SquareBar Adapters for Thule Winter and Water Sport Carriers - Qty 2
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SquareBar Adapters for Thule Winter and Water Sport Carriers - Qty 2
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Thule Accessories and Parts - TH34FR94BT
- Ski and Snowboard Racks
- Watersport Carriers
- Adapters
- Bars
- Thule
Use these adapters to convert your Thule channel-mount winter or watersport carrier to work with square crossbars. Includes 2 adapters.
Features:
- Adapters convert a Thule channel-mount snow or watersport carrier to work with square crossbars
- Fits SnowPack, SnowPack Extender, DockGlide, DockGrip, Hull-a-Port Aero, and JawGrip
- Replaces the carrier's existing mounting hardware
- Square shape prevents carrier feet from rotating forward or backward on SquareBars
- 2 Adapters included
889705 Thule SquareBar Adapter - 2 Pack
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Video Transcript for Review of Thule Ski and Snowboard Racks - Watersport Carriers - TH34FR94BT
Hey, everybody. Welcome to etrailer.com. I'm Bobby, and today we're taking a look at the Thule square bar adapters for various accessories. Now, these are gonna be a great little way of allowing us to go ahead and attach to our square bars, especially utilizing those T-slot attachments here at the top, so can be a great little solution. There's a lot of times those square bars don't have that T-slot. We do have a lot of carriers that do utilize it.
Taking a closer look here at the product you guys can see, definitely a durable well-made product. Thule always known for their good work. At the top here you are seeing just this little metal bracket here that simply was clamping onto our square bars, you guys can see giving us a nice stable base for ourselves. That bottom piece here, that does have a plastic covering on the outside, just a little hard plastic for that metal bracket there on the inside. And you guys can see exactly where that hinges, and how that allows us to go ahead, allow our square bars to go in place, bring this up and simply latch into position here at the top.
That latch, very easy to use. Just simply slides right in, and then as we actually do get our T-slot in here, that's actually what's doing a lot of the work of tightening this down. So, at the top here, you're seeing this plastic little piece that just simply pops up, or pops down, I should say, and allows us to reinstate our T-bolt into that top portion. So to go ahead and give us an idea of how we can utilize that, I've gone ahead and grabbed the Thule jaw grip here. So, this is just one carrier that you guys may have, or just to get a little example here to show us how we can get this installed.
This knob just simply backs off, of course, allowing our bolt to slide out. Now that T-bolt normally slides around those T-channels, but unfortunately for us and our square bars, we don't have that. So, I just simply take my covering here. Pop it. Insert our bolt, like so, with the threads going up, and then re-insert our plastic holder, clipping it back into position, and reinserting it into our jaw grip.
Now today on our jaw grip, we can only fit one way as you guys can see. Definitely wouldn't be able to fit there, start binding. So make sure we are appropriately putting those into our carriers, and then just simply re-tightening our knob here to start it. Now, I do also have a square bar today from Thule to go ahead and show us how I get this clamped on. So, I just simply take my carrier here. I take my metal bracket. Insert it like so, and bring up our latch, and get it back right into that position. So it is loose in this position as you guys can see, and we can go ahead and put this wherever we need on our bar system. However, I just simply have to tighten down on this hand knob to bring this all in line with itself, get it nice and tight on our bar. And with just a few revolutions, it should be nice and secure. So as you guys can see no shifting, no wobbling. It is nice and secure there on our bar system. So, great easy solution for ourselves, makes that kinda change no time at all. Let's take in a closer look here. We can go ahead and give ourselves some dimensions for ourselves. So, starting with that inside height, from that plastic in the metal holding at the bottom there to the top of our bracket on the inside, it's putting us exactly at an inch and 1/8 for ourselves. Our inside length for our bracket is gonna be right at an inch and 1/8. Oh, I'm sorry, guys, an inch and 3/8 for ourselves for that inside length. Our outside height is gonna be right at two and 1/8 inches for ourselves at that high point there, while our outside length is gonna be putting us right at two inches for ourselves. And that depth for ourselves is gonna be right at an inch and 3/4 for that outside dimension. So, definitely doesn't take up too much room, which is very important on those bar systems. It can start getting a lot busy, and we wanna use that space as much as we can. Especially if you have a smaller roof, can be an issue of keeping that low profile, so it's nice that we aren't actually adding too much room with these adapters. Well, guys, I think that that about does it for our look at the Thule square bar adapters for various accessories here at etrailer.com. I'm Bobby, thank you for watching..
