Yakima Towers RoundBar SL Adapter Review- Video
Today we're going to be taking a look at, and showing you how to install, the Yakima RoundBar SL Adapter for the Yakima BaseLine, SkyLine, TimberLine, and RidgeLine Towers, part number Y03536. These adapters allow you to use your new or existing Yakima RoundBars with Yakima's updated towers. This will in turn allow you to continue to use your existing RoundBar accessories. The kit comes with four adapters, and they are easy to install. Now that we've gone over some of the features, let's go ahead and show you how it installs. We have our TimberLine foot here, and how this works .. Take this center piece out. more
Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2017 Buick Envision Y00148- Video
Speaker 1: Today is our 2017 Buick Envision. We're going to be test fitting Yakima round bar roof rack system, consisting of the round cross bars for the roof rack system, the sky line towers for the Yakima cross bars, the adapter kit to have round bars fit onto the skyline towers, and finally the landing pads which attaches to your pre-existing points on your flush side mounts.The Yakima round bar roof rack system is great for carrying a wide variety of accessories on your roof, or freeing up space inside your vehicle. This can carry bike racks, cargo baskets, and kayak carriers. The bars have a combined carrying capacity of 165 pounds, although you always want to double check with your vehicle's manual, to make sure your roof can handle those weights. These do mount to fixed points, so you don't have to worry about measuring out for cross bar spreads. And once you remove the bars themselves, they do come with end caps so you don't have to remove the landing pads and they're ready for your use next time.At the ends of each of our towers, we do have these removable caps which you can replace with the Yakima same key system. more
Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2018 Cadillac XT5- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 Cadillac XT5 we're going to be test fitting the Yakima Round Bar Roof Rack System, consisting of part numbers Y00408. These are the 48" crossbars for the roof rack system. Part number Y00148, these are the SkyLine Towers for the fixed mounting point. Part number Y03536, this is the SL Adaptor for roof rack towers, to the roof rack bars, and finally, part number Y00245, and this is the Landing Pad that sits on top of your flush mount side rails here, and everything connects to.Now this is a great roof rack system to carry a wide variety of accessories, such as bike racks, cargo baskets or cargo boxes. These are particularly sturdy bars, that have a high weight capacity, although they cannot be used with T Track accessories. They're also going to produce quite a bit of noise while you drive, however Yakima does have fairings that they sell online separately, to take down that wind noise and drag. more
Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2018 Chevrolet Malibu y00146- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 Chevrolet Malibu, we're gonna be test-fitting the Yakima round bar roof rack system, consisting of part number Y00409, these are the 58-inch round cross bars, part number Y00146, these are the baseline towers for the Yakima cross bars, particularly for naked roofs, part number Y03536, and this is the round bar SL adapter for the Yakima base line, and finally part number Y06123 and this is gonna be the base clip fit kit for the Malibu.The rider rack round bar roof rack system is great for carrying a wide variety of accessories on your roof while freeing up space inside your Malibu. It can carry anything from bike racks to cargo baskets to cargo boxes. While the round bars are both durable and strong, they are gonna make noise while you drive, so you might have to purchase aftermarket bearings to cut down that wind noise and drag, which you can find on etrailer.com.These are very easy to install. They simply clamp around your existing doorframe and tighten down into place. Everything is provided to tighten this down to your vehicle as well. And at the ends of our end caps, we do have plastic knockouts, which you can remove and replace with Yakima same key system which is sold separately. more
Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2017 Chevrolet Trax y00147- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Chevrolet Trax we're going to be taking a look at the Yakima Round Bar Roof Rack System. Included in the kit, you're going to be getting the 48 inch round bars, the timberline towers, and the round bar adapters.The round design is not only suitable for kayak carriers, bike racks, cargo baskets and cargo carriers, but it also works well with bungee cords and other ratchet straps that will attach easily to it with our hooks. One of the great things about these round bars is their 220 pound load capacity. Unlike the standard aluminum arrow bars that only hold 165 pounds, you can load up that extra gear that you wouldn't be able to otherwise. You can also get the Yakima Same Key System, which will come with locking cylinders for all of your timberline towers, and it'll have one key to match all of them. This be found at etrailer.com with part number Y07204.This roof rack system will add about 3 inches to the height of your vehicle. more
Yakima Roof Rack Installation - 2018 Ford Escape y00147- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 Ford Escape, we're gonna be test fitting the Yakima RoundBar roof rack system consisting of part numbers Y00408. These are the 48 inch crossbars. We'll also be using part number Y03536, which is the round bar SL adapter kit. And finally part number Y00147 and this are the TimberLine towers for the Yakima crossbar, particularly for factory raised side rails. The Yakima RoundBar roof rack system's great for carrying a wide variety of accessories on your Escape while freeing up space inside your vehicle. This can carry anything from bike racks to cargo baskets to cargo boxes. more
Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2017 Ford F-150 y00146- Video
Today in our 2017 Ford F150, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima round cross bar roof rack system consisting of part number Y00409. These are the 58" cross bars. Part number Y00146. These are the baseline towers for the Yakima cross bars. Part number Y03536, and this is the round bar SL adaptor for the Yakima baseline towers, and part number Y06122, and this is the fit kit for the Ford F150. The Yakima cross bar roof rack system is great for carrying a wide variety of objects on top of your roof while freeing up space inside your truck and truck bed. It can also serve as an extension piece if you have a ladder rack to carry your ladders, your lumber, or whatever it is you're hauling. more
Yakima Roof Rack Installation - 2018 GMC Acadia Y00147- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 GMC Acadia, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima Round Bar Roof Rack System, consisting of part numbers Y00408, these are the 48 inch cross bars, part number Y03536, which is the round bar SL adaptor for the Yakima Baseline, Skyline, Timberline, and Ridgeline towers, and finally part number Y00147, and these are the Timberline towers for Yakima cross bars, particularly for factory raised side rails.The Yakima Round Bar Roof Rack System is great for carrying a wide variety of accessories on your roof, while freeing up space inside your vehicle. This can carry anything from bike racks to ski and snowboard carriers, to kayak carriers. This is a very simple roof rack to install into your factory side rails. It simply wraps around your factory side rails and gets tied down with this bolt here, and on the end of the end caps, we do have this knock out that you can replace with the Yakima same key system, which is sold separately, so not only can you secure it to your factory side rails, you can make it keyed alike with your accessories as well. While these round bars are nice and sturdy, they are going to make noise while you drive. You can purchase several fairings, which we offer at etrailer.com, or you can upgrade to arrow bars.Next, I'd like to give you a couple quick measurements. more
Yakima Roof Rack Installation - 2013 Honda Accord- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2013 Honda Accord, we're gonna be test fitting the Yakima RoundBar roof rack system, consisting of part numbers Y00409. These are the round 50-inch crossbars for the Yakima roof rack systems. Part number Y00146, theses are the baseline towers for the Yakima crossbars. Part number Y03536, this is the RoundBar SL adapter for the Yakima baseline, Skyline, Timberline and Ridgeline towers. Part number Y06148 and Y006150, and these are the base clip fit kits that you're gonna need for your vehicle.The Yakima RoundBar roof rack system is great for carrying a wide variety of accessories on your rook or freeing up space inside your vehicle. These bars are tough and durable, and together have a combined carrying capacity of 220 pounds, but you always wanna check with your vehicle's manual to make sure you roof can withstand those weights.They're very easy to install. more
Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2016 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2016 Honda CRV, we're going to be testing the Yakima round bar roof rack system, consisting of part numbers Y00409, these are the round 58 inch cross bars, part number Y00146, these are the baseline tower for the Yakima cross bars, and part number Y03536, which is the round bar SL adapter kit for the Yakima baseline towers, and part numbers Y06148 and Y06152, which are the base clip fit kits for the Honda CRV. The Yakima round bar roof rack system is great for carrying a wide variety of accessories on your roof while freeing up space inside your vehicle for you and your family. The two bars have a combined carrying capacity of 165 pounds although you always want to double check with your vehicle's manual to make sure your roof can withstand that weight. Both of the end caps do come with knock outs which you can replace with the Yakima same key system so you can actually utilize this with your Yakima accessories and make everything key alike. Now that we've gone over some of the features of the roof rack system, let's go ahead and show you how it installs. We have our rear bar partially assembled on our table here, and our next step is to install our base tower to the other end of our bar. So we'll take our baseline tower, take this plastic adapter piece, and that gets pushed on the top here till you hear a couple clicks. Then we'll take our round bar adapter, place that, line up with the screw, then we'll come around to the front of the baseline tower, pull this portion out so we can see the screw that we need to tighten down with our included tool. more
Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2016 Honda Pilot- Video
Speaker 1: Today in our 2016 Honda Pilot, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima Round Bar Roof Rack System consisting of part numbers Y00409, these are the round crossbars on the top here, and these are 58 inches long.We'll also be using part number Y03536, and this is the Round Bar Adapter Kit for the Yakima towers.We'll also be using part number Y00146. These are the Baseline Towers designed for naked roofs.Finally, to attach it to the vehicle, we're using the Base Clip Fit Kit part number Y06152.This is going to be the same for the rear bars as well. These are great sturdy cross bars for your roof, and car carry a wide variety of accessories such as bike racks, cargo carriers, excuse me, cargo baskets, and cargo boxes.While, they are exceptionally sturdy, they do cause noise while you drive. Now, you can purchase fairings that you can find on etrailer.com to help cut down that wind noise and drag, or you can upgrade to the Yakima core bars that also utilize this tower system.Moving onto the towers themselves, at the end caps here, we do have these plastic portions that can be removed and replaced with the Yakima SKS Lock Core System, so you can secure it to your vehicle and make it key to like with the accessories that you're hauling.Removing our end cap here you can see how everything attaches to the vehicle itself. We have the clamp that attaches to the door frame, as well as the pad underneath. So, your vehicle isn't going to get damaged or scratched once this is installed, because the clamp is also padded once it's being installed.So, let's go ahead and show you how the rear bar gets put into place. more
Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2016 Jeep Cherokee Y00147- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2016 Jeep Cherokee, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima RoundBar Roof Rack System consisting of part numbers Y00408. These are the round crossbars 48" long. We'll also be using part number Y03536, which is the RoundBar SL Adapter for the Yakima Bars, and finally part number Y00147. These are the TimberLine Towers for the Yakima Crossbars, particularly for the factory raised side rails.The Yakima RoundBar Roof Rack System is an economical choice for your Jeep Cherokee, has a strong sturdy surface with the bars where you can set your bike racks, your cargo baskets, or your cargo boxes onto. This is a very simple roof rack system to install. The towers here simply wrap around your existing factory raised side rails providing padding where it will make contact so it won't scratch them up or anything like that, and they tighten down and they're ready to go. more
Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee Y00148- Video
Adam: What's going on everybody, Adam here with etrailer. Today we're going to be taking a look at the Yakima round bar roof rack system on our 2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee. We all know that Jeeps are very capable vehicles, but putting a roof rack on top of it is going to definitely widen its amount of capabilities. I really like our etrailer basket on top, just because if you have a bunch of people inside, you have a bunch of other stuff in the back, we can actually pretty much double the amount that we can fit in the back up on top of our roof. Another thing you can do is we have J-style carriers that you can put up on top to get two kayaks to and from your destination.With 48 inches of crossbars, we are going to have a lot of different things we can put up on there. I've seen a bunch of different bike racks on there. more
Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee, we're gonna be test fitting the Yakima RoundBar roof rack system, consisting of part numbers Y00408, these are the round 48 inch crossbars, part number Y00148, these are the skyline towers for the Yakima crossbars for fixed mounting parts, part number Y003536, which is the RoundBar SL adapter for the Yakima baseline, skyline, timberline towers, and finally part number Y00244. This is the landing pad kit to fit specifically on your Jeep Grand Cherokee.The Yakima RoundBar roof rack system is great for carrying a wide variety of accessories on your roof while freeing up space inside your vehicle. This can carry anything from bike racks to cargo baskets to cargo boxes. With the RoundBars, you may experience some noise while you drive, but Yakima does offer fairings, which you can find on etrailer.com to cut down that wind noise and drag as well. Also with our end caps here, we do have plastic knockouts that can be removed and replaced with the Yakima SKS lock systems, which are sold separately. So, you can actually secure this to your roof, but you can also make it keyed alike with the accessories that you're hauling as well.It's also very easy to use. more
Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2017 Jeep Renegade- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Jeep Renegade we're going to be test fitting the Yakima Round Bar Roof Rack system consisting of part numbers Y00408, these are the 48" cross bars from Yakima, the round style, and part number Y03536, this is the round bar SL adapter for the Timberline Towers, and finally part number Y00147, and these are the Timberline Towers for the Yakima crossbars, particularly for the factory raised side rails.The Yakima Round Bar Roof Rack system is great for carrying a wide variety of accessories on your roof while freeing up space inside your vehicle. It can carry bike racks, cargo baskets, cargo boxes, ski and snowboard carriers, and kayak carriers. The bars are strong and durable, and together have a carrying capacity of 165 pounds, though you always want to double check with your vehicle's manuals to make sure it can withstand those weights. Also, if you wanted to cut down wind noise and drag with the bars, you can purchase a Yakima fairing, which you can find on etrailer.com.It's very easy to install. It simply wraps around your existing factory raised side rail, tightens down, and also tightens down to the bar as well. On our end caps here we do have knockouts for the Yakima Same Key System, which is sold separately, and once you install those not only will it be secured to your roof, but you can also make it keyed alike to the accessories for your roof as well. more
Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2017 Kia Soul Y00148- Video
Today on our 2017 Kia Soul, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima Skyline Roof Rack System consisting of part numbers Y00408. These are the round 48" CrossBars. Part number Y00148, these are the SkyLine Towers. Part number Y03536, and this is the RoundBar SL Adapter for the Yakima Skyline Towers. Part number Y00233, and these are the Landing Pads for the Yakima Control Towers. The Yakima Skyline Roof Rack is great for carrying accessories on your roof and potentially freeing up space in your vehicle. more
Yakima Roof Rack Installation - 2018 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima Round Bar Roof Rack System, consisting of part numbers Y00408. These are the 48" round cross bars for the Yakima Roof Rack System.Part number Y00148, these are the sky line towers for the Yakima cross bars, particularly for fixed mounting points.Part number Y03536, these are the round bar SL adaptor kits for the baseline and skyline and timberline towers.And finally, part number Y00233, this is the landing pad for the fixed mounting points.The Yakima Round Bar Roof Rack System is great for carrying a wide variety of accessories on your roof, while freeing up space inside your Outlander Sport. It gives it a nice factory-style look thanks to the fixed mounting points, and it also takes out a lot of the hassle of having to measure out from center to center to make sure everything's just right like you would with other roof rack systems.While the round bar system is the most economical and one of the more sturdy roof rack systems offered by Yakima, it does have its downsides where you can't use t-track accessories with this and if you wanted to do that, you could upgrade to the Jet Stream roof rack bars. Also, as far as noise