Installing the Roadmaster Tail Light Wiring Kit for Towed Vehicles on your 2007 Saturn Vue- Video
Today on our 2007 Saturn Vue, we're gonna be showing you how to install the Roadmaster Tail Light Wiring Kit for Towed Vehicles. This is the LED bulb and socket kit. The part number is: RM-152-LED. Now, our wiring installation process is gonna begin just before we put the fascia back on the car. This is gonna give us an ideal time to get in here without the fascia being in the way and restricting our access. So we're gonna go back behind the engine compartment now and route our wire up so it'll come out in this area down around where our bracket's gonna be located. more
7/24/2017 2:12:50 PM
Mount: Blue Ox Base Plate Kit on a 2007 Saturn Vue- Video
Today on our 2007 Saturn Vue, we're going to take a look at and show you how to install the Blue Ox Base Plate with Removable Arms. Part number is BX3335. Our connection points that this provides are going to give us the perfect solution for being able to haul our car behind our coach and get to our campsite or our destination safely. With a quick pull of the pin and turn, we're going to be able to get those removed. It's going to be pretty inconspicuous at that point. Those we'll be able to place in, that's going to keep out any of that dirt or debris and prevent it from getting inside. more
4/25/2017 10:19:24 AM
Today on our 2008 Saturn Vue we're going to take a look at and also show you how to install the SMI Coachlink 900. This is a wireless transmitter and receiver braking indicator set. Part number is SM99945. All right, here's what our Coachlink system's going to look like. We're going to have the monitor for the receiver portion. This is going to basically just plug into 12 volt power in your coach, and we'll put it somewhere visible up on our dashboard. more
4/13/2017 10:12:06 AM
Best 2008 Saturn Outlook Hitch Options- Video
Today our 2008 Saturn Outlook, we're gonna be taking a look at the best hitch options available. The two hitches we'll be taking a look at today are both class 3, with a 2 inch by 2 inch opening. First off, we have our Curt and that's part number 13424, and then we have our Draw-Tite, and that's part number 75528. As you can see, our Curt has a square tube design, whereas our Draw-Tite has a round tube design. It doesn't rightly matter, cause both can be tucked up behind our bumper, underneath the appearance panel. You'll then be able to remove the appearance panel when you'd like to access the hitch. When it comes to weight rating, our Curt is gonna offer us a 5,000 pound, gross trailer weight, and a 500 pound tongue weight. For our Draw-Tite we're gonna get a 5,000 pound max gross trailer weight, and a 750 pound max tongue weight. Both can be used with weight distribution. When using weight distribution it bumps the Curt up to a 6,000 pound max gross trailer weight, and a 600 pound max tongue weight. more
3/3/2017 1:36:02 PM
Best 2010 Saturn Outlook Hitch Options- Video
Today in our 2010 Saturn Outlook, we're going to be taking a look at the best hitch options available. The two hitches we'll be taking a look at today are both Class three with a two inch by two inch opening. First off, we have your Curt and that's part number 13424 and then we have our Draw-Tite and that's part number 75528. As you can see, our Curt has a square tube design whereas our Draw-Tite has a round tube design. It doesn't rightly matter because both can be tucked up behind our bumper underneath the appearance panel. You'll then be able to remove the appearance panel when you'd like to access the hitch. When it comes to weight rating, our Curt is going to offer us a 5000 pound gross trailer weight and a 500 pound tongue weight. more
3/3/2017 1:35:52 PM
Best 2009 Saturn Outlook Hitch Options- Video
Today in our 2009 Saturn Outlook, we're going to be taking a look at the best hitch options available. The two hitches we'll be taking a look at today are both class three, with a two inch by two inch opening. First off, we have our Curt, and that's part number 13424, and then we have our Draw-Tite, and that's part number 75528. As you can see, our Curt has a square tube design, whereas our Draw-Tite has a round tube design. It doesn't rightly matter, because both can be tucked up behind our bumper, underneath the appearance panel. You'll then be able to remove the appearance panel when you'd like to access the hitch. When it comes to weight rating, our Curt is going to offer us a 5,000 pound gross trailer weight, and a 500 pound tongue weight. For our Draw-Tite, we're going to get a 5,000 pound max gross trailer weight, and a 750 pound max tongue weight. more
3/3/2017 1:35:48 PM
Best 2007 Saturn Outlook Hitch Options- Video
