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These multipurpose, galvanized steel crossbars supply the backbone for your aftermarket roof rack system. Works with accessories that clamp around the bars. Pair with Yakima towers, fit kit, and RoundBar SL Adapter to create a complete roof rack.
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Yakima RoundBars - 58" Long - Black - Qty 2:Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
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.
And not only does this secure your roof rack to your roof, but it also can make it key to life with your accessories that you're hauling as well. While there are many accessories that can be attached to your round bars, it cannot be used with T-track accessories. If you wanna carry T-track accessories, you can upgrade these to the jetstream bars, which you can find on etrailer.com as well.Next I'd like to give you a couple of quick measurements. From the center of the roof to the bottom of the bars is gonna be about 2 5/8 inches. From the bottom to the top is gonna be about 3 7/8 inches.
So that's plenty of space in between the roof rack itself and your roof to attach any accessories you may need. However, if you do have a sunroof attached, you may wanna reconsider opening that or using that once you have the roof rack and your accessories installed. As mentioned before, these bars are strong and durable, with a carrying capacity of 220 pounds. Now you always wanna double check with your vehicle's manual to make sure your roof can withstand those weights.Now that we've gone over some of the features of the round bar roof rack system, let's go ahead and show you how it installs. We already have our front bar installed on our vehicle and we have our rear bar partially assembled on our table here.
So our next step is we're gonna take our tower, attach our rubber foot pad, and then attach our adapter kit to it and attach it to the other end of our bar. We'll start by just simply snapping the rubber foot pad in place. You'll hear a couple clicks. And then we'll install our plastic bracket here on the top of our tower. Next we'll take our round bar adapter.
We'll put it in the center, attaching it to the screw here. We'll flip it, pulling out this gray portion here to get to our screw. Then we'll just loosely tighten that up. Now we're ready to slide this onto our bar.We'll slide it into place, and then we'll measure between our towers to get the proper measurement there, and you can find that in your instructions. Once you have it in the place you need it, we'll flip it upside down and tighten down that bolt. Next we're gonna alter the angle on how our pad is gonna sit on our vehicle. For the rear, it's gonna sit towards the back and we're gonna adjust this back there. You'll see how that happens. And you can find these adjustments in your instructions to let you know which side it should be on. Loosen that up as we push this down, notice what it does here. It changes the angle. And again we'll tighten it down. Something I'd like to mention is when you hear these clicks, that means it's tightened down to its specifications so you don't need to tighten it down anymore.And finally we'll install our round end caps here, and now we're ready to set it on our vehicle. We'll set our bar into place at the rear, and next we'll measure from center to center to get our crossbars spread right on both sides as well. We'll repeat this on the driver's side and then we can start installing our clamps and tightening it down. We'll lift up this gray cover here and then our clamp just simply slides into place. We'll next go to this screw here and lower our clamp onto our vehicle. We do this by turning it to the right. And then we'll go to our screw in the center here and we'll get it loosely tightened onto our doorframe here. We'll then do the same on our driver's side and then we'll tighten them both down until you hear those clicks. We can put our plastic cover back over it, close our door. We'll install our cover, which just snaps into place, and now we'll do the same on the driver's side and then we're ready to load up our gear and hit the road.And there you have it for the Yakima round bar roof rack system on our 2018 Chevrolet Malibu.
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (303 Customer Reviews)
These multipurpose, galvanized steel crossbars supply the backbone for your aftermarket roof rack system. Works with accessories that clamp around the bars. Pair with Yakima towers, fit kit, and RoundBar SL Adapter to create a complete roof rack.Kimberly has shown that great customer service is not dead! etrailer and Kimberly are great to work with and have earned my business and will always be the 1st and last place I look for my rack+ needs!
As for the application, I needed more space to fit my cargo box on top of my 4Runner TRD Pro’s rack. I came up this this… Thank you!
Free delivery that showed up in 3 days!!! Can't beat it. The crossbars with the Control Towers and LandingPad 9 fit perfectly on my Honda Element. Had them installed in about 30 mins. Don't have my cargo box yet and wanted to test strength, so I had my 110lb wife standing on them with no issues (yes, the car was parked). Plan to take a long camping trip next week with a cargo box on top...wife will be in the vehicle:-)
Works perfectly. I am always impressed that Yakima continues to make parts for the "old roundbars" since they have since moved on to the superior JetStream bars.
