Ford Taurus Trunk Bike Rack

Saris Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Taurus

Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Ford Taurus we're going to be test fitting the Saris SUPERBones 3-bike rack, part number SA802. We have our bike already installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. How we attach bikes to this rack, we'll have three points of contact. We'll have two straps up at the top and one off to the side which will serve as an anti-sway cradle to keep the bike from moving too far back and forth and making bike to bike contact.The cradles themselves, or the straps, are stationary; they do not move. The anti-sway cradles do move a little bit just to give you a little bit of space with your particular bike you may have.

Hollywood Racks Expedition Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Taurus

Speaker 1: Today, on our 2017 Ford Taurus, we're going to be test-fitting the Hollywood Racks Expedition two bike rack, part number HRF6-2. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. At the ends of both of the arms, we will have reflected material, and this is to help with better visibility at night. It can carry up to two bikes, with the cradles being adjustable back and forth and side to side as necessary for loading and unloading.How it grips your bike .. we're going to have three points of contact.

Hollywood Racks Baja Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Taurus

Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Ford Taurus we're going to be test fitting the Hollywood Racks Baja 3 bike rack, part number HRB3. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. At the ends of both of our arms we do have reflective material, so that's going to provide better visibility at night. The cradles can move back and forth and side to side to accommodate loading and unloading. It will grip your bike at three points.

Hollywood Racks Over-the-Top Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Taurus

Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Ford Taurus, we're going to be test fitting the Hollywood Racks Over-the-Top 2 Bike Rack for Vehicles with Spoilers, part number HRF2. While this is designed for vehicles with spoilers, this can fit regular vehicles like you see here. It can carry up to two bikes. At the ends of our arms we do have reflectors for better visibility at night. The cradles are adjustable, back and forth and side to side. And with our anti-sway cradle up at the front here we did move it to the inside like you see here, and that's to make loading and unloading a little bit easier.It does also come with a stabilization strap.

Hollywood Racks Baja Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Taurus

Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Ford Taurus, we're going to be test fitting the Hollywood Racks Baja 2-bike rack, part number HRB2. We have a bike already installed on our rack, so let's take a closer look, and show off some of the features. On the ends of both of our arms, we're going to have reflective material, which is going to provide better visibility at night. It does carry up to two bikes, and the cradles can be adjusted back and forth and side to side as necessary.We do have them bent inwards right now, which is going to make loading and unloading much easier to the inside. It grips your bike at three points. We'll have two straps up at the top, then one off to the side, and this is going to be an anti-sway cradle, to keep the bike from moving too far back and forth, and causing bike to bike contact.Up towards the front here, we do have a stabilization strap, which can be used when both bikes are installed, you wrap it around the frames and tighten it up for stability while you drive.

Hollywood Racks Express Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Taurus

Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Ford Taurus, we're going to be test-fitting the Hollywood Racks Express 3 Bike Rack for trunk mounts. Part number HRE3. We have our bike already installed on our rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features.We did an experience some issue with the tire making contact with the vehicle so what we did is we used the provided stabilization strap, tied it around our actual wheel here to keep it from making contact. Now once you have all three bike racks .. excuse me, once you have all three bikes attached, you can use the strap to go around all three as well.The cradles are moveable back and forth and left to right.

Yakima Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Taurus

Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Ford Taurus, we're gonna be test fitting the Yakima Hangout Two Bike Rack for trunk mounts, part number Y02637. This is an adjustable arm bike rack, and we already have our bike installed, so let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. It does carry up to two bikes. The cradles are adjustable by moving them back and forth, and they do have a nice padding to them to help protect the frame of your bike once you install it as well.It does grip it by three points. We'll have two straps up at the top, and one off to the side to serve as an anti-sway cradle to keep the bike from moving too far back and forth and causing bike to bike contact. It does come with two straps.

Yakima Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Taurus

Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Ford Taurus we're gonna be test-fitting the Yakima FullBack 2 Bike Rack for Trunk Mounts, part number: Y02634. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features.Now, like its cousin the HalfBack, this has a lot of the same features as that, but there are a few differences. Such as, at the end here, we do have one end that does have the Yakima bottle opener on it. However, at the other end, we do have an integrated cable lock that can pop out, wrap around your front bike, and attach to this point and lock them into place to secure them to the bike rack. We do have the wheel strap that does come along with it, to help prevent vehicle-to-tire contact.

Yakima Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Taurus

Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Ford Taurus, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima HalfBack 2 Bike Rack for the trunk mounts, part number Y02636.We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features.Like with many Yakima products, at the ends of our arms here we do have bottle openers, so you can crack open a cold one once you're done hitting the trails.The cradles are stationary, but do have the Super Cush material to help protect the frame of your bike, once you have it installed.It will grip your bike by three points. We'll have two zip strips up at the top. Then we'll have one off to the side here, which serves as an anti-sway cradle, to keep your bike from moving too far back and forth, and causing bike-to-bike contact.We also have this wheel strap at the front here. This does come with the bike rack, to help prevent contact with your tire here and the vehicle. Now, if you we're to have both bikes attached, there is a much longer strap that wraps around both, as well as the bike rack itself, to keep everything stable while you're driving.Excuse me.Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside.