Today on our 2007 Saturn Outlook we're going to be taking a look at the best hitch options available. The two hitches we'll be taking a look at the today are both Class 3 with a 2" by 2" opening. First off, we have our CURT. That's part number 13424. Then we have our Draw-Tite. That's part number 75528. As you can see, our CURT has a square tube design, whereas our Draw-Tite has a round tube design. more
3/2/2017 3:47:07 PM
Set up: Roadmaster Diode 7-Wire to 6-Wire Flexo-Coil Wiring Kit on a 2008 Saturn Vue- Video
Today on our 2008 Saturn Vue we're going to be showing you how to install the Roadmaster Diode Towed Vehicle Wiring Kit with the seven wire to six wire flexo coil. Part number is RM-15267. Now, for the towed vehicle wiring kit our installation of our four pole wire, it's going to start well before you get the fascia put back on the car. We do this during the base plate process, and it's going to allow us to route our wire in behind that fascia where we wouldn't normally be able to reach so we can get it nice and secure, make sure we don't have any loose edges or anything like that, or any wires hanging any places we don't want. Get that to come down through. Basically, just going to go by the end of the battery here, and then we can route this across and down to our plug area here. Now, I've already attached the bracket just to give us an idea of where that's going to sit. more
3/1/2017 1:58:17 PM
SMI Stay-IN-Play DUO Braking System Installation - 2008 Saturn Vue- Video
Today on our 2008 Saturn Vue, we're going to show you how to install the SMI Stay-In-Play Duo. This is a proportional supplemental braking system. Its part number is SM99251. For our initial set-up here, flip our switch into the on position, and we'll have someone in the towing vehicle or the coach hit the brakes. Go ahead! We'll loosen our knob. We're slightly going to raise that. The system should start kind of going into a little bit of a chattering. more
1/27/2017 3:10:19 PM
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2008 Saturn Sky- Video
Today, on this 2008 Saturn Sky, we're going to review and install the Curt Class One inch and a quarter receiver hitch, part number C11114. All right, this is what the hitch looks like when it's installed on our Saturn Sky. At first glance, you can see that the body of the hitch does sit below the bumper cover, here, due to the way the vehicle is constructed, so it has to be sitting down a little bit low like this. We'll cover some more details here. We notice we've got a nice reinforcement ring around our inch and a quarter hitch, here. Most others do not have this one, so it's a nice touch. This uses a half inch hitch pin, that does come with the kit. more
12/7/2016 10:09:40 AM
Install: Blue Ox Base Plate Kit on a 2006 Saturn Vue- Video
Today on our 2006 Saturn Vue, we're going to be taking a look at and installing the Blue Ox Base Plate Kit with removable arms, part number BX3335. Here's what this base plate is going to look like once it's installed. As you can see, this base plate is going to give us a nice, clean look on the vehicle because it's not going to come out very far. It's overall going to be pretty well hidden when not attached to the vehicle. You're going to have your attachment points for your removable arms. You're also going to have your safety chain connection points here, which are going to be nice and easy to access. Our attachment tabs here are going to make it very easy because they're easily accessed, but also with where they sit, since they're about flush with the front of the vehicle, it's going to be very easy to operate our arms with them. more
11/16/2016 11:10:11 AM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2008 Saturn Vue- Video
Today on our 2008 Saturn View we'll be installing Tekonsha Primus IQ Trailer Brake Controller, part number TK90160. To ease our installation, we'll be using the ETBC7 Universal Installation Kit for Trailer Brake Controllers. Now we're going to go over a couple of functions of our brake controller here. This is our manual override. We can use this to control our brakes independently from our vehicle brakes. We'll slide this lever over. This would apply only our trailer brakes and not our car brakes. more
11/4/2016 8:46:40 AM
Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2008 Saturn Sky- Video
Today on this 2008 Saturn Sky, we're going to review and install the draw type 4 pull hard wire kit with circuit tester, part number 18252. A couple notes on when you're not using it, of course, it's going to stay right here and we can go ahead and shut the trunk hatch on it. It should present no problems. Then when we need to use it, we'll simply pull it out, take out our slack, just run it out the back here. There's enough gap right here it won't hurt the wires when you close the hatch. There's plenty of space in here, I can move the wire so nothing will get pinched and plus we have enough to go down to our trailer hitch. Keeping it somewhat inside the vehicle will make the contacts on the 4 pull last a lot longer than sitting outside all the time. This is the parts that you get. more
