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Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Hyundai Elantra

Today on our 2013 Hyundai Elantra, we're doing a test fit of the Thule Circuit XT Roof Mounted Bike Rack, that part number is TH526XT. We already have our bike secured down, first we're going to show you we do that, and then we'll go over some features of the rack itself. Let's start here in the back. We have a ratcheting strap that's going to hold our tire in place, and then we'll have that bushing there. It's just going to protect that tire and prevent any scratches or abrasions near our spokes. I'm just going to remove that strap. At the front, we have a skewer.



Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Hyundai Elantra

Today, on this 2013 Hyundai Elantra, we're going to be testing fitting the Thule Vertex 4 bike rack, part number TH9029XT. You can see we already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. Now, how this bike is attached to the rack, you're going to have three points of contact with your bike's frame. We're going to have two straps up top here and one off to the side which is going to act as an anti-sway strap, keep the bike from going back and forth, possibly hitting the bike rack or the bikes in front of it. Let's go ahead and take that off and set it aside. Now, once you remove the straps, it's always a good habit to put them back into place because you don't want to lose them when you're driving. With that done, I'm going to go ahead and give you some measurements now.



Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Hyundai Elantra th912xtr

Today on this 2013 Hyundai Elantra, we're going to be test-fitting the Thule Roadway 2 Bike Rack, part number TH912XTR. As you can see, we already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. Now how the bike is attached to the rack, you're going to have three points of contact with your bike's frame. We're going to have two straps up top here and one strap off to the side here, which is going to serve as an anti-sway strap to keep the bike from moving back and forth, possibly hitting either the bike rack or the bikes in front of it. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside for the time being. Now when you remove the straps, it's always a good habit to put them back into place, primarily so you don't lose them while you're driving. All right, with that done, I'm going to go ahead and give you some measurements now. The first is going to be how much distance is added to the vehicle once the bike rack is installed. I'm going to go ahead and measure from the bumper, since that's the furthest point out.



Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Hyundai Elantra

Today on this 2013 Hyundai Elantra, we're going to be test-fitting the Swagman Trailhead 4 Bike Rack, part number S63380. As you can see we already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. How the bike actually attaches to the rack, you're going to have 4 points of contact with your bike's frame. We're going to have 3 straps up top, here and one strap off to the side here, which is going to serve as an anti-sway strap, to keep the bike from moving back and forth, possibly hitting the bike rack itself of the bikes in front of it. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. Now, once you remove the straps it's always a good habit to go ahead and put the straps back into place because you don't want to lose them while you're driving. With that done, I'm going to go ahead and give you some measurements now.



Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Hyundai Elantra

Today on our 2013 Hyundai Elantra, we are doing a test fit of the Inno Multi-Fork Roof Mounted Bike Rack That part number is INA392. We already have our bike secured down. First we're going to show you how we do that and then we'll go over some features. We'll first take a look at our back wheel cradle here. This is adjustable along the length of your bike rack, so you can accommodate different style bikes that you may have. We also have our ratcheting strap that is going to fit between our spokes there. Up at the front we have our locking cover. We'll just remove that. We have our anti-theft and tampering device, just move that out of the way and we have our skewer back here.



Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Hyundai Elantra INA391

Today on our 2013 Hyundai Elantra, we're going a test fit of the Inno Fork Lock III. This is a roof-mounted bike rack. That part number is INA391. We already have our bike attached to our rack. So we're going to start by showing you how we attach it. In the back here, we've got our ratcheting strap that's going to secure our bike down in place. We're going to make sure that it's far enough away from our spokes so they don't damage them.



Saris Bike Porter Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Hyundai Elantra

Today on our 2013 Hyundai Elantra we're going to be doing a test fit on the Saris Bike Porter. This is a folding and tilting 4-bike rack. It's been designed for use with 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. Part number on it is SA404B. Now we're using it in a class one hitch today so you will be limited to a 2-bike capacity when using it. We do offer this in just a 2-bike; that part number is SA402B. Now to begin our test fit we just slide the shank of the Bike Porter right into the receiver tube of our hitch.



Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Hyundai Elantra

Today on our 2013 Hyundai Elantra we're going to be doing a test fit on the Rhino Rack Mountain Trail. This is a roof-mounted fork-clamp-style bike rack. The part number on it is RBC035. Now to begin our test fit we're going to place the Mountain Trailer right up onto our Rhino Rack roof rack system that we've already got installed on the vehicle. As we do this we push down on the two black rubber-coated metal straps. We want to allow those to come around the underside of that bar.



