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Rhino-Rack Ski and Snowboard Carrier - Locking - 6 Pairs of Skis or 4 Boards
E trailer I have a 2019 Mazda6 and purchased the rhino rack series 2500 parts (fit kit #DK289, foot pack #RRRLKVA, aero crossbars#RRVA126B-2), and the rhino rack snowboard/ski carrier #RR576. My car does have fixed mounting points underneath the strip on the roof so I opted to add them to my roof and not use the clamp for kit that goes in the door jam. Every time I entered the year, make, and model of my car, the parts came up with the clamp fit kit part #DK387 which I did not want. But after some research, I found the correct fixed mounting point fit kit. The site of course told me that this part wouldn’t fit my car but after looking at the customer reviews, I saw them used on Mazdas. All of the rhino rack instructions were not the best. We did have to make some adjustments. One of the instruction packs tells you how long you’re supposed to cut the rubber pieces that go into the crossbars based on your car but unfortunately, the measurements were wrong for my car (picture- front 166mm is wrong). The front bar length was about an inch too short and I had to add more rubber to make it longer to fit the fixed mounting points on my roof. After some time of trying to interpret the instructions, and looking up whatever available instructional videos were online, we finally finished installing them and they do look really nice. At higher speeds on the highway I can definitely hear more noise. The actual snowboard carrier is fine, fits all 4 boards fine. It is a little difficult to close once I have my boards in there because you have to push the top bar all the way down and hold it down to be able to turn the key to lock it. I’m just happy I don’t have to shove the boards in my trunk. I do like that all the parts in this series come with locks and keys. So far no problems. Overall good product.
This rack works great with the four pairs of skis I lugged from Oregon to Alaska. I'm using it on the beef rack cross bars that came with my go fast camper which are very difficult to find mountings for. This one worked great though with a little bit of metal grinding on the bolts that slide into the t-slot of the rack. It locks and unlocks fairly easily (with a little bit of jangling involved), but so far so good!
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SeaSucker Ski and Snowboard Carrier - Vacuum Cup Mounted - 4 Pairs of Skis or 2 Boards
Quite an amazing product. When it arrives, you think, "Oh man, how is this going to make it the whole trip?" But I can tell you that I traveled from Fort Worth to A-basin/Keystone and back with no issues. That's 1640 miles there and back at speeds up to 85 mph and at least 3 of the world's climate zones on just this one trip. It is best practice to give each of the suction plungers a few taps every time you gas up, but I forgot a few times and it still caused no issues. Simple assembly with 4 suction cups and 2 of the high-density plastic racks that connect to each other with an included alan key and headless screw. Also includes the high tension straps you'll need to fasten skis/boards at the front and rear of your gear. When I say this rack was solid, I mean like I'd touch it to test for stability while driving and gassing up and it felt like it was sitting in hardened cement. Absolutely rock solid. And, there's a spare strap and plunger included. A couple minor things worth noting (but none of these could justify taking away from the 5-star rating I gave this product): - The suction cups require a clean surface, so don't take this lightly. I took mine to a car wash right before mounting. - The clean surface must also be smooth and seamless. I didn't notice until I started mounting that my truck has a grooved roof, so I had to put 1 rack on the bed cap roof. It worked great. - I wish there was an option just for skis b/c these racks were about 1" too tall to fit in the garage while mounted to the roof, and it's obvious the height of this product is to also accommodate snowboarders. Like I said, minor stuff. 5-stars all the way. You won't regret it!
Only used them once for a 4 hour drive to the slopes. Transported two snowboards at highway speeds for a majority of the travel. Mounts stayed planted and were still very secure at arrival. Nice to be able to remove to when at destination while traveling around locally.
Whispbar Roof Ski and Snowboard Carrier Review - 2014 Ford Taurus
Today on our 2014 Ford Taurus, we'll be test fitting the Whispbar Locking Rooftop Ski and Snowboard Carrier for 6 Skis or 4 Boards, part number WB-300. With the Whispbar Through Bar already on our Taurus, we'll go ahead and place the front half of the carrier on the front bar. Now we'll go ahead and pull the strap under the bar and around to the back side of the carrier. We'll secure the buckle to the back, and we can do the same thing for the driver's side. Now with both straps in place, we can go ahead and open up the carrier. We'll go ahead and tighten down the quick-release screws up top, and when they're snug, we can push them back down. That will lock the carrier onto the bars. Now we're going to grab our rear carrier. We'll place it on the rear bar, making sure that it's aligned with the front bar, and repeat the tightening process we did up front. With the bars in place, we can go ahead and open up the jaws of the carrier, and we can slide in our snowboard and our skis.
Yakima FatCat Ski and Snowboard Carrier Review - 2014 Ford Taurus
Today on our 2014 Ford Taurus, we will be test fitting the Yakima FatCat 6, locking rooftop ski and snowboard carrier for six skis or four boards. Part number Y03088. With the Whispbar Through bar system already on our Taurus, we can place the front carrier on the bar. To install the carrier, we'll move the rubber strap underneath the bar and connect it on the backside with the buckle. We'll move to the driver's side and do the same thing. With the straps securing the carrier to the rack, we'll go ahead and open up the jaws. We'll do that by pressing the black button on the side, we'll swing the jaws upward and there's a quick release tab that we'll use to tighten it down to the rack. Just tighten down the screw and push it back down into place.
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