8/24/2016 2:57:36 PM
Vision X Halogen Headlight Bulbs Installation - 2007 Saturn Outlook- Video
Today, on this 2007 Saturn Outlook, we're going to show you Part Number VX-LH11. It's the Vision X H11 Vision Halogen Headlight Bulbs. When both are installed, you can see ow a little brighter on both sides they are. This will give you a little clearer visibility down the road. Interesting to know that these halogen bulbs replace the vehicle's factory headlight bulbs and give us our improved looked and visibility. We'll go ahead and show you how to install it. more
3/14/2015 6:25:49 AM
Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2007 Saturn Aura- Video
Today on our 2007 Saturn Aura we'll be installing the Tow Ready Custom Fit Wiring Harness, part number 118423. We will start by opening the trunk. We'll then remove the threshold trim. After popping the threshold trim loose we'll go ahead and remove these two cargo nut screws. With those out of the way we'll go ahead and peel back the trunk liner. With the trunk liner out of the way you can see these three thumb screws that we'll remove to loosen up the taillight assembly. Once the taillight has been pulled back and out of the way we'll go ahead and disconnect the wiring from the taillight. more
1/23/2015 7:15:05 AM
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2002 Saturn S Series - Hidden Hitch- Video
All right, today on this 2002 Saturn S series, we're going to install part number 60839 from Hidden Hitch. This is what the hitch looks like once installed on the car. Next, we'll give you some measurements to help you out in selecting some accessories such as the bicycle rack or a cargo carrier. From the top of the receiver opening down to the ground will be about 11 inches and from the center of the hitch pin hole to edge of the bumper will be about 8 inches. Now we'll go ahead and show you how the hitch is installed. The first thing we need to do is get our vehicle ready. To do that, we want to go on the inside of the vehicle and remove the carpeting and the spare tire cover from inside the trunk. more
12/31/2014 4:25:05 PM
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2002 Saturn S Series - Draw-Tite- Video
Today on this 2002 Saturn S Series we're going to install Part Number 24620 from Draw Tite. This is what the hitch looks like once installed on the car. Next we'll give you some measurements to help you out in selecting some accessories, such as a bicycle rack or a cargo carrier. From the top of the receiver opening down to the ground will be about 11 inches. From the center of the hitch pin hole to the edge of the bumper will be about 8 inches. Now we'll go ahead and show you how the hitch is installed. more
12/31/2014 4:20:34 PM
Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2009 Saturn Vue- Video
Today on this 2009 Saturn View we'll be installing a Curt T-Connector Vehicle Wiring Harness with 4-Pole Flat Trailer Connector part number C56026. We'll glue the fastener at the bottom of the inner cargo pocket. Using a flat blade screwdriver go ahead and twist out the plastic cap nut. Once we have all of the fasteners out of the corner panel we'll then go ahead and remove the corner pocket. The corner pocket has a push pin fastener in the bottom, so we'll get underneath it and gently pull it up until it releases. To remove the corner pocket I'm just using a plastic pry tool. more
12/22/2014 1:24:06 PM
TowReady Taillight Converter Hardwire Kit Installation - 2002 Saturn S Series- Video
Today on a 2002 Saturn S-Series, we're going to install part number 119178KIT. First thing we need to is get access to our wire harness. We're going to access the wires right behind the tail lights. All we have to do is peel back the interior carpeting to get access to the wires. To test our wires we're going to need a ground, so we'll take our white wire and ground it to the interior sheet metal, then we can use that for ground. We'll take our tester that comes with the kit and ground it, then we test our wires. First we'll check for our running lights circuit. We'll take a quick splice connector, connect our brown wire to our brown wire on our module for running lights. Next we'll look for our left turn signal. Our left turn is going to be yellow, and we'll connect that to yellow from the module. Now we'll look for our brake signal. more
12/22/2014 6:44:38 AM
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2007 Saturn Aura - Hidden Hitch- Video
