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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 - 48" 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 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.
While the round bars are both strong and durable, they will make noise while you drive. You can purchase after market fairings to cut down that wind noise and drag, which you can find on etrailer.com, or you can upgrade your bars to aero bars or to the core bars in which combine the strength of these bars with the aerodynamic shape.At the end caps here, we do have plastic knockouts that can be replaced with the Yakima same key system, which is sold separately. So that not only can you secure it to your roof rack, but you an also make the key inaudible 00:00:59 with your accessories. Next I'd like to give you a couple quick measurements. From the center of the roof to the bottom of the bars' gonna be about two and half inches, but from the center to the top is gonna be about three and a half inches.
That gives you more than enough space in between the bar and the roof to attach your accessories without making any contact. I would like to, however, advise against using your sunroof once these are installed and once your accessories are installed as well. Now, the two bars combined have the carrying capacity of 165 pounds, but you always want to double check with your vehicles manual to make sure that it can maintain those weights on the roof.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 front bar already installed on our vehicle, and we have our rear bar partially assembled on our table here. So our first step is we're gonna take our adaptor kit, and we'll install it onto our tower here and then slide it out to the other end.
I would like to point out that while this does come with end caps as well, we went ahead and left them out for demonstration purposes, as once you put them in, they're pretty difficult to get back out. Our first step is we're gonna take our plastic piece and we're gonna push it into place on top of our tower. You'll hear like a click once it gets pushed into place. Open up our tower. We'll push this strap in like so.
Looking underneath to get to our bolt. Take our included tightening tool to do that. Then we'll take our round bar adaptor, push that into place. We'll tighten it down until you hear two audible clicks. Now that's the nice thing about this tightening tool. You don't over tighten anything. Isn't that cleverOkay. Now we can slide it onto our bar. Lift up our bar. We'll slide that over the end. And now we can set this on to these factory raised side rails on our vehicle. So, I'll set our rear bar into place. We're gonna make sure that the line here lines up with the top portion of our factory raised side rail. Next we'll take our measuring tape. Make sure it's even from center to center on both sides and then we'll measure for an overhang and make sure it's even on both sides as well. And then we can start tightening things down. When it comes to the measurement, you wanna make sure you don't go under 24 inches, otherwise go buy your accessory's recommendations. Alright. That looks even on both sides. Now, I'll wrap a rubber coated steel strap up underneath and tighten it down with our included tool to this bolt here. And you wanna tighten this down until you hear two or three audible clicks so you know it's completely tightened down. Now, once we've got this snug around, we'll go to the other side, snug it down. We'll also tighten this bolt down in the center . To tighten our leg or tower to our bar. And now we can install our end cap and we're ready to hit the road.And there you have it for the Yakima RoundBar roof rack system on our 2018 Ford Escape.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (299 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!
Everything from etrailer is timely and of good quality! The Yakima crossbars are no exception - they are indestructible.
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.
Excellent selection of rack parts. Very useful installation videos help when choosing between products. Easy ordering process. Quick delivery.
I ordered the Yakima roof rack, with the Hullyrollers for the back crossbar and the Mako saddles for the front crossbar to use with my kayak. It arrived just like they told me and I put them on my car the eveningit arrived. Got to finlly use the roof rack on June 22 to go out kayaking and it worked great. Only thing is I did not know about the air reflector piece for the front crossbar. Now I will be ordering it to help with the wind noise.
Fit our Subaru Forester perfectly. Install was a breeze. For the money I wish they came with the core locks.
Great rack, go on fast, easy to install and work well on my VW TDI wagon. Care has to be given and follow the instructions for the install to what type of rails you have. Works great carrying the VW luggage carrier and plan on using it to carry kayaks as well. Just have not decided what kayak rack type to get yet.
These crossbars were easy to install and adjust. Be sure to get all the pieces you need. There is no mention of the Landing Pads necessary to use these.
I've attachec a few pictures of the Yakima rack on my Audi Q7. It took a few attempts to find the right combination of attachments, but in the end, the pin attachments work best with the access points on the factory flush-mount rails. Great product!!!!!
necessary for using the widest cross bar option (78"). East to install
Very nice quality towers. Very heavy duty! They have a cool "snap" on / off mechanism for quick removal and installation.
Very nice and heavy duty. They don’t look too fragile on a lifted truck with oversized tires.
Fit good with the OE track on roof. I like the new covers they supplied with the mounts.
roof racks showed up in great condition, and showed up as one package.... I should have ordered the J racks from here but I found them cheaper locally so Thule J racks compliment the whole setup and i am just about ready to hit the water :)
The installation of this rack system went very well, all of the instructions were easy to read and use. I have attached some pictures of our installation. The vehicle is a 1994 Honda Accord EX four door sedan
Roof Rack 2008 Saturn Astra The roof rack arrived one day early...The packaging was excellent and the quality of the product more than met my expectations. The instructions made the insulation very easy. It took less than 45 minutes to install the unit complete.
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.
Great products though, again, written instructions would have been nice.
One quick phone call and Gwendolyn figured out exactly what I needed for our new car to use my old Yakima rack.
Honestly, I love etrailer. I love the expert help that you all provide. It's clear by the 1 year follow-ups that you care more about the relationships with your customers then just making a sale. Your service is friendly, informative and fast. I always come here first to look for my next purchase. Thanks again-Rob.
You guys provide great products and excellent customer service.
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It was what it was advertised and fit perfectly on my 2023 Ford Maverick
Everything arrived as promised and earlier than expected just installed. Looks like it will do everything I need it to which is haul around paddleboards. So far so good!
We got a Yakima Roof Rack system with locks and fairing for a "lime squeeze metallic" (Green...) 2011 Ford Fiesta 5dr Hatchback. Received the package yesterday and set it up within about an hour.
Great product and very easy to install! I called in to put my order in due to not trusting myself in getting one that fits my car. Jessica W. Was beyond professional and helpful in the process. She went also well above her position and tracked my order and sent additional information. Couldn’t be happier with the product and customer service!
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