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SquareBar Evo crossbars attach to Thule feet to create a durable, reliable roof rack for your vehicle. Bars are constructed of galvanized steel with a polymer coating that provides grip for your cargo. Accommodate accessories that clamp around bars.
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Thule SquareBar Evo Crossbars - 53" Long - Steel - Qty 2:Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Jake: Hey guys, it's Jake here with etrailer. Today we'll be showing you a little bit more on this 2014 Ford Escape. How to install the Thule Evo Clamp Feet with the square bar crossbar and our custom fit kit for our Escape. This is going to allow you to carry any of those elongated items or a bike or a cargo basket. You're going to be able to put that up on top of your roof rather than hauling it inside your car. It's just going to make more space for any family members or pets.
Starting here at the bottom, you're going to have a fit kit that's customized to your Ford Escape. It's going to have these contours. It's going to match those contours of your vehicle. This is going to be a rubber coated steel hook. That's going to clamp on the underside of your door and it's designed to fit a specific spot on the door.So make sure you get those measurements right.
Moving up the scale here, we have our Evo Clamp Foot. You can see on the inside here, you're going to have your bolt, to which you tighten it down with. And the way this tightens down to your crossbar is you're going to slide it into the end of your crossbar. And it's going to pull that crossbar down onto the clamp foot, holding everything nice and tight, and that's going to ensure for a nice clean look. And up here on our top crossbar, we're going to have this nice rubber coating on the outside of your crossbar to protect her from any scratches or abrasions and to help things from sliding on it when you put those accessories on top.
When you're all done, you can put your end cap on and you can replace this with Thule lock cores, if you want more security for your roof rack. Now the crossbars we have on our Escape today are going to be our 53 inch crossbars.These are going to have little to no overhangs, so you're not going to be able to put anything on the outer most edge. If you want more overhang, you can get overhang all the way out to your mirrors. I wouldn't go any further than that though. And this is going to allow you to put accessories on the outermost edge.
On the outside of your feet. This square bars are going to have a 220 pound weight capacity. They're going to have a more rugged look than the arrow bars or round bars, but with that comes a little bit more wind noise and drag. So just keep that in mind. Now just a couple of measurements for you guys, from the top of your roof to the bottom of the crossbar, it's going to be about two and a half inches. So this is going to be more than enough space to be able to operate a sunroof.If you have one, just want to be sure you get these accessories on there before you open your sunroof. From the top of your roof to the top of your crossbar is going to be three and a half inches. So just keep that in mind, because you have added that much space to the top of your roof for any of those close quarter situations. And with all that being said, let's go ahead and take a closer look at how to get it installed. It's an easy assembly. We'll go ahead and show you how to get it installed. First, you'll start with your foot pack and we'll take your Evo Foot Clamp, and you can put your fit kit on it.Make sure you push it down and around on until this part hooks onto the actual clamp itself. And you can take your clamp and slide it into place. You're going to want to hear that click and that's it and it won't come out. Now we'll do the same for the other foot and then get them on our bars. So in order to get in place on the bottom of our crossbar, you're going to want to push in on those two gray buttons. The buttons are going to be on the outside then slide it into the T slot. So per your instructions, they're going to give you a measurement to where it's going to fit either the front or the rear crossbar. We're doing the rear, so you're going to want it at 40 and a half on the little marker scale there. And we can go ahead and get our bar in place.Now, in order to get it in place, you're going to want to open both doors. Just want to kind of loosely set it in place until you get your measurement for your crossbar spread. So your first crossbar, when you put it in place, it's going to be 12 inches from the edge of your windshield to the front of your foot pack. And then we can measure from the front of our crossbar to the front of the rear crossbar and that's how we're going to get our second measurement. That measurement is going to be 27 and a half inches. Looks like we we're a little off there, move it back. Now we can adjust the other side. Now with our crossbars in their correct spots, you can go ahead and begin tightening down our crossbar.And you want to tighten down a couple of turns on each side, you're going to want to make sure that your foot pack is in the right spot. You'll see there's a little notch that's made for this slot here, and I'll pull it over and then continue tightening. But you want to go back and forth to make sure you get it even on both sides. Now what's really cool about this tool, that Tooley supplies you with, is it's going to let you know when it's torque to the right specifications.You're going to hear that clicking noise, which means it's tight enough. I'm going to go ahead and get our end cap in place and put the end cap on our bar..
