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Extremely quiet, aerodynamic crossbars attach to Yakima towers to create a stylish roof rack for your vehicle. Rubber strips in T-slots push down to load carriers or accessories - no need to trim. Full-length aluminum bars maximize carrying capacity.
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Yakima 60" JetStream MD - Silver:Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
How's it going neighbors This is Ed here with etrailer.com, and we're taking a look at the Yakima CoreBar with baseline towers on our 2022 Kia Sorento. Adding a roof rack system to your Kia Sorento is a great way to take advantage of space that's generally unused to increase your cargo capacity. So it allows you to add things like cargo baskets, rooftop bike carriers, or even kayak carriers. It just helps out 'cause this guy doesn't have the most space, especially if you have the third row option where you have full passengers, it's gonna allow you to get things moving for you. Let's take a look at our crossbar setup a little bit closer. So we're gonna start with the CoreBar.
That's 50 inches long, it is 2 3/4 inches wide, and 1 inch tall. The design of it is similar to a airplane wing, and that is designed to cut through the wind a lot better and reduce wind noise. And it is mounted to our baseline towers using the CoreBar adapter. Your overall height that you're adding to the top of your vehicle, you're right at 4 1/2 inches. So that's gonna work well for any of your rooftop baskets or rooftop boxes that clamp around bars.
It should work with most accessories. Going to the front here, you can see there is a space for a lock core, and we can use the Yakima same key system. So if you have other Yakima things like a bike rack or, again, a cargo box, you can have them all keyed alike using the same keyed lock core. And then you have the fit kit base that's going to fit right into your gutter. These are custom fit, and you have two different numbers, and you're gonna wanna make sure you make note for the front and rear for the fit kits, but they go on in a very similar manner, and it's just rubber that's gonna help protect your finish.
And even the clip that goes into your door jamb is rubberized on the inside to protect your finish. Installation for the CoreBar and baseline towers is pretty easy to catch on. If you do have questions with it, you can check out this video here, and I'll walk you through the steps of your install. It's just a lot of small steps, and it may require some backtracking, but I'll get you there. Let's check it out.
We're gonna start our installation with setting up our baseline towers for our CoreBar adapter and cradle. So we're gonna use our Yakima tool and start by removing the cover. All right, and we're gonna remove the cover by squeezing on the sides and open up the security access to reveal the bolt on the inside. And we're just gonna screw that loose. We're gonna use a flat head just to get on the side of it, just to pop it right out of the cradle. Then we're gonna switch it over for the CoreBar. And you wanna make sure you're keeping in mind of your orientation. You're gonna want it where your bigger part of the oval faces the front. So you're gonna slide that in and then use that same bolt to just secure the adapter but not go all the way in 'cause if you go too far, this is what holds the bar in place. So you don't wanna go too far so you can still slide it across. Now insert our base on the bottom of our baseline tower. It just aligns at the bottom, and you just click it into place. You wanna make sure that the cutout is facing outward 'cause that is where your fit kit bracket is gonna slide and go and fill into that space between the door jamb and the roof. So now let's get an idea of the positioning. All right, and I already have this one assembled, so I'm gonna remove my end cap. I'm just gonna slide it across. I'm gonna take this side and do the same. And now I can replace the end cap. Once you have your baseline towers with adapters on your CoreBar, you can get your pitch and tow settings set with your screw. It wouldn't be a bad idea to get the measurements of where your positioning is on the bar. So you can just tighten this for the final time. And in this case, you're gonna use the center bar out of these three on both, 'cause when you're tightening down, that's actually biting into the bar and gripping it. So this is gonna secure it. I'm gonna do the same on the other side. Now we're gonna take our bar and extend it across our roof, aligning it with the gutter, the pad with the gutter. Initially, when I placed the towers onto the gutters, it was a little bit off from my measurement. So a way I found to help with that is to actually, while on top of the vehicle, you can just carefully lay it forward and use your Yakima tool, and you can make those light adjustments and unloosen that bolt that's underneath. And then make sure you tighten it back. And then everything will be nice and aligned. And now I'm gonna come over here to the passenger side and adjust my pad so it's sitting flush along the gutter line here. Now we're gonna take our tape