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This Thule roof rack lets you carry cargo and gear on your vehicle. Aerodynamic crossbars with split rubber strips in top channels work with channel-mount and clamp-on accessories. Installs to flush rails on your vehicle's roof.
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Hi, John with etrailer. Okay, so you have your Telluride, you have the third row seating, and you still need more room. Here's a popular accessory. This is the Thule Roof Rack System. It's going on our 2023 Kia Telluride. One of the reasons I like this system so much is just maybe, for this, you can throw a roof box up here and gain a ton of space inside your vehicle.
A lot of times if you're traveling, your hitch is already gonna be used either towing the trailer or if you have a bike rack or something back there. It's easier to load bikes on the back than up on the roof. But, this system can take a bike rack as well. Can also load kayaks up there. All right, so the crossbars come in black.
They also come in silver, so it's gonna give you a couple of different color choice combinations. They are 53-inch crossbars. They're gonna add approximately 4 inches of height from your rail up to the top up here. If you have T-slot accessories, this is something else I like. You just flip this forward and you have access to the T-slot here.
So another feature that I like is the noise or wind noise. These crossbars are pretty aerodynamic. Everything touching your Telluride is gonna have a rubberized surface, even the coatings down here. Now, if you would prefer to have a little bit more security, we do have lock cords available. So you could actually lock these crossbars to the Telluride.
Now this system is super easy to install. It'll take you maybe 30 minutes. You can do it in your garage. You can do it on your driveway. If you wanna see how we did it, stick around. All right, so to begin the install here, we've already got one of the crossbars installed. So that's gonna be our end result. What we can do right now is show you how to assemble the crossbar. We're gonna have everything here that came in the kit. You have the feet, you've got the crossbar itself, the end caps, then you have the custom fit kit here. Also, this is a torque tool. It's really an Allen head but it'll torque to a specified setting so that we know that our feet are on tight. So to begin with, we can assemble our feet. We're gonna grab one foot here, and this is gonna be the top section. These parts on the fit kit actually are stamped A and then C. So go ahead and grab A. I'm gonna slide that over the tabs, like that. We'll take one of the feet, and then just snap in to the bottom of it, like that. And then you could take part C here. We're gonna go over the hook, and then we'll have the screw exposed there. Then take, you have a threaded end on this nut. And then you have the hex head end, which the tool's gonna insert into. So we'll take the threaded end and just spin this on about two rotations or so. And essentially, this foot's complete. We'll go ahead and repeat that for the other. Now with our feet assembled, we're gonna go ahead and install them on the crossbar. We can take the crossbar. Underneath you'll see that it has a T-slot, and the top of our foot has the metal and the two plastic fittings on top. This will actually just slide in, like that, and it's a good time to go ahead and put our end cap on, (end cap clicks) like that. We'll go ahead and repeat this on the other side. With the crossbar assembled with the feet, we'll go ahead, and we can swing this up and over it. Be good to have an extra set of hands, but these are pretty light and it's not too bad to handle. And we'll set these on our rails. Now, I marked with painter's tape on the car the minimum distance that Thule recommends to have these crossbars set up. We can see how the different widths are gonna affect it. If you have different accessories, you can move 'em back and forth. Just make sure that you don't go any closer than the minimum recommended distance. So once we have it set up here, everything is still loose. You can see the crossbar is able to move left and right. So you'll gonna want to center this. You can get a tape measure or just eyeball it. We're gonna go ahead. Set it in here. This should be pretty good. So once you're satisfied that you're equal both left and right, and forward and backwards, we can go ahead and tighten it down. And this system is pretty good. You'll insert the provided tool, and just start spinning clockwise. Now, this motion is gonna tighten both the clamp at the bottom and the crossbar itself all in one. That's what I really like about it. Once you have it snugged on one side, come around to the other side and just go ahead and do the same thing. You don't wanna fully clamp one side and still have the other side loose. So with both sides snugged, we'll come in for a final torque. And again, this tool is gonna do all the work for you. It will simply just click, kinda like your gas cap when it's reached the recommended torque that Thule wants. (clamp clicks) Now once you have all four feet torque down the specifications, then we can put our end caps on. You'll see that this has a flathead screwdriver and you'll turn it to lock it on like that. So in order to put it in, will be horizontal. Go ahead, match it up there, and give it a quarter turn so that it's vertical and it's locked on. And that was a look at the Thule Roof Rack Kit on our 2023 Kia Telluride.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (312 Customer Reviews)
This Thule roof rack lets you carry cargo and gear on your vehicle. Aerodynamic crossbars with split rubber strips in top channels work with channel-mount and clamp-on accessories. Installs to flush rails on your vehicle's roof.One of the rubber strips came off somehow. I just used these bars for the second time.
