the way up here, you would need some really long type of accessories up here in order to interfere with the tailgate. So as far as placement goes, I'm pretty happy with where Yakima wants us to put these bars. Now the way this is going to fit onto your rails is that there's a little claw system assembly and a rubber foot pad that you'll have to add onto your towers during assembly in order to get it to grab properly onto these rails. So as you can see, it's got a rubber padding on the inside of this clip so that it doesn't do any damage to your rails. And really what we're gonna do is it's just gonna pinch right around that lip there and it's gonna be really solid. That rubber foot pad is again gonna keep any damage from occurring, even as you add weight on top of the bars, but it can be a little bit of a process assembling these towers this way. So why don't you follow along, and we'll show you exactly how we got these up on our roof. Now as we begin our installation process, the first thing we're going to need to do is assemble our towers, and there's a few different components that we're gonna have to to get through in order to get this ready to use on our vehicle. The first thing we're going to need to do is put in our pieces here that are gonna allow us to attach our towers to the bottom T-slot on our actual crossbars. So I find, because this bolt floats around quite easily, I find it easiest to take the provided Yakima tool, go ahead, and pop that in there from the bottom, and we're just gonna kinda hold it upright like this, just to keep that bolt upright and steady. We're gonna first place this plastic piece in here, and if you're confused about which way it goes, you'll notice there are some teeth on the edge of this that'll line up with some teeth that are on the inside of our foot there on either side of the bolt. So we're just gonna drop that right into place. After that, we're gonna take this metal piece here, drop it onto the bolt head, we'll just hold it all together like that, and we are going to loosely thread it in. We don't wanna tighten it down too much, 'cause we do want to have some freedom of movement once we get it into our T slot here. Next thing we're gonna wanna do is take our rubber footpad and we're gonna attach it through these slots here, right onto that exposed end of this metal bar. We wanna make sure the cutout of the footpad is facing the outside of the tower, and all that's gonna do really is just snap right down into place. And the next thing we're gonna do is remove this piece here. Now we will be replacing it, so set it aside somewhere where you can find it. This is actually the part where our lock core would be included. Now Yakima uses what they call the SKS, or Same Key System. You can buy locks with keys to match for all four of your towers, and you could also get them keyed alike to any Yakima accessories that also use the SKS system. But for now, we could just use a simple flathead screwdriver. We're gonna go ahead and get this unlocked. That'll allow us to remove it and expose this inside right here. So what we're gonna do at this point is turn it on its back like this. We've got these little braces here, we're gonna make sure those are hanging loose. And the first thing we're going to do is take our kind of shorter claw here, it's got a rubber padding on the inside, we'll make sure that's facing in. We're going to slip that right here behind this bar, and we are going to hook that slotted tab right in like that, okay Once that's done, we're gonna take these kind of spring loaded braces here and we're just gonna kinda line them up a little bit with those holes to brace them in. Once that's done, we're gonna repeat that process over here on the other side, we're just gonna be using this kind of bigger part of the claw. And once we've got that slotted into place, we're gonna go ahead and brace that down like so. And at this point we're gonna go ahead and replace our cover. There is a slot here and a metal tab. You'll need to slip it over, and just kinda work it around and down. It is gonna be loose until you lock it down. So just to make sure it doesn't go anywhere on you, we're gonna go ahead and lock that in place. And now we've got our tower assembled. At this point, what we'll now do is remove the end cap from our crossbar, just pulls right off. We're going to line this up into our T-slot and slide this on just like so. Once that's on there, we can replace our end cap. Now in your instructions that you get with your crossbar system, you're going to see a table like this that's gonna show a few different measurements. First thing you wanna do is find your vehicle over here, and then each of these measurements represents where the bars are gonna be placed on the roof and how to measure that out. It's also going to tell us where on our crossbar our foot pads need to be located, because with this particular system we're going to need to get these measured out and tighten these down to the crossbars before putting them on the vehicle. That's a little bit different from other crossbar systems where you could just get it on the roof, make some adjustments, and tighten it down from there. Unfortunately with this one we're gonna have to preset that distance before we get it up on the roof. So our instructions are telling us that we need to mark this at the 36 1/8 mark for our back set of bars, which is what we're installing now. It's not all that visible, but there is a measurement track right here, and it's calling for 36 1/8 to the end here. So we're just gonna put that in between that 36 and 36 1/4 mark. At this point we'll take our Yakima tool, and we'll go right here and we will tighten it down. Now in tightening this, the reason that this is such a special tool is that it's actually also going to let us know when we have it torqued enough. (tool popping) There we go. Once we hear that pop, we know that these are tightened to spec and ready to get up on our roof. Now before I go ahead and put the second bar up on the roof, I think it's important to talk about our placement on the first crossbar, because in order to determine where your second crossbar goes, you actually have to install this one first. So according to the instructions, where they want us to do it on this vehicle is from the very top edge of the glass of our windshield to the front of the first tower should measure 13 inches. And you wanna make sure you do that measurement on both sides, not just one and try to eye out the other. If you do the