Thule Raceway Trunk Bike Rack Review - 2013 Hyundai Elantra

Today, on our 2013 Hyundai Elantra, well be test fitting the Thule Raceway, Two-Bike Carrier, Part Number TH9001. Before we begin our test fit, we need to refer to the instructions or to the Thule fit guide. We need to find out what our dial needs to be set on. In this case, it needs to be set on dial seven.Once we have our dial set, we can then go ahead and place the carrier on to our trunk. The bottom of our carrier needs to sit on the upper tier of our bumper. Now, we can go ahead and place the top hooks on the top part of the trunk.



Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Hyundai Elantra

Today on our 2013 Hyundai Elantra well be test fitting the Yakima Frontloader roof-mounted bike carrier, part number y02103. Now with a roof rack system already on our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicles crossbars. Well set the front head of the carrier onto the front crossbar, and then bring the black back bracket around the underside of the rear crossbar. Well then turn the black t-handle at the front of the carrier to tighten down the front bracket against the front crossbar. Once thats tightened down we can then move to the rear of the carrier where we will insert the silver t-bolt into the bottom of the bracket and turn the black wing nut to tighten it down to secure the carrier to the rear crossbar. Once the carrier is secured, were ready to load up our bike.



Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Hyundai Elantra

Today on our 2013 Hyundai Elantra, we'll be test fitting the Yakima Forklift roof-mounted bike carrier, part number Y02098. With the roof rack system already assembled and onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicle's cross bars. We'll first loosen up the skewer to allow us to remove the black plastic safety cap, and access the black wing nut. We'll insert the silver T-bolt into the bottom part of the bracket to pinch the brackets up against the front cross bar. We'll then tighten down the black wing nut to secure the front of the carrier to the front cross bar. We'll then slide in the black plastic bracket and replace our skewer.



Thule Passage Trunk Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Hyundai Elantra

Today on our 2013 Hyundai Elantra, we'll be test fitting the Thule Passage 2-bike carrier, part number TH910XT. Before we begin the test fit, we need to check the instructions or the Thule fit guide to determine where our fit dial should be set at. For this vehicle we have the dial set at dial number 7. We'll go ahead and set the carrier onto the trunk, and put the top hooks to the top of the trunk. We want to make sure that the lower part of our bike rack is sitting on the upper tier of our bumper. We'll then set the side hooks to the side of the trunk below the tail lights, and the bottom hooks to the bottom of the trunk.



Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Hyundai Elantra

Today on our 2013 Hyundai Elantra well be test fitting the Thule Domestique Fork Mounted Bike Carrier, part number th513. To begin our test fit I went ahead and removed the skewer and loosened up the bolts to free up our front clamp. Well go ahead and take our carrier and place it on top of our load bars. We want to make sure that the front clamp fits around our front load bar and that our rear clamp fits around our rear load bar. Well go ahead and secure the front part of our carrier by tightening down each of the bolts to secure our clamp. Now we can move to the rear and use an Allen key to tighten down the bolts and secure the rear of our carrier.



Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Hyundai Elantra

Today on our 2013 Hyundai Elantra were going to be test fitting the Swagman Fork Style Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number s64710. To begin our test fit we already have a roof rack system installed on our vehicle so were going to begin by placing our carrier on top of our load bars. At the front, well go ahead and fit the u-bolts around our load bars and use the wing nuts to secure the front of the bike rack. At the rear, well take a u-bolt and fit it through the top of the carrier. Well go ahead and run the bolt through our clamp and then secure by tightening down the wing nuts. With that done, our bike rack is secured to our vehicle and were ready to load up our bike.



RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Hyundai Elantra

Today on our 2013 Hyundai Elantra, we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod stretch roof-mounted bike carrier, part number RKY1011. With the roof rack system already assembled onto the vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicle's load bars. We'll go ahead and remove the black plastic cap to bring the rubber-coated steel straps around the front load bar and hook them into position. Once we have these into position, we can then go ahead and use an Allen key to tighten them down. We'll go ahead and replace the black plastic cap, and then move to the rear, where we'll undo the Allen bolts and swing around our clamp to fit our load bar. Once we have the clamp into position, we can then tighten down the Allen bolts with the Allen key, and secure it to our carrier.



Hollywood Racks Baja 2 Trunk Bike Rack Review - 2013 Hyundai Elantra

Today on our 2013 Hyundai Elantra well be test fitting the Hollywood Racks Baja 2-Bike Carrier, part number hrb2. To begin our test fit well go ahead and fit the carrier onto our vehicle. We want to make sure that the bottom part of the carrier is resting on the upper tier of the bumper. At this point, we can judge where our arms need to be. They need to be level or slightly inclined. We can use the levers on the side of the bike rack to adjust as necessary.