Today on our 2007 Saturn Aura we'll be installing the Hidden Hitch Trailer Hitch Receiver with Drawbar. It's a Class II hitch with a 1-1/4" receiver, part number 90194. This is what the hitch looks like installed on our Saturn. The top of the receiver to the ground is about 9" and 6-1/2" from the center of the hitch pin hole to the rear bumper. Now we'll go show you how the hitch is installed. The first thing I'm going to do here is show you the mounting points for the hitch and out behind the bumper. Now that we've identified the mounting points we'll take our bolt guide and run it through the bumper structure. First we'll take our block with the square hole, insert it over the bolt guild, and then we'll thread our carriage bolt into the bolt guide. more
12/15/2014 2:33:54 PM
Setting up the Draw-Tite Trailer Hitch Receiver on your 2007 Saturn Aura- Video
Today on our 2007 Saturn Aura we'll be installing the Draw-Tite Trailer Hitch with the 1-1/4" receiver, part number 36479. This is what the hitch looks like installed on our Saturn. The top of the receiver to the ground is about 9" and 6-1/2" from the center of the hitch pin hole to the rear bumper. Now we'll go show you how the hitch is installed. The first thing I'm going to do here is show you the mounting points for the hitch and out behind the bumper. Now that we've identified the mounting points we'll take our bolt guide and run it through the bumper structure. First we'll take our block with the square hole, insert it over the bolt guide and then we'll thread our carriage bolt into the bolt guide. more
12/15/2014 2:32:49 PM
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2006 Saturn Vue - Hidden Hitch- Video
Today on our 2006 Saturn Vue we'll be installing the Hidden Hitch, part number 90145. Now here's what our hitch looks like installed on our vehicle. Next we'll go ahead and give you a couple measurements to help you select some accessories for your hitch such as a ball mount, a bicycle rack or a cargo carrier. From the center of the hitch pin hole to the outer most edge of the bumper is approximately 4 inches. From the top of the opening in the receiver tube to the ground is approximately 13 1/2 inches. Now let's go ahead and install out hitch. To begin with lets go ahead and point out the locations that we use to mount our hitch to the vehicle. As you will see there are two weld nuts on each side, both the passenger and the driver side, as well as two holes at the center of the rear bumper bracing. more
10/17/2014 5:48:12 AM
Installing the Draw-Tite Trailer Hitch Receiver on your 2006 Saturn Vue- Video
Today on our 2006 Saturn Vue we'll be installing the Draw-Tite Hitch part number 36408. Now here's what our hitch looks like installed on our vehicle. Next we'll go ahead and give you a couple measurements to help you select some accessories for your hitch such as a ball mount, a bicycle rack or a cargo carrier. From the center of the hitch pin whole to the outer most edge of the bumper is approximately 4 inches. From the top of the opening in the receiver tube to the ground is approximately 13 1/2 inches. Now let's go ahead and install out hitch. To begin with lets go ahead and point out the locations that we use to mount our hitch to the vehicle. As you will see there are two weld nuts on each side, both the passenger and the driver side, as well as two holes at the center of the rear bumper bracing. more
10/17/2014 5:47:38 AM
Installation: Curt Trailer Hitch Receiver on a 2006 Saturn Vue- Video
Today on our 2006 Saturn Vue, we'll be installing the Curt Hitch, part number C12291. Here's what our hitch looks like installed on our vehicle. Now we'll go ahead and give you a couple measurements in helping you choose some accessories, such as a ball mount, bicycle rack, or cargo carrier. From the center of the hitch pin hole to the outermost edge of the bumper is approximately 3" and from the top of the opening in the receiver to the ground is approximately 13 1/2". Now let's go ahead and install our hitch. To begin with, let's go ahead and point out the locations that we'll use to mount our hitch to the vehicle. more
10/13/2014 2:35:48 PM
How to Install: Curt Trailer Hitch Receiver on your 2006 Saturn Vue- Video
Today on our 2006 Saturn Vue we'll be installing the Curt Hitch part number 13591. Here's what our hitch looks like installed on our vehicle. Now we'll go ahead and give you a couple of measurements in helping you choose some accessories for your hitch, such as a ball mount, bicycle rack or cargo carrier. From the center of the hitch pin hole to the outer most edge of the bumper is approximately 3 1/2 inches. From the top of the opening in the receiver to the ground is approximately 13 1/2 inches. To begin with let's go ahead and point out the locations that we use to mount our hitch to the vehicle. As you will see there are two weld nuts on each side, both the passenger and the driver side, as well as two holes at the center of the rear bumper bracing. These two holes will have to have a carriage bolt and a spacer block fish-wired into them. more
10/13/2014 2:35:33 PM
How to Install: Curt Trailer Hitch Receiver on your 2008 Saturn Vue- Video