Thule Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2010 Ford Taurus

Today, on our 2010 Ford Taurus, we're taking a look at the Thule Raceway Pro Trunk Mount II Bike Rack. That part number is TH9001PRO. Now, we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you how we do that. We have two cradles in place with three straps, two on our frame and one as our anti sway strap, in the back. We're going to start by pulling down and lifting up.

Thule Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2010 Ford Taurus

Today on our 2010 Ford Taurus we're doing a test fit of the Thule Gateway XT Trunk Mount 2-Bike Rack. That part number is TH9006xt. Now we already have our bikes secured down, we're first going to show you how we do that. We have 2 cradles in place with 3 straps, 2 on our 1 frame and 1 as our anti-sway strap in the bike. I'm going to start by pulling down and lifting up to release those. Then we're able to pull our bike off and set it off to the side. With that out of the way we'll take a few measurements.

Thule Archway Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2010 Ford Taurus

Today on our 2010 Ford Taurus, we're doing a test fit of the Thule Archway XT Trunk Mount 2-Bike Rack. That part number is TH9009XT. We already have our bikes secured down. We're first going to start by showing you how we secure it in place. We have 2 cradles in place with 3 straps, 2 on our frame and 1 is our anti-sway strap in the back. We're going to start by pulling down and lifting up to release those.

Thule Passage Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2010 Ford Taurus

Today on our 2010 Ford Taurus, we're doing a test fit of the Thule Passage Trunk Mount 2-bike Rack. That part number is TH910XT. We already have our bike secured down. I'm first going to show you how we do that. We have 2 cradles in place with 3 straps, 2 on our frame and 1 is our anti-sway strap in the back. I'm going to pull down and lift up to release those.

Thule Passage Trunk Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Ford Taurus

Today on our 2014 Ford Taurus, we'll be testing the Thule Passage Trunk Mounted Two Bike Rack, Part number TH910XT. We'll begin our test fit by placing the bottom part of the truck rack onto the upper tier of the rear bumper. Now, we'll need to set the fit down to number 8, which is customized to fit the trunk. We'll need to remove the two black wing nuts on the inner left and right hand part of the bike rack. We'll raise the top arms up, lining up the holes in fit dial, and then re-installing the wing nut. We can now put the top clips on the upper edge of the trunk, and then the side clips on the side of the trunk just above the tail lights, as well as the bottom clips to the bottom part of the trunk. Now you will need to open up the trunk to get the side and bottom clips in place. You want to tighten down the left hand side and the right hand side just a little bit at a time to make sure the rack stays centered on the trunk.

Thule Gateway Trunk Mount Bike Rack Review - 2014 Ford Taurus

Today on our 2014 Ford Taurus, we will be test fitting the Thule gateway trunk mounted 2 bike rack, part number TH9006XT. With the fit dial set to number 8, according to included instructions, we will being our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicles trunk, making sure the bottom part of the bike rack rests on the upper tier of the rear bumper, and the top part of the bike rack rests on the top part of the trunk near the rear window. With the bike rack in place, I'll take the top hooks and hook them to the top part of the trunk, and tighten down the silver cam 00:28 buckles. I'm not going to tighten the straps all the way, just using these to hold the bike rack in place. I then put the side hooks to the side part of the trunk above the taillights, and the bottom hooks to the bottom part of the trunk. Keeping in mind you may need to open up the trunk to get the clips in place. Once all 6 clips are in place, we will then tighten down the straps to secure the rack to the trunk.

Saris Bones Trunk Mount 3 Bike Rack Review - 2014 Ford Taurus

Today on our 2014 Ford Taurus, well be test fitting the Saris Bones Trunk Mounted Three Bike Rack in grey, part number SA801. Well begin our test by placing the bottom legs of the bike rack on the upper tier of the rear bumper. Well then need to adjust the top arms by loosening the black knob on the left and right hand side of the bike rack. Well make sure the top legs are about centered on the trunk. Once the knobs are loose, youll need to slide the legs off of the grooves so that you can rotate the leg to fit in position. Once you have them in position, you can tighten the black knobs to secure them in place.Now there are three types of clamps on this bike rack that are labeled.

Hollywood Racks Expedition Trunk Bike Rack Review - 2014 Ford Taurus

Today on our 2014 Ford Taurus, we'll be test fitting the Hollywood Racks Expedition Trunk Mounted 2 Bike Rack, part number HRF6-2. We'll begin our test fit by placing the bottom bar and the upper tier of the rear bumper. We'll then use the top set of black levers to adjust to fit the top bar to about the center of the trunk. We'll then lock down the levers to secure the top arm in place. We'll then take the top clips and hook them to the top bar of the trunk. The slide clips to the side part of the trunk just about the tail light.