Easy to assemble and install. Love the way etrailer packages everything you need and they all are correct for the vehicle you are mounting them on. Once installed they appear very strong. Installed on a 2023 Chevy Tahoe and did not interfere with the sunroof.
Very sturdy. Works well. The attachment to the roof rails on my 2023 chevy suburban works well. The "C" clamp design mechanism holds it tightly and securely in place. No fear of anything coming loose and falling off like other racks I have tried to use.
I purchase these along w the Thule Evo Fixpoint feet & Thule mounting points. Took less than an hour to put together & it was pretty simple. I don’t notice any whistling noises at all so that’s great. Looks super awesome! If you’re thinking of getting a roof rack definitely go with the Thule, looks low profile and sleek.
I ordered the Thule WingBar Evo Crossbars - Aluminum - Silver - 50" with the Evo Flush Rail Feet for Thule Crossbars - Flush Side Rails and the Fit Kit for Thule Evo Flush Rail and Edge Flush Rail Roof Rack Feet for my 2020 Mazda CX9. I appreciated the product selector to make sure I was getting all the correct parts. I was happy with the products, but I did run into an issue where 1 of the rail feet had a defective bolt which required a replacement. I was very satisfied with etrailer's customer support, and how well they worked with me to get the part replaced quickly. I'm giving this a 4 start only because of the hassle of receiving a defective one initially
I was a bit surprised that there was as much assembly required as there was but it the instructions were simple to follow and it only took a few minutes.
Love the installed kit.
Once the mounting kit was installed, the fit was great. Too expensive though. etrailer ordering and shipping process was fantastic.
Easy to install. Super-fast shipping. Quality product. Glad I shopped with etrailer.
Website is easy to use & is better at putting together the correct package than Thule’s site.
etrailer had all the parts in stock for my 2020 Kia Telluride.
Payment process was simple.
Received periodic updates from staffer on my order & could actually reply if needed.
Installing the roof rack went well. Estimate start to finish was about 2 hours. Found it best to really examine each diagram in Thule’s step by step instructions to get it all right on the first try.
Hardness part of the installation was getting the crossbars installed at the proper distances. A tailor’s soft measuring tape & some masking were great aids.
The WingBar Evo Crossbars are exactly as pictured on the etrailer website. They're strong, well made, install quickly, and don't seem to create much noise at highway speeds. Highly recommended!
Thule Rack looks awesome on my Kia Telluride. Products took a while to get to me because they were on backorder but it's not etrailer, they were on backorder everywhere. I messed up one of the pieces of rubber while installing and etrailer sent me a new one at no charge. Definitely recommend etrailer.
Very pleased with order. Shipped fast, not damaged, all parts accounted for. Easy install, very sturdy, and attractive design. Slight wind noise but that was expected compared to not having a roof rack.
This is my first Thule product but not my last. etrailer was great to deal with the videos on how to install the product were so helpful. Between etrailer's help and all the reviews that other people had purchased and posted made this a very pleasant purchase and install. I highly recommend etrailer and the complete Thule WingBar system including the keylocks that worked perfectly.
Favorite bar Thule makes. Super solid.
Worked as promised. Easy install. We use it for our Kuat bike rack. If you need it for your ID.4 (AWD) get it.
Alex and etrailer are great to work with. My original order was misplaced by the shipping company. I needed the cross bars for a trip and Alex overnighted an extra pair so that I had what I needed. Alex came through when I needed his help. Great customer service.
Excellent product- easy to assemble- th anks
Excellent product- easy to assemble- th anks
Solid roof rack, but get help from etrailer to make sure you get the core feet.
Excellent product. Arrived when promised. Very pleased. Thank you.
Fits perfectly on my wife's Sorento.
Fits perfectly on my wife's Sorento.
The Thule Bars are well made and installed easily
The e trailer representive was helpful and knowledgeable about the products
50 " bars are perfect for my 2024 Outback Wilderness. Super Stout and ready for my Yakima Road Warrior.
I’ve had it on my 2021 Kia Telluride now for a few months and it works great. When I was mounting the forward bar, I opened the sun roof to make sure I was comfortable with the roof window and bar clearance.
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