measurement to exactly 13 on both sides, then you can guarantee that your crossbar is perfectly perpendicular with your rail. Now that we've got that installed, we know that from center of the first tower to the center of our second tower should be 32 inches. So we're gonna go ahead and place this up on the roof just about where we think it might go. And also being careful not to scratch up or damage anything as we do it. And remember that the towers are fixed to your crossbar. So when you're laying this up here, you'll know with the taper in these rails if it's really out of place. If you get it into a place where the claws on both of the foot pads are actually going to be around the rail, then you're in a decent enough spot, you're probably close enough. We could just kind of get down, take our measurements. Remember 32 inches, center of tower to center of tower. We're gonna double check that on both sides. And once we have that, we're gonna go ahead and tighten everything down. Now that we've got everything marked out to our 32 inch spread, we're gonna go ahead and get our feet tightened down onto the rails. And in order to do that, our tool needs to access behind this panel. And if you remember, when we put the towers onto the bars, we put this piece back on. That was really to not lose it, and to kind of hold everything in our assembly together. But now that we've got everything up here, we're gonna go ahead and pop that back off temporarily. That is gonna allow us access right here. We're gonna take our Yakima tool and we're just gonna tighten that down. And as we tighten this down, the claws are tightening and grabbing onto the rail. So we're just gonna keep turning until we get our pop. (tool popping) There it goes. And once that's done, we can go right ahead and replace this piece here. So everything is tightened down, it's on there really solid, not moving anywhere at all. Last step in our installation process is to place our end cap here. All right, now we're ready to go ahead and load up our favorite rooftop accessories and hit the road. So that was a look at the Yakima SightLine roof rack system for our 2024 Hyundai Tucson. I'm Curt with etrailer. Thanks for stopping by.
Ratings & Reviews
The Yakima roof rack came in and was super easy to install. Appreciate the etrailer videos offering ways to install the racks.
Bought kayak racks. Took a while to put together, but they are very high quality. etrailer send a wrong part (digits on the part number were reversed), but it was very easy to get this corrected and I received the correct part in less than a week. I even spoke to someone on a Saturday afternoon about the mix up who was very pleasant! They have my vote.
Relatively easy to install on my VW Golf (etrailer videos are very helpful) and sooooo useful with my Yakima skybox. Not much road noise, so I can leave the rack on even when I am not using it.
These bars are outstanding. They were purchased for a Jeep grand cherokee '18. I had previously purchased from another brand, but the whistle noise was constant and very noticeable. These are completely quiet, I am glad I changed to the yakima bars. Installation was also much easier, and more "flush" mounting with the yakima brand. Glad to do business with etrailer!
The Yakima roof rack system for my 2019 CX9 with flush mounted rails worked out great, and etrailer customer service was excellent. My first choice was to purchase the Thule system but after digging deeper, I realized that the Yakima was much easier to install. Changing my mind to Yakima was very easy even though the Thule system was almost ready to ship. One suggestion that I think will help with the installation. Add some blue masking tape to the backside of the inner ridge fit clip to temporarily hold it in place. Once secured, the tape can be removed.
the product was exceptional. I would recommend it to anyone, who has a vehicle with a naked roof. It is a solid as a factory installed rack. Josh went out of his way to get me a replacement torque screw driver because the first one from Yakima was working properly.
The Yakima JetStream Crossbars minimize wind noise and provide full, yet sleek support to every roof top load demanded of it.
Super solid rack and the only one that fits the Jeep Cherokee without rails well and looks good too. Easy to install and worth the price
The rack system seems very good, but time will tell, of course. The installation is difficult and time consuming. I purchased the system needed from etrailer website with guaranteed to fit pieces. I would call myself a very experienced do-it-yourselfer. I followed directions slowly, carefully, and exactly, yet there were problems. The video for installation given for my exact order did not match the printed and actual assembly and installation directions. The baseclips that were guaranteed for my model vehicle were actually for a different model vehicle according to the enclosed sheet ... however they did work anyway but caused some "looking up" and some confusion during assembly. I was careful to assemble exactly to measurements given ... and once that is all done and tightened and "sealed up" you put them on the roof, only to find that they could have been spaced a bit wider for a perfect fit. They are fine enough and we'll see if they stay tight to the vehicle. If not will need to take it all apart and widen the spacing.
It is excellent that basically only one tool that is provided with the racks is needed. And also that each part must "click" when properly tightened. That adds reassurance and satisfaction while assembling.
There are so many models of vehicles and it is not easy to figure all this out. etrailer has a very helpful website, response, and videos to help ... but my review is to emphasize that the instructions are not perfect. One needs lots of patience, common sense, and perhaps re-assembly for a perfect outcome.
Sightline Towers(along with #82 Sightclips)are a perfect fit on my 2024 Mazda CX-90 even though not confirmed by etrailer (Yakima HQ did confirm it though). ETrailer’s sales support staff was super helpful in getting this figured out. Yakima’s instructions are very thorough—follow their measurements! Mazda has four locator holes on the flush rails for positioning the Sightline towers—use them. Note, I reused my Jetstream crossbars, hence them looking a tad weathered.
Great product but what is even better is etrailer’s service! Order was lost in the mail but Lauren stayed on top of it and made it right. Thank you for the great service!