Today on our 2008Saturn VUE, we'll be installing the CURT hitch, Part Number13594. Here's what the hitch looks like installed on a vehicle. Now we'll go ahead and give you a couple measurements in helping you choose some accessories for your hitch, such as a ball mount, bicycle rack, or cargo carrier. From the center of the hitch pin hole to the outermost edge of the bumper is approximately 4inches, and from the top of the opening of the hitch to the ground is approximately 15inches.Now let's go ahead and install our hitch. To begin with, we will need to remove four exhaust hangers and lower the exhaust line out of the way. Before you remove any of the exhaust hangers, you want to make sure that you install a safety strap to help support the exhaust once the hangers have been removed. more
9/29/2014 4:35:42 AM
TowReady Taillight Converter Hardwire Kit Installation - 2007 Saturn Vue- Video
Today in this 2007 Saturn Vue we're going to install part number 119178KIT. This will actually be easy install. This will use a tow package that's already existing in the vehicle. We need to open up the back hatch and get access to jack storage compartment. We'll open up the door, and we'll go ahead and remove the jack tools. Towards the bottom of the pocket you'll see some loops of wires. We'll go ahead and free those wires up to get better access to them. These wires are in a continuous loop so it's just as well just to leave them like they are, just work out the electric tape to make sure you've better access to them that you can work with. At this point we can go ahead and start taking our converter and attaching it to the tow pack. This will almost be color for color wiring. We'll take our green wire from our converter box and match the green wire on the tow package on the car. We'll do the same thing with the yellow wire and also the brown wire. To make our connections we'll be using the quick splice connectors. Put our quick splice connector on the wire, then slide a new wire next to it and the slowly press down on the metal part in the middle with a pair of pliers to make our connection. more
11/26/2013 4:48:58 PM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2008 Saturn Outlook- Video
Today on this 2008 Saturn Outlook were going to install part number HM47297 from Hopkins. This is the Insight Flexi-Mount trailer brake controller. At this point well go ahead and remove the trim panel below the dashboard. One thing to know about our install is were going to use the existing tow package plug thats existing in the vehicle, part number HM47875. This is Hopkins plug-in simple brake control wiring adapter. Well go ahead and plug that in to our tow package port. more
11/7/2013 12:53:18 PM
Thule Sonic XXL Rooftop Cargo Box Review - 2008 Saturn Vue- Video
Today on our 2008 Saturn Vue, we'll be test fitting the Thule Sonic XXL rooftop cargo box, measuring 22 cubic feet, in metallic silver, part number TH636S. With the Thule AeroBlade Edge roof rack system assembled onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the Sonic directly onto our load bars. Since the feet are hanging out of the bottom of the box, we can adjust them as necessary to make them fit around our load bars while placing it onto our roof rack. To get this box to fit, we did have to remove the rear antenna. We'll open the passenger side of the box and tighten the hand knobs on this side to tighten our feet around our bars. When tightening the hand knobs, you'll know that they're tight enough when they start making a clicking or ratcheting sound. more
7/24/2013 9:15:51 AM
2008 Saturn Vue Thule Pulse Medium Rooftop Cargo Box: Complete Installation- Video
Today on our 2008 Saturn Vue, we'll be test fitting the Thule Pulse Medium rooftop cargo box, measuring 14 cubic feet, in matte black, part number TH614. With the Thule AeroBlade Edge roof rack system installed onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the Thule Pulse directly onto our load bars. Please keep in mind that this box does only open from one side of the vehicle, so for our video today, we're going to scoot it as close to the passenger side as we can so that it's easier to load and unload our gear. Once we have the box situated, we can open the box and fit our feet through the appropriate slots, making sure that our clamps go around the load bars. Once those are in place, we can use the attached hand knobs to tighten them down. Once all four clamps are tight, our box is secured, and we're ready to go. more
7/24/2013 9:15:29 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2008 Saturn Vue- Video