Hollywood Racks Expedition Trunk Bike Rack Review - 2013 Hyundai Elantra

Today on our 2013 Hyundai Elantra well be test fitting the Hollywood Racks Expedition 2-Bike Carrier, part number hrf6-2. To begin our test fit well place the carrier onto the trunk of our vehicle. We want to make sure that the lower part of our carrier is on the upper tier of our bumper. At the top of the carrier, the bike has a high pitch which is ideal for being able to go over a spoiler. Once we have that set, we can go ahead and set our hooks in place. Well set the top hooks at the top part of the trunk, the side hooks at the sides just below the taillights, and the bottom hooks at the base of the trunk.



Swagman Titan Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Hyundai Elantra

Today on our 2013 Hyundai Elantra we'll be test fitting the Swagman Titan Four Bike Carrier, part number s63410. Now to begin our test fit we'll slide the shank of the carrier into the opening of the hitch, line up our pin holes, thread our anti-rattle bolt through the pin holes and tighten with a wrench. Now with our Swagman tightened secured to our Hyundai Elantra we'll go over a few clearance measurements to see how they fit together.From the rear of the carrier we have about 14 inches ground clearance. Closest part of the carrier to the closest part of the vehicle here at the bumper is about seven inches. With the cradle arms folded down we've added about 18 inches to the overall length of the vehicle. We can now pull the black lever at the top of the mast to swing the cradle arms out and for the vehicle's rear bumper to the end of the cradle arms we've added an additional 36 inches to the overall length of the vehicle.Now with this bike carrier you can access the trunk of the vehicle with the mast in its upright position or you can pull the black lever at the base of carrier to tilt the mast down to be able to load larger cargo easier.



Thule Vertex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Hyundai Elantra

Today on our 2013 Hyundai Elantra, we'll be test fitting the Thule Vertex 4 Bike Carrier, part number TH9029. Now, we've already gone ahead and removed our 2-inch adapter from the bike rack shank so we're ready to fit it to the vehicle. We'll slide our shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole and install and tighten down our anti-rattle bolt. Now that our bolt is tight, our bike rack is secured to the vehicle. We'll now go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is 9-1/2 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is 4 inches.



Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Hyundai Elantra

Today on our 2013 Hyundai Elantra, we'll be test fitting part number TH934XTR. This is the Thule Hitching Post Pro 4 Bike Hitch Mounted Bike Rack for both 1-1/4-inch and 2-inch hitches. Now to begin our test fit, we'll remove the 2-inch adapter from the bike rack shank. We can then slide the shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole, and install and tighten down our anti-rattle bolt. With our anti-rattle bolt tight, our bike rack is secured to the vehicle. We'll now go ahead and give you a few measurements.



SportRack EZ Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Hyundai Elantra

Today on our 2013 Hyundai Elantra, we'll be test fitting part number A30901. This is the SportRack 2 Bike Hitch Mounted Bike Rack for both 1-1/4-inch and 2-inch hitches. Now with our 2-inch adapter already removed, we'll simply slide our bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole, and install and tighten down our anti-rattle bolt. Now that our bolt is tight, our bike rack is secured to the vehicle. We'll now go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is 14-1/2 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is 7 inches.



Pro Series Q-Slot Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Hyundai Elantra

Today on our 2013 Hyundai Elantra, we'll be test fitting the Pro Series Q-Slot Platform Style 2 Bike Carrier, part number PS63134. Now to begin our test fit, we'll go ahead and remove the 2-inch adapter from our bike rack shank. We can then slide the shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole, and install our hitch pin. We'll put the safety clip on the other side of the pin which will secure our bike rack to the vehicle. We'll now go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is 13-1/2 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is 8 inches.



Kuat Sherpa Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Hyundai Elantra

Today on our 2013 Hyundai Elantra, we'll be test fitting the Kuat Sherpa Aluminum Hitch Mounted 2 Bike Rack, part number S102. Now, we've already gone ahead and removed our 2-inch adapter from the bike shank, so we'll slide the shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole, and install our hitch pin. We'll then move to the back of the shank where we'll tighten the knob down, securing our bike rack to the vehicle. We'll now go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is 9-1/2 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is 1 inch. We'll now go ahead and unfold the bike rack platform and open our trunk.





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