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Great for sea, white-water, and similar kayaks, these J-style cradles provide an easy, convenient way to tote a boat on your roof rack. Padded cradles install in seconds without tools, and ropes and straps are included for complete kayak stability.
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Note: Not for use with tandem kayaks.
Video of SportRack Kayak Carrier with Tie-Downs - J-Style - Fixed Arms - Roof Mount
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Today on our 2015 Volkswagen Passat, we're test fitting the SportRack kayak carrier, your J style kayak carrier that come with your straps here. The part number for that is SR5511. The first thing we're going to do is unstrap our kayak and take that off. We'll come up here to our body straps here. We're just going to do the excess that we have strapped in and we'll go ahead and release that. Now, if we take a look at how the kayak is strapped down, we've got the strap underneath this crossbar here, over the kayak, around the back and it's under the J-hook in the back and then back over the top of the kayak.
We'll go ahead and just pull that out. I found that style of strapping it down is the best way to make sure your kayak is secure to your vehicle. We'll just go ahead and do the same thing on this back strap. Now, we also have our balance balance surgeon 01:13 cables right upfront here. We're just going to release this excess again. Now, we've got it strapped through the strap here, or connected through the strap there.
Then we also have it securely hooked underneath our vehicle in the the front here. Same in the back, you just find a secure spot that you can on your vehicle. This would tighten that down. Go ahead and release the back here. Now, with all of our straps out of the way, we'll go ahead and take our kayak off. Now you can take a look at our J-hooks.
We've got a metal plate here on the center. That's what's going to hold that J-hook to the crossbar here. We also got thumb screws that you can tighten and loosen by turning one way or the other. Now, there is this slit here in that metal plate, that's going to allow you to loosen up your thumb screw here just a little bit and allow you to pull that kayak carrier right off without having to take off any parts and set those aside and possibly lose them. It's going to be the same style here in the back.
If you look at the hooks here, we've got great cushioning on the bars so that's going to protect your kayak whenever you have it loaded up and are driving down the road. That's going to be our completed look at the SportRack kayak carrier and how it works on our 2015 Volkswagen Passat.
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars (31 Customer Reviews)
Great for sea, white-water, and similar kayaks, these J-style cradles provide an easy, convenient way to tote a boat on your roof rack. Padded cradles install in seconds without tools, and ropes and straps are included for complete kayak stability.These fit great on the roof bars...holds my kayak perfectly...together they are a great set...like the easy load and disassembly....money well spent!!! 267251
Excellent quality carrier, easy loading and unloading, very happy with the purchase. Thanks a lot Patrick!!! 141082
Thanks for the quick delivery. Haven't installed yet will update after I install. 681766
Very good product, fits on the Jeep and Minivan very well. 642191
I use it at least once per month. Mounting and de-mounting is super fast and you don't need any tools. I am still afraid that our kayaks will fly away one day so I used three fixing ropes for each kayak and they perfectly fits to the carriers. They don't move at all even if driving over 80 MPH. I would definitely recommend it. 484335
Perfect, and very Secure! I live in the Florida Keys and use these J Racks to transport a 12 Kayak, on my Toyota Corolla, over the many windy bridges, as we travel to our favorite launch site. Also the customer service from etrailer is Top Notch! Keep up the Great Work, you have earned a customer for life! 466470
I have found the roof rack/kayak rack equipment that i purchased last year to be quite satisfactory and worth the purchase price. The problem was when we tried to tie on a paddle board. I realize the rack was not designed specifically for a SUP so it was not necessarily the fault of the rack. Otherwise i am happy with my purchase. 429368
Arrived when promised. 428342
Fit my Thule perfectly, bought two pair for our 10' kayaks. I strap them down with ratcheting tie downs and they do a great job. I would absolutely buy them again, especially at such a good price. Quality is excellent. 421251
Good value for the price. I did need to get the "adaptor bolts" (they are longer than the ones shipped with the product) to fit my older (thicker) rack bars on my truck. I carry the kayak only when going to paddle, I don't leave them mounted all the time. Easy to install and they hold the boats. 414249
They work !! What else can I say . 379402
Received with the cross bars, rack mounts. Easy install. Installed everything in about 30 min. 366711
Arrived on time and was what I ordered. 295934
Great - ordered another set.
Product installed and worked great. We have two very long touring kayaks and these work great for carrying on the Toyota 4 Runner. Installation was simple and worked with crossbars from Toyota. 293220
Easy to install,sturdy,quality, j racks. 289312
We are very happy with this product. They are simple to install and remove on my suburban a roof top factory cross rails. I would buy this product again. 285629
Excellent quality. Very good alternative to the "premium brands." I have used it on long distance trips and there were no issues. They are a little loud when driving without the kayaks in them, but they are very easy to take on and off. 282878
Very easy to put on roof rack. Work gre at! 277045
3 because one of the pads came off when I was loading the kayak and it is difficult to get bolts tight enough on the roof mount - one slipped while I was driving on the interstate - 273437
everything went great, no issues, got exactly what I wanted and ordered. 268806
Unfortunately this rack did not fit correctly on my 2015 Nissan Pathfinder. The factory rack slopes ups towards the front of the car. This makes the racks crooked. There doesn't seem to be any way to adjust the angle of them. I also noticed that since the rack doesn't fold down, I can not put the pathfinder in the garage with the racks attached. The rack looks like a quality product and attaches easily. I put 1 star because it didn't work for me 263926
I hesitated buying a rack for my Buick because I didn't think a clamp style would be strong enough. I was wrong and this rack has really improved my life and hobby of kayaking. I can slap 2 kayaks up in no time and hit the water for a few hours of fun. Great product and built like a tank! 254895
Super fast delivery and service. Item is perfect. 251572
The sport rack carrier is very easy to install and holds my kayak in place . 249689
The J-shaped holders make it easy for one person to set the kayak in place then secure the straps. Easy to install. 235985
These work great exactly what we expected. We started hauling our kayaks in August in Western NY state around Ohio than of to Florida for a total of about 1600 mile without a problem!. 234479
The racks are working fine Another year on the roof and have traveled approximately 8000 miles with the kayaks. From Florida to NH to NY to Ohio to Montana a great product.
Overall a great product. The main issue I had was that the M6 - 65mm bolts need to be a little bit longer. The current size makes it difficult to get the thread started with the holding bolts. This may only be an issue with these J-style arms and the roof rack I'm using (Rhino Rack RSP15). 225397
very nice at a fair price 145198
Very easy install and suppored our kayaks securely. 100947
I found that while loading and adjusting the kayacks in the the racks they tends to move on round bars. I tightend them with pliers and they still tend to move. I will find a way to fix them Maybe with 2 screws through the hole front and back of the sport rack into the round bars. 49455
Great product exactly as described on the web site. We love being able to mount our kayaks with ease. We also appreciated the video with detailed explanation on how to install the roof mounts onto our roof racks. This company follows up with customers to ensure complete satisfaction. Well done! 47624
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