Today on our 2008 Saturn Vue, we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts Tierod stretch roof-mounted bike carrier, part number RKY1011. With the Thule AeroBlade Edge roof rack system already assembled to our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the Tierod directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we'll remove the black plastic cover and bring our rubber-coated steel straps around our front load bar. Once we have those in place, we can use an Allen tool to tighten the Allen bolt, which will tighten our straps around our bar. With our straps tight, we can reinstall our black plastic cover. We'll move to the rear and bring our rear clamp around our rear bar, drop the bolt through, and tighten with an Allen tool. more
7/24/2013 9:13:49 AM
Thule Sonic Medium Rooftop Cargo Box Review - 2008 Saturn Vue- Video
Today on our 2008 Saturn Vue well be test fitting the Thule Sonic Medium Rooftop Cargo Box measuring 13 cubic feet in glossy black, part number th634b. With a Thule Aeroblade Edge Roof Rack system installed onto our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the Thule Sonic directly onto our load bars. Since the feet are already hanging out of the bottom of the box, we can adjust them as needed to fit around our load bars. Well open the passenger side of the box and tighten the two hand knobs on this side to tighten our feet around our bars. One of the great features of this box is its ability to open from both sides of the vehicle. Well move to the drivers side, open the box, and tighten the hand knob to tighten the two remaining feet around our bars. more
7/23/2013 11:46:17 AM
Set up: Thule Pulse Alpine Rooftop Cargo Box on a 2008 Saturn Vue- Video
Today on our 2008 Saturn Vue well be test fitting the Thule Pulse Alpine Rooftop Cargo Box measuring 11 cubic feet in matte black, part number th613. With a Thule Aeroblade Edge Roof Rack System installed onto our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the Thule Pulse directly onto our load bars. Since the box only opens from one side, we want to be sure to scoot the box as close to the passenger side as possible for easier loading and unloading. For this test fit today we removed the rear antenna because it was making contact with our cargo box. Once we have the box situated the way we like, we can then open the box, fit the feet through the appropriate slots making sure they go around our load bars, and then use the attached hand knob to tighten them down. Once weve done that to all four clamps, we can close our box and were ready to go. more
7/23/2013 11:45:52 AM
Installation: Thule Pulse Large Rooftop Cargo Box on a 2008 Saturn Vue- Video
Today on our 2008 Saturn Vue well be test fitting the Thule Pulse Large Rooftop Cargo Box 16 cubic feet in matte black, part number th615. For our video today, we removed the rear antenna because it made contact with the rear part of our box. With a Thule Aeroblade Edge Roof Rack System onto our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the Pulse directly onto our load bars. Since the box only opens from one side, we need to set it as close to the passenger side as possible for easier loading and unloading. We can open the box and fit our feet through the appropriate slots making sure they go around our load bars. Well use the hand knobs to tighten down our clamps. more
7/23/2013 11:45:29 AM
Thule Force XXL Rooftop Cargo Box Review - 2008 Saturn Vue- Video
Today on our 2008 Saturn Vue well be test fitting the Thule Force XXL Rooftop Cargo Box measuring 21 cubic feet in aeroskin black, part number th626. With a Thule Aeroblade Edge Roof Rack System installed onto our Vue, well begin our test fit by placing the Thule Force directly onto our load bars. Since the feet hang out of the bottom of the box, we can adjust them as needed to fit around our load bars while placing it onto our roof rack. In order to get the box to fit, we did have to remove the rear antenna. Well open the passenger side of the box and tighten the two hand knobs on this side to tighten our feet around our load bars. One of the great features of the Thule Force is its ability to open from both sides of the vehicle. more
7/23/2013 11:45:03 AM
Thule Force Large Rooftop Cargo Box Review - 2008 Saturn Vue- Video
Today on our 2008 Saturn Vue well be test fitting the Thule Force Large Rooftop Cargo Box, 13 cubic feet in aeroskin black, part number th624. With a Thule Aeroblade Edge Roof Rack System installed onto our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing our Force directly onto our load bars. Since the feet hang out of the bottom of the box, we can adjust them as needed so that while placing it onto our roof rack the feet fit around our load bars. Well open the passenger side of the box and tighten the hand knob to tighten the feet on this side of the box. One of the great features of the Thule Force is its ability to open from both sides of the vehicle. Well move to the drivers side, open the box, and tighten down the two remaining clamps by tightening the hand knobs. more
7/23/2013 11:44:38 AM
Thule Crossroad Roof Rack Installation - 2008 Saturn Vue- Video