measure and measure for our crossbar spread. On center, you should be right at 32 inches. So this guy needs to come back a little bit. So we're gonna easily walk him back. We're gonna still have to go back to the driver's side to adjust, but lets get our measurement. Little bit more. And that puts us right at 32. The positioning of your front bar is gonna be in relation to the measurement you get for your rear bar. In the manual, it says that you're gonna go with your furthest corner here and go out 37 inches. And then from here, it's 32 inches on center for the crossbar spread. So now we're gonna complete our fit kit installation. We're gonna grab our clamp, open our access panel, and we're gonna insert our clamp in. I'll use my Yakima tool to lift up on this tab. And then we're gonna drop it right in. And now we're gonna fasten it down until we hear the click on our torque wrench. Now we're gonna close the access door, close the tab door, and we're gonna put our cover on the bottom by hooking the two plastic hooks and just letting it click into place. And now after completing this step, you do the same on the driver's side, and then you have your roof rack installed. So again, this is Ed here with etrailer.com, and we're taking a look at the baseline towers and CoreBar roof rack system on our 2022 Kia Sorento. You have a great day.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (103 Customer Reviews)
Extremely quiet, aerodynamic crossbars attach to Yakima towers to create a stylish roof rack for your vehicle. Rubber strips in T-slots push down to load carriers or accessories - no need to trim. Full-length aluminum bars maximize carrying capacity.Excellent solution for my 2023 Chevy Silverado. In the past, I have had rails installed on the roof of my pickup trucks, but I find the BaseLine towers to be a better solution, since they don't permanently change the truck. Plus, they are much more solid than SkyLine system on the rails.
Strong, Solid Bars, Super Light, and really easy to install!
Really easy to install & work as specified. So happy with the customer support/service at etrailer.
Follow the instructions, and you can't go wrong on the self installation
Love my Yakima roof rack!! It exceeds my expectations.great product. Also thank etrailer for the tec support! great staff always there to help thanks again!!
Ackage came 2 days early the install was somewhat easy (did it by myself)
Did not get to mount anything to it but seems really sturdy. One thing I can say is mark out your mounting points with provided stickers then put up and make adjustments to the roof rack.
Love it! We've made several long trips with full luggage loads.
Well packaged and on time
So far so good. Purchased these towers to use on a 2022 GMC Canyon with HD bars that I already had, primarily to carry my canoe. Yakima's fitting instructions worked perfectly and the whole system seems really solid.
Your notice of schemes was a lot better than the yakima site provided. They did not suggest the scheme you did.
But when the products arrived, the instructions were by yakima. Generally worked as instructed except the tower to tower transverse mounting dimensions needed to be tweaked for a perfect fit.
Great product fast shipping
Great! Easy to install!
Solid build quality and easy installation on my '21 Mazda CX-5.
Nicole was beyond helpful!!!
Easy to install thanks to the etrailer video. I have used the rack system on many long distance trips including driving from South Carolina to Yellowstone.
Easy to install and sturdy. I carry a 9' pontoon boat on my camper shell using this rack at freeway speeds with no problems.
Happy with the purchase. Crossbars shipped and received quickly.
Customer service was excellent, they called me to tell me one item was backordered and how long it would be. Package was shipped with enough packing material. Install was pretty easy, some of the Yakima measurements in the manual are a couple inches off but no big deal. This will be used to carry a box for when the family takes trips. Can pile all the luggage up top and have more room in the car. I would recommend the Yakima corebar roof rack and etrailer! Their price was lower than 2 other sites I checked.
Went Over and beyond on helping me solve a difficult problem on
how to fine and put a roof rack on a very difficult car...
Best Customer Service of any company I have ever worked with.
Great service before and after the sale to make sure everything
went smoothly. Can’t thank them enough. Very happy customer.
Yakima is always great, the bars are just right for my kayaks and look great too.
Roof rack parts were ordered correctly and shipped quickly.
Hi, the company, good profesinal service. The product, all I pay was there. Very easy to install. Thanks Bless
Great fit, feels really sturdy, excellent directions
Thank you for quality accessories and for fast delivery.
Work exactly as they should and hold everything securely to my vehicle without interfering with the car’s normal operation. etrailer had best prices based on my research. These bars are much quieter than traditional round bars and worth the added expense.
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