Love my Yakima roof rack!! It exceeds my expectations.great product. Also thank etrailer for the tec support! great staff always there to help thanks again!!
Excellent selection of rack parts. Very useful installation videos help when choosing between products. Easy ordering process. Quick delivery.
necessary for using the widest cross bar option (78"). East to install
A great company to do business with, and lots of merchandise in stock. I orderd a roof rack for my truck on Tuesday morning and it was on the porch when I returned from work on Thursday. I will deffinitely order more from etrailer.com
The rack has been so useful since I purchased it. Staff at etrailer.com were exceptionally helpful in getting the best option for my car and answering questions. I recommend this company, for its 110% customer service, excellent prices and timely delivery.
Really easy to install & work as specified. So happy with the customer support/service at etrailer.
One quick phone call and Gwendolyn figured out exactly what I needed for our new car to use my old Yakima rack.
Ackage came 2 days early the install was somewhat easy (did it by myself)
Did not get to mount anything to it but seems really sturdy. One thing I can say is mark out your mounting points with provided stickers then put up and make adjustments to the roof rack.
Great first experience dealing with you guys! Shipped fast, and was a faster install. You gave me the right parts and it went together in a flash.
Will definitely be doing business with you all again.
I have been using Yakima racks for around 40 years and have never had any problems. However, I am amazed at the price increases over the years. Etrailer prices were by far lower than most. Overall, a very excellent purchase.
Kit worked perfectly on my 2021 Subaru Forester. The whole install took 30 minutes. Never been disappointed with etrailer.
Solid build quality and easy installation on my '21 Mazda CX-5.
Haven’t used them yet but they should work as expected
The Yakima products are doing great. Just got home yesterday from a 18 day trip using them in Michigan's upper peninsula. Love them. Great products. Thanks again.
So far so good. Purchased these towers to use on a 2022 GMC Canyon with HD bars that I already had, primarily to carry my canoe. Yakima's fitting instructions worked perfectly and the whole system seems really solid.
I'm happy that this allows me to save money by using my old round bars on my new vehicle, with only the purchase of new "towers" and these adapters.
first try was missing what was needed
Etrailer helped. It was great!
E trailer has me me spoiled yet again! If only I could expect this level of service from other suppliers.
Works great to use my round bars on the Skyline towers.
Yakima Crossbars were as you would expect - steel bars coated in a soft black coating (be mindful when you are utilizing these with the top mounts as the clamp will eat through the soft coating when you tighten them down). I had issues with my yakima round bar setup as the brackets and tower system were allowing water to leak in. This is in no way reflective of what youll experience but Yakima has superb support. I spoke with them twice on my issue and out of their kindness they shipped me an entire setup to replace my existing one for free.
Product works as advertised thus far. When you buy the yakima towers, you are required to purchase these as well to fit the rounder bars (I feel sure there are other adapters for other bar shapes). These should have come with the towers in my opinion, and I resented having to shell out more $$ to purchase these "must have" adapters to mount my bars. 3 star overall rating based on function, price. Delivery and packaging was top-notch through etrailer.
I ordered a Yakima Roof Rack for my Toyota Prius from eTrailer.com. Part of the reason for purchasing from eTrailer.com was the promise that the racks were made specifically for the car and would not dent the roof.
I received the rack on July 31, and installed the racks on my Prius according to instructions included with the racks. Our tandem kayak is 65 lbs . The towers were placed on the outer most part of the roof as indicated by the instructions. Yakima saddles were attached to the crossbars to hold the kayak. Nothing was close or touching the top of the roof. We transported the kayak to a nearby lake, 6 miles, and back. The next day we removed the racks from the roof and noticed 4 dents on the top of the roof. It was obvious that transporting the kayak on the rack caused the dents.
We had to pay $100 to have the dents removed from the Prius roof.
I cannot continue to use this rack that puts dents in the car's roof. I was extremely disappointed in the racks. In reading the Toyota manual and contacting them by phone, there is no mention of using or not using roof racks.
I was shocked to learn from Rachel at eTrailer.com that your company takes absolutely no responsibility for this Yakima product they sell. The best they can do is to pass the buck and refer us to Yakima.
Very disappointed, and out a lot of money for a product that damages your car. Will not recommend or buy here again. eTrailer.com does not even deserve one star in this review.
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