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Customer Reviews
SquareBar Adapters for Thule Winter and Water Sport Carriers - Qty 2 - TH34FR94BT
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (227 Customer Reviews)
Use these adapters to convert your Thule channel-mount winter or watersport carrier to work with square crossbars. Includes 2 adapters.by: Richard 09/16/2023
I rarely leave reviews but I have ordered a few items from etrailer lately and will say that I am impressed with how quickly they get my order shipped and how quickly it gets here.
by: Daniel07/09/2023
About a year ago we purchased two Thule Hullavator Pro kayak racks along with a Thule SquareBar Roof Rack for mounting. The combination worked out very well and we headed from Colorado Springs to Duvall Washington outside of Seattle with three stops along the way to kayak. The trip went smoothly and we appreciated the Hullavator ease lifting the boats. We have two more trips planned in the near future. We did mount the boats with cockpits down to avoid filling with water when traveling without a problem.
by: William01/21/2023
Classic square bar, but modern integration with the podium feet. Exactly what I was looking for.
by: Alexandra12/14/2023
I've had the roof rack for a year now and we only use it sporadically in the winter to put the ski box ontop of the car but it works great. Very easy to install and remove and very sturdy. Previously I had the kind that bolted into the roof of my SUV and had a terrible experience with that (we lost the rack and kayaks on the freeway and it tore holes in my roof). The clamp style is the only kind we'll get from now on because they are much sturdier and no risk of losing them. Definitely recommend them.
by: Chris04/05/2023
Beware of purchases from Etrailer...they offer no returns on opened products. So might say well you could just use and return it...true, but in this case the wind noise is horrific on my Jeep Wrangler and made a two hour ride nearly unbearable. The Thule cross bars are way too loud. They offer no aerodynamics whatsoever.
by: Thomas 02/03/2024
These bars are great and work fine. However the connection slots are not long enough to allow the 60” bars to work on our grand Cherokee. The 60” bars would give more clearance for our Thule Hullevators when they are in the lowered position. I had to develop a removable pad system to protect them from hitting the side of the car.
by: Kell08/06/2019
I went with this Rola Vortex Cargo Rack with extension for its size and multiple tie down points. I Paired it with the Thule 5 inch rapid gutter feet with square bars because:
To remove the freedom panels.
Square bars are stronger than Aero type bars.
Adjustability of fitment as the roof of the Jeep narrows toward the rear.
When loaded for camping, I want to maintain rearward vision.
Finally, the system met my load requirements. I had weighed the gear that will go onto the rack. And I am at OME specs.
I did not want to use the gutter of the freedom panels to carry weight. Since the panels are removable, it seemed to be a potential weak point structurally.
NOTES:
Because this Rola rack comes in sections, I do not recommend it for “Overlanding”.
And because it comes in sections, some weather proofing is needed. I coated the cargo rack guides with an anti seize grease. The bolts of the cargo clamps should be weather proofed as well.
Over time, the screws will need to be replaced. They will rust.
CONCLUSION
Overall I am happy with this set up. Should work well for general camping and hold up to the easier off road trails. If your plans are to Overland for weeks at a time in all weather conditions on moderate to difficult trails having off camber conditions, then this rack may be problematic over time. And may cause damage to the roof top.
by: Richard01/22/2023
The bars are as advertised, but arrived 10 full days after you indicated, possibly a post office problem. But, the package only contained one of the 4 end caps for the bars. Please send the other three.
by: Randy09/26/2023
Fairly easy to install. We use these with the Thule basket.