is concerned, with round bars you're going to be experiencing a little bit more of that. You can purchase fairings after-market which you can find on etrailer.com to cut down that wind noise and drag, or you can also upgrade to the aero style core bars which are also sold separately.Also, when you're finished using the roof rack system, these are easy to take off. Simply open up the front of the tower like you see there and that unlocks it and when you lift it out, comes with this plastic piece that you push that in place and now you can leave these in and they're ready for next time so you don't have to keep taking off and putting back on our fixed mounting points.Once we put it back down, you can see that there's this plastic knock out here. more
Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2018 Nissan Rogue- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 Nissan Rogue we're going to be doing a test fit on the Yakima RoundBar Roof Rack System using part numbers Y00408 for the 48 inch round crossbars, part number Y03536 for the RoundBar Adapters, and part number Y00147 for the TimberLine Towers for raised factory side rails. This Yakima entry level roof rack system is going to allow you to carry roof mounted accessories on your Rogue, accessories like bike racks, cargo baskets, cargo boxes, and much more.It uses traditional round bars, as opposed to Yakima's JetStream or CoreBars. It's not going to be as aerodynamic or as quiet, but you can pick up a fairing if wind noise and drag is a concern. It's a plastic coated steel bar that will allow you to carry clamp on accessories. The RoundBars are held in place with the TimberLine Towers, which are specifically designed to work with raised rails. They feature a rubber-coated stainless steel strap so they won't harm or scratch any finish. more
Best 2016 Subaru Crosstrek Roof Rack Options- Video
Today we're going to be taking a look at the best roof rack options available for your 2016 Subaru Crosstrek. Now once you click on the roof rack options for your vehicle, these are going to be the top three roof racks. At the top we're going to have the Rhino-Rack SX series roof rack system consisting of part numbers RRVA118B-2, those are the Vortex Aero Crossbars, and part number RRSX005, and these are the SX series legs for the Vortex Aero Crossbars. Next we have the Thule Crossroad roof rack system, consisting of part numbers THARB53, these are the Thule Aeroblade Load Bars, and part number TH450R, and these are the Thule Rapid Crossroad roof-mounted railing foot packs that come with that. And finally we have the Yakima Timberline roof rack system, consisting of part numbers Y00408, these are the round 48 inch crossbars, and part number Y03536, these are the roundbar SL adapters for the Yakima BaseLine, SkyLine, TimberLine, and RidgeLine towers. And finally, part number Y00147, and these are the TimberLine towers for the Yakima crossbars. Now as far as differences between these three roof racks are concerned, the most obvious is the Yakima rack has the round bars while your Thule and Rhino-Racks have the aero bars. Now, there are advantages to having the aero bars just because it can actually cut down on wind noise and drag while you're driving as opposed to the round bars. more
Best 2015 Subaru XV Crosstrek Roof Rack Options- Video
Today we're going to be taking a look at the best roof rack options available for your 2015 Subaru XV Crosstrek. Now once you click on the roof rack options for your vehicle these are going to be the top three roof racks. At the top we're going to have the Rhino-Rack SX Series Roof Rack System, consisting of part numbers RRVA118B-2. Those are the Vortex Aero Crossbars and part number RRSX005, and these are the SX Series Legs for the Vortex Aero Crossbars. Next we have the Thule Crossroad Roof Rack System, consisting of part numbers THARB53, these are the Thule Aeroblade Load Bars, and part number TH450R, and these are the Thule Rapid Crossroad Roof Mounted Railing Foot Packs that come with that. Finally we have the Yakima TimberLine Roof Rack System, consisting of part number Y00408. These are the round 48 inch crossbars, and part number Y03536, these are the RoundBar SL Adapters for the Yakima BaseLine, SkyLine, and RidgeLine Towers. more
Best 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek Roof Rack Options- Video
Today we're going to be taking a look at the best roof rack options for the 2014 Subaru XT Crosstrek. Once you click on the roof rack options for your vehicle, these are going to be the top three roof racks. At the top we're going to have the Rhino-Rack SX series roof rack system, consisting of part numbers RRVA118B-2. Those are the vortex aero crossbars, and part number RRSX005. These are the SX series legs for the vortex arrow crossbars. Next, we have a Thule Crossroad roof rack system, consisting of part numbers THARB53. more
Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek- Video
Today in our 2014 Subaru XT Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima roof-rack system, consisting of part number Y00408. These are the 48-inch crossbars. Part number Y03536, and these are the round-bar SL adapter kits for the Yakima Baseline, Skyline, and Timberline, and Ridgeline towers, and part number Y00147. These are the Timberline towers for Yakima crossbars, specifically for the raised factory side rails. The Yakima roof-rack system is great for carrying a wide variety of accessories on your roof, ranging from bike racks to cargo baskets, to cargo boxes, to water-sport carriers, such as for Kayaks and canoes. To carry these items on your roof, you have two very strong and durable crossbars that have a carrying capacity of 220 pounds, although always double check with your vehicle's manual to make sure your vehicle can withstand that weight on its roof. This is very easy to install. It simply wraps around the factory raised side rails of your vehicle, and can fit multiple cars with these factory side rails. more
Best 2013 Subaru XV Crosstrek Roof Rack Options- Video
Today we're going to be taking a look at the best roof rack options available for your 2013 Subaru XV Crosstrek. Now once you click on the roof rack options for your vehicle, these are going to be the top three roof racks. At the top we're going to have the Rhino-Rack SX Series roof rack system consisting of part numbers RRVA118B-2, those are the Vortex Aero crossbars, and part number RRSX005. These are the SX Series legs for the Vortex Aero crossbars. Next we have the Thule Crossroad roof rack system consisting of part numbers THARB53, these are the Thule AeroBlade load bars, and part number TH450R. These are the Thule Rapid Crossroad roof-mounted railing foot packs that come with that. Finally, we have the Yakima TimberLine roof rack system consisting of part numbers Y00408, these are the round 48" crossbars, and part number Y03536. more
Yakima Roof Rack Installation - 2017 Toyota 4Runner- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Toyota 4Runner we're going to be test fitting the Yakima RoundBar Roof Rack System, consisting of part numbers Y00408, these are the round 48 crossbars, part number Y03536, this is the RoundBar SL adapter kit and part number Y00147 and these are the Timberline towers for the Yakima crossbars, particularly for factory raised side rails. The Yakima RoundBar Roof Rack System is great for carrying a wide variety of accessories on your roof while freeing up space inside your vehicle. This can carry anything from bike racks to cargo baskets to cargo boxes. The RoundBars are strong and durable, however, you may experience some sound and noise while you're driving around with these. Yakima does have fairings that they offer to cut down the wind noise and drag, which you can find on etrailer.com or you can upgrade these bars to either the CoreBars or the JetStream bars as well.Our end caps are lockable by knocking out these plastic portions here. Not only can you secure it to your factory raised side rails but you can also make it keyed alike with your accessories. more
Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2014 Toyota Prius c- Video
Speaker 1: Today, on our 2014 Toyota Prius C, we'll be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Yakima Roof Rack System. This is going to consist of the Yakima Round Bars, part number: Y00408, the baseline towers, part number: Y00146, the adapters for our baseline towers, part number: Y03536, and our fit kit for our Prius, part number: Y06135 and Y06179.The Yakima Round Bar Roof Rack System is a great solution for carrying your vehicle accessories on your roof, whether those are bike racks, ski and snowboard carriers, or cargo baskets as long as they work with the round bars. The crossbars are made out of a solid steel construction, so they're strong and durable and they have a rubber coating, which will help to prevent rust and corrosion.The baseline towers are going to allow us to secure our crossbars to our roof rack, and these do have the option to place in the Yakima Same Key System Lock Core and that's going to prevent theft and tampering. When we remove the cover, you can see our fit kit on the inside. This is going to be custom-cut to our vehicle to give us a nice, secure fit. Any portion that actually touches our vehicle is going to have a rubber coating to prevent any scratches or abrasions.The baseline towers have a weight capacity of 220 pounds, though you do want to double check your vehicle's owner's manual to make sure your roof can withstand that much weight. more