Today on our 2008 Saturn Vue well be test fitting the Thule Square Load Bar System using part numbers thlb50 for the square load bars 50 inches, and part number th450 for the Thule Crossroad Roof Mounted Roof Railing Foot Pack. With our roof rack system assembled according to the instructions, well begin our test fit by placing our front bar onto the front part of our roof. Well set the feet onto the side rails. We can go ahead and make sure that the arrow indicators on our foot packs are at the center of our side rails. Next well check for even bar overhang on each side of our vehicle. Well bring the rubber-coated straps around the underside of our side rail fitting it back into our foot pack. more
7/23/2013 11:43:40 AM
Thule AeroBlade Crossroad Roof Rack Installation - 2008 Saturn Vue- Video
Today on our 2008 Saturn Vue well be test fitting the Thule Aeroblade Load Bar System using part numbers tharb53 for the 53 inch aluminum load bars, and part number th450r for the Thule Rapid Crossroad Roof Mounted Railing Foot Pack. With our roof rack system assembled according to the instructions, well begin our test fit by placing our front bar onto the front part of our roof. Well go ahead and fit the foot packs onto the side rails. Well find a fixed point on the side rails to set our foot packs at. Well do this for both sides to insure that our foot packs are straight across from each other. Well make sure that we have even bar overhang on each side of our vehicle. more
7/23/2013 11:43:03 AM
Thule AeroBlade Crossroad Roof Rack Installation - 2008 Saturn Vue TH450R- Video
Today on our 2008 Saturn Vue well be test fitting the Thule Aeroblade Load Bar System using part numbers tharb47 for the 47-inch aluminum Aeroblade bars, and th450r for the Thule Rapid Crossroad Roof Mounted Railing Foot Pack. With our roof rack system assembled according to the instructions, we can begin our test fit by placing the front load bar onto the front part of our roof. To make sure that our feet our straight across from each other, well find a fixed point on the side rails and use that for our foot location. Now we can bring the rubber-coated strap around the underside of our side rail fitting it back into the foot pack. Once the strap is tight we can move to the other side and repeat this process. Now well grab our rear bar and place it onto the rear part of our roof. more
7/23/2013 11:42:28 AM
Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2008 Saturn Vue- Video
Today on our 2008 Saturn Vue well be test fitting the Thule Big Mouth Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number th599xtr. To begin our test fit well place the Big Mouth directly onto our load bars. Here at the front well bring the clamps around our load bar, drop the bolts through the other side and tighten down the top with the wing nut. Well do this for both clamps at the front of our carrier. Now well move to the rear, remove the wing nuts, fit the bolts around our rear bar, slide the bracket onto the bolts so its sitting on the underside of the load bar, and tighten with two wing nuts. Once our bike rack is secured to our vehicle we can go ahead and undo the wheel straps. more
7/23/2013 11:41:33 AM
Thule AeroBlade Edge Roof Rack Installation - 2008 Saturn Vue- Video
Today on our 2008 Saturn Vue, we'll be test fitting the Thule AeroBlade Edge roof rack for raised factory side rails, part number TH7502-TH7502. With our roof rack system assembled according to the instructions, we'll begin our test fit by placing the front bar onto the front part of our roof. We'll fit it up against our side rails and then remove the covers. Now we'll go ahead and install our straps. You'll notice that on one end of the strap are four slots numbered 1 through 4. This is to accommodate the different sized side rails. more
7/23/2013 11:40:54 AM
Yakima DoubleDown Ace Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2009 Saturn Outlook- Video
Today on our 2009 Saturn Outlook, we'll be test fitting the Yakima DoubleDown Ace 4-bike carrier for 1-1/4" and 2" hitches, part number Y02451. To begin our test fit, we'll slide the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of the hitch, line up the pin hole, and install the attached pin. We'll move to the rear of the shank and tighten the hand knob to secure our bike rack to our vehicle and engage our anti-rattle device. Now we'll go over some clearance measurements. We have about 16" of ground clearance. The closest point of the carrier to the rear of our Outlook is about 4". more
7/18/2013 5:10:23 PM
Yakima DoubleDown Ace 2 Bike Rack Review -2009 Saturn Outlook- Video