Well you asked for it so;
I ordered this as part of my roof rack for a 2021 Nissan rogue. The complete roof rack set was unavailable le as one bracket was on back order and said would ship in under a month so I ordered everything else in the meantime. Little did I know it would take a over a year to get one stupid bracket and yes, I'm still waiting. I can't even return the items I bought because it's way past the 90 day policy even though they're brand new still in the box collecting dust. etrailer, this has been the worst experience I've had yet with you guys. Oh still waiting for my one bracket to complete my roof rack
robert s was terrific !!! excellent customer service !!! from assisting with a return, to recommending an alternative, to informing me about delivery status ...
the yakima jetstream crossbars with baseline towers were a bit more complicated to assemble and install than the brand i returned, but the wind noise and whistling are dramatically less ...
the next step is to select a cargo carrier ... it goes without saying that i will consult robert again ... thanks so much robert, and safe and happy travels to all
Very happy with our purchase. I love how easily you can remove the entire rack easily. Too bad the locking mechanism comes separately but we are still happy with what we received.
Amazing quality easy set up fast shipping buy the locks the 4 pack With this fast shipping super impressed
For a 2015 Mazda 3, 4 door sedan.
I used the 50" jetstream bars with the skyline towers and the #22 Landing Pads.
Went together easy, great quality, very solid feeling! And, easy to remove and install when needed.
Super happy with my purchase from e trailers purchased yakima roof rack. Knowledgeable sales rep.Help me through the process on purchasing my roof rack Recommended to anyone quality parts
Lightweight and actually quite quiet with no attachments on them. With my bike racks there is a fair amount of noise but it doesn't come from just these. Mine is on a 2011 BMW 335.
Easy installation on a '25 Kia Sportage hybrid. I installed with round crossbars and both the towers and the crossbars clear the fully opened moon-roof.
The installation was super easy, and despite a long time stuck in shipping the delivery itself was extremely fast, and the package arrived in spotless condition. The manuals were very easy to follow, and the end result is absolutely amazing. I love that there's a rubber piece in the top rail that doesn't need to be cut, which makes it a very flush and smooth fit. I also love the modularity and the weight that it can handle, especially for the stuff i plan on carrying.
The yakima jetstream crossbar looks beautiful. Quality is great. Took my vehicle for a test drive, and i didnt hear anything loose or broken from the bars. Very satisfied with the product and the instructions were great. It was my first time installing a roof rack too.
I waited several weeks for roof rack to arrive after ordering online. I am accustomed to Thule racks, but could not find any towers/bases to fit the 2019 Santa Fe. Once here, the Yakima rack mounted with ease and I look forward to hauling kayaks or basket on the roof.
Thank you etrailer.
I chose Yakima because I had one in the past and they were always reliable. Thule was my next choice but didn’t like the look of 53’ crossbars on my car. I really appreciated the easy to follow instruction that made installation a breeze. The kit came complete with everything I needed to install right out of the box. I purchased the 2 Hightower bike racks to go with the roof rack system and plan to safely secure both bikes for our trips. It was a bit heavier than I anticipated (combined with the bike carriers) which will hurt my MPG but having easy access to disassemble the bike carriers when not in use made it a no brained. Additionally, I love the look of the system on my car.
Install was relatively simple. The outer Covers on the Yakima feet seem to be poorly attached. Else, all was ok. Installed on Mazda CX-50 hybrid.
The only problem I had, was when I watched the video showing how to install the rack, I did not realize that the actual installation process was a lot more complex. For example, the woman who was in the video only showed the installation one rack (I believe itg was the back rack and she gave the width measurement for that one. The front rack was already on the car and the woman neglected to say, "check your manual. The width of the front rack (may be) different than the back. She also did not explain carefully that there were three different screws that needed to be adjusted for a proper fit so the towers were properly adjusted for yoiur specific car. (My car is a 2018 Chevy Volt.) (I also bought Yakima kayak cradles from you guys, which were easy to install.)
However, I blame myself for not reading the manual carefully, so when I installed the racks, they did not fit right and one of them actually fell off while I was driving. (Luckily there were kayaks on and no one was hurt. The two towers were damaged but luckily the rack and the kayak cradles were fine. I called etrailers and was told I had to contact Yakima, which I did. I explained to the Yakima customer service rep that I was at fault for trusting the video and not reading the manual carefully and after asking me to send him photos of the damaged towers he sent me two new towers for free, as well as another torque wrench, so I could work with a second person.
This time I read the manual carefully and watched the Yakima video many times during the a week before I felt confident enough to try installing the racks again.
This time they fit perfectly. I love both the rack and the kayak cradles. I use them to transport my two kayaks down to the Hudson River near my house and have also used them to carry the kayaks to a family camping site 50 miles away, confident they are safe and secure.
But please, review the video you put out for the installation of the racks onto a 2017 Chevy Volt, and either correct the shortcomings by doing it over, with an explanation about the adjustment of the widths, and also reading the manual and finding the correct positions for the adjustment screws. (Or delete it and refer your customers to the Yakima installation video. Though it’s more generic than yours, at least the tell the customer to refer to the manual.
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