by: Kyle 11/18/2022
Worked great on my 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan's naked roof. Carried fully loaded car topper over 8,000 miles without needing any adjustments. Easy to install. Created a significant amount of whistling/howling when driving without a topper, so I wrapped a bungee cord around the front bar and secured it to the Thule feet. Voila. No more noise.
by: Eric01/16/2021
So far so good! The ease of installation was incredible. Pop the fit kit together, put it on the bar and install. Everything is straight forward with the directions. Its even easier if you find a video of the installation. The rack definitely has a little bit of a whistle to it but its kinda expected when you disrupt the airflow. I'm going to pick up my new kayak tomorrow and couldn't be happier! Not the best photo but its all i got at the moment lol.
by: Anthony 09/13/2023
Fit my 2015 Kia Sorento perfectly
by: James 211/16/2020
The bars are nice but Thule pointedly does not include under bar cover strips with this style of bars. They include these strips with the other three styles of bars they sell. Including these strips would cut the wind noise these bars produce substantially. I overcame this omission by re-using an old 5/8 inch ID (7/8 inch OD) garden hose that I cut up and slid inside the bars from the ends.
by: DB05/19/2023
Well packaged, arrived in good condition. Works as expected. Would be great to have additional fitment information available. The underside channels of the 53” bars were just barely long enough to fit Leer cap track system spaced 40” apart using the rapid podium feet (phew). Thought from the measurements there would be some room to spare but didn’t account for the angle of the podium feet.
by: John05/07/2022
I have ordered quite a bit from Etrailer in the past, but this will be my last order. First, I ordered the Thule Gutter system and specifically ask if the old style square bars would fit the gutter system….answer was yes. In fact, it did not. Then had to order the Evo Square bars. They only come in 60”. Most of my orders come in within three days this order took 10 days, it was sent by snail mail. It arrived and the four end caps were not there and one of the bars had a bend in it. Had to reorder. These EVO bars suck. There is a slot you have to massage to get the bar into, very hard to adjust. Super disappointed in the product from Thule and the shipping service from etrailer. Hate to do it, back to [online stores] etc.
by: Stephen 07/05/2023
Great option with thule gutter feet for Suzuki Samurai.
by: Jeff12/14/2020
The crossbars were delivered but one end of the box was ripped open during transit.The end caps on the crossbars were missing. I called customer service and the are sending me new end caps free of charge. Good cUstomer service.
by: Gabby11/27/2021
I think this a great roof rack it held a Thule box on a 2019 accord to florida but one thing I think that sucks is how much it whistles when driving besides that its great!!
by: Fred02/18/2022
Very fast delivery. The box in which the bars were shipped was opened on one end. Two of the end caps were missing. Also, I don't know if there are supposed to be a plastic filler strip for the bottom slots in the bars. If there is, I didn't receive those either. Since the towers have 4 end caps in that box, I was not concerned about the two missing from the bars.
by: 1Wolfpack11/20/2022
Old style but functional. Wanted to be able to use stops for securing long ladder, framing or trim on occasion and these seemed to be sturdy option. They’re are noisy so adding fairing recommended
by: Patrick 08/04/2022
Bars were plenty wide for my canoe,had good stiffness, worked well.
by: Rogelio09/15/2021
This was the best price I found for the roof rack. My order arrived with a torn box which was UPS's fault so I was missing the end caps for the bars. When I called in a very friendly agent helped me and sent me the replacement caps free of charge and kept in contact with me until I received them. I will definitely buy from here again.
by: Thomas 06/19/2021
This review is about the cross bars, the towers, clamps and pads made by Thule from the etrailer site. The instructions were straightforward, and the parts were clearly identified and labelled. Installation was easy, primarily because of the availability of instructional videos etrailer provided on line. Seeing it done from start to finish made the installation quite easy and straightforward. Looking forward to using my new roof system to transport our kayak this summer! Am very satisfied.
by: Owen07/24/2022
As stated in my last, Thule Racks are Top Shelf. Customer service at etrailer is second to none!! ??
by: Andrew07/18/2022
I really wish I had paid more money for more aerodynamic crossbars. These are extremely noisy and have made a noticeable difference to my gas mileage.
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