Today on our 2009 Saturn Outlook, we'll be test fitting the Yakima DoubleDown Ace 2-bike carrier for 1-1/4" and 2" hitches, part number Y02450. To begin our test fit, we'll slide the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of the hitch, line up the pin hole, and install our attached pin. At the rear of the shank, we'll tighten the hand knob to secure our bike rack to our vehicle and engage our anti-rattle device. Now we'll go over some clearance measurements. We have about 16-1/2" of ground clearance. The closest point of the carrier to the rear of our Outlook is about 4". more
7/18/2013 5:06:22 PM
Thule Vertex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2009 Saturn Outlook- Video
Today on our 2009 Saturn Outlook, we'll be test fitting the Thule Vertex 4-bike carrier for 1-1/4" and 2" hitches, part number TH9029. To begin our test fit, we'll slide the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of the hitch, line up the pin hole, and thread in our anti-rattle bolt, tightening it with a wrench. Now we'll go over some clearance measurements. We have about 18" of ground clearance. The closest point of the carrier to the rear of the vehicle is about 1-1/2". We've added about 12" to the overall length of our Saturn Outlook. more
7/18/2013 4:48:55 PM
Thule Apex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2009 Saturn Outlook- Video
Today on our 2009 Saturn Outlook, we'll be test fitting the Thule Apex 4-bike carrier for 1-1/4" and 2" hitches, part number TH9025. To begin our test fit, we'll slide the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of the hitch, line up the pin hole, and allow our attached pin to fall into place. We'll move to the rear of the shank and use the hand knob to secure our bike rack to the vehicle and engage our anti-rattle device. Now we'll go over a few clearance measurements. We have about 18" of ground clearance. The closest point of our carrier to the rear of our vehicle is about 1". more
7/18/2013 4:42:13 PM
Install: Swagman Titan Bike Rack for 4 Bikes on a 2009 Saturn Outlook- Video
Today on our 2009 Saturn Outlook, we'll be test fitting the Swagman Titan 4-bike carrier for 1-1/4" and 2" hitches, part number S63410. To begin our test fit, we'll slide the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of the hitch, line up the pin hole, and thread in our anti-rattle bolt, tightening it with a wrench. Now we'll go over some clearance measurements. We have about 19-3/4" of ground clearance. The closest point of our carrier to the rear of our vehicle is about 7". We've added about 18" to the overall length of our Outlook. more
7/18/2013 4:37:23 PM
Kuat Sherpa Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2009 Saturn Outlook- Video
Today on our 2009 Saturn Outlook, we'll be test fitting the Kuat Sherpa aluminum platform-style, hitch-mounted 2-bike rack, part number S102. To begin our test fit, we'll slide the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of the hitch, line up the pin hole, and install our pin and lock. We'll move to the rear of the shank and tighten the hand knob to secure our bike rack to our vehicle and engage our anti-rattle device. Now we'll go over some clearance measurements. We have about 20" of ground clearance. We've added about 20" to the overall length of our Outlook. more
7/18/2013 4:24:40 PM
Softride Dura Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2009 Saturn Outlook- Video
Today on our 2009 Saturn Outlook, we'll be testing the Softride Dura parallelogram, part number SR26247. To begin our test set, we'll slide the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of the hitch. Line up the pinhole, and thread in our anti rattle bolt, tightening it with a wrench and installing our lock. Now we'll go over some clearance measurements. We have about 17 inches of ground clearance. We've added about 31 inches to the overall length of our vehicle. more
7/18/2013 11:34:14 AM
Kuat NV Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2009 Saturn Outlook- Video
Today, our 2009 Saturn Outlook we'll be tested in the Kuat NV aluminum platform style, two bike racks or two-inch hitches, part number N101. To begin our test with it, we'll slide the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube with the hitch. We'll line up the pinhole and install our pin and lock. We'll move to the rear of the shank and tighten the hand knob to secure our bike racks to our vehicle and engage our anti-rattle device. Now, we'll go over some clearance measurements. We have about 17 inches of ground clearance. The closest point of the carrier to the rear of our vehicle is about two inches. We've added about 14 inches to the overall length of our outlook. more
7/18/2013 6:21:47 AM
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2006 Saturn Vue - Hidden Hitch 87572- Video
All right. Today on this 2006 Saturn Vue, we're going to install Part Number 87572. This is from Hidden Hitch. Okay. First thing we're going to do is clean up the thread of holes, they're inside of the frame. Looking at the passenger side, you can see two threaded holes. more
12/28/2012 9:18:35 AM