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (510 Customer Reviews)
SquareBar Evo crossbars attach to Thule feet to create a durable, reliable roof rack for your vehicle. Bars are constructed of galvanized steel with a polymer coating that provides grip for your cargo. Accommodate accessories that clamp around bars.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.
Standard crossbars, very strong and ver satile.
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.
While the instructions were a bit difficult to follow the install videos from etrailer are a blessing to figure out what to expect even if not exact to the letter. Overall product is excellent, use it to haul kayaks and a 18 ft aluminum canoe to and from locations. Would recommend
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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.
I just got my packages and had it installed within the hour very satisfied
No problems installing. The rack is doing fine.
Product was right fit for my vehicle and installed perfectly. Etrailer was knowledgeable and got the goods to me quickly. Enjoyed working with them and will again.
I've owned this roof rack for a year now, and it has served my purposes (carrying my kayak around on my truck) quite well. It was fairly easy to assemble, largely because the entire instruction guide was in pictures.
I have had to retighten the rack a couple of times since putting it on the roof, so I tie the kayak down to the front and back of the truck as well as to the roof rack. I suspect the ocean kayak puts a bit of lift on the roof rack resulting in the loosening.
Easy to install, fit and finish are top notch.
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.
Worked perfectly on my 2020 GMC Sierra. Looks and works great.
I have almost always had roof rails on my vehicles. My F150 had no rails and I was nervous about clamp style rack holders given what I tend to carry on top. These have been great and I am positive I have overloaded them numerous times.
Great quality products! Easy installation with properly guided instructions. One of the best tracking information, from ordering to delivery. Would strongly recommend etrailer to anyone looking for roof or hitch bike racks.
Seamless ordering and delivery. Video instructions very helpful
Classic square bar, but modern integration with the podium feet. Exactly what I was looking for.
Worked Perfect & Secured a very heavy load in extreme weather & off road conditions
One of the Evo Clamps is missing the plastic plate where the rubber spacer attaches. Please send a new plate or new clamp so I can finish my install. See attached photos to see the difference.
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.
Easy to install with the anchors and crossbars, and still holding up great a year later.
Excellent system
I bought the Thule Evo Roof Rack to transport my kayak on my Lexus 300H. Thule will advise you on their website that his particular rack is not right for a Lexus 300H (i.e., they don't make a roof rack for a Lexus 300H); it is really for a Camry, but etrailer told me that is worked, I trusted them and they were correct. After all, a Lexus sedan is really a fancy Camry, but Thule will not acknowledge this point. It works great. Thule makes a solid product.
Great product from Thule. Fit my 2022 Ford Ranger perfectly and is very strong and secure when installed. Excellent customer service from trailer and extremely fast shipping.
Superb quality. Of course, it is from Thule and they are expensive for sure. But, you really get what you pay for!
And, just consider how expensive it would be if using something more affordable (cheap generic brand) and the racks/bars take off from the roof with the box on the highway!
These will not take off, super sturdy and fits the car perfectly.
Just be sure to get the right kit.
And follow the paper instructions coming along the parts.
Can recommend these, were for Nissan Leaf 2021.
And not to forget the etrailer company, they did their part as well with flying colors. All parts arrived in time and were correct!
Customer Service at etrailer is par none, both before the sale and after. I had an unpleasant experience elsewhere buying and installing a roof rack for my old Prius. After a few days of frustrations, I sent it back to that old online store.
This time, I contacted etrailer to see what ALL I needed to install a rack on my new 2018 Honda CRV. They sent me the part numbers and a link to purchase. Viola! After they arrived, I had difficulty with one of the parts (at 69 yo my hands are not too strong or flexible) and contacted etrailer. They sent pictures and more thorough instructions on installing the rubber strip. Another VIOLA!
I'm so very happy with my total experience at etrailer. Customer Service, truly, is not better any where else I have made online or brick-n-mortar purchases.
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