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Low-profile, aerodynamic crossbars create an aftermarket roof rack for your vehicle. Aluminum bars have T-slots that let you mount channel-mounted carriers and accessories. Flexible rubber strips in T-slots keep out dirt and won't need trimming.
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Inno Aero Aluminum Load Bars - Black - Qty 2:Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Today, in our 2018 Ford Flex, we're going to be doing a test on the Inno Square Bar Roof Rack System.We'll be using part numbers INB147 for the 58 inch long black steel crossbars, and part number INSUT for the Inno feet for the square crossbars. Part number INK263 for the customer fit kit.This Inno roof rack system's going to allow us to carry roof mounted accessories on our Ford Flex. Things like bike racks, kayak carriers, roof boxes, and much more.It has the traditional square bar design. Now, these aren't going to be as quiet as an aero style. Like anything we put on a roof, it's going to make a little bit of noise. If you'd like to keep that down to a minimum, you can pick up a fairing to place on the front crossbar.Now, as I said in the intro, the bars are 58 inches long.
When mounted, we've actually got about 49 inches of usable space. That's more than enough room to put a few accessories. They're going to work with your standard clamp on accessories.The crossbars are held in place by four Inno feet. These are designed perfectly to work with our naked roof on our Flex. That way they don't harm or scratch that room.
The hooks that secure our roof rack system to the inside of the door jam also offers some protection. They're rubber coated, and they, too, are custom fit to work with our Flex.This roof rack system also includes locks. That way no one can remove it from our roof. This is a step up compared to other roof rack systems, where you have to pick up separate cores. This includes them, so you don't have to pick up any other parts.
You can see here how it even covers our hardware. That way, it cannot be tampered with.When using this roof rack system, if you have the sunroof option, I'd like to point out that you still have full operation of that.This roof rack system has a weight capacity of 220 pounds. That's a step up, compared to other roof rack systems. You're going to be able to carry a lot more accessories on this system without worrying about the weight. You do, however, want to check with your vehicle's owner's manual, to see if your roof can support that much weight.Now, I'll give you some dimensions.
This may help up when carrying accessories, or pulling and out of your garage. From the top of the roof to the underside of the square bar is about two inches. From the top of the roof to the top of the square bar is about three inches.Now that we've gone over the features, I'll show you how to go ahead and get in installed. We've already got our front crossbar in place. Let's show you how we did that.Per our instructions, we measured over from the two doors to center, on both sides, and got our placement. The rear one installs the same way. Let's go ahead and get started.I've already got one of my feet installed on the bar here. Let's do the other side together. We'll grab the other foot, and we're going to do some assembly. What I want to do is, we'll grab our hook. We're going to set it in place, on top of the bolt there. Then, we'll grab the locking bracket. Put that over top. Then, we'll take the large, square nut and start threading that on.We'll do a couple threads. We just want it loosely installed, like so. Then, we'll take that locking bracket. Set it over. We'll be sure that the opening is facing up, as you see it here. Then, we'll take our large nut and thread that on a little bit. We don't want to thread it on all the way. We want it loosely installed, like so.Now, before you put the foot in place on the bar, it's important that the ridges on the square bar are facing up. The way you slide it onto the square bar is you press down on the bolt here, where my thumb is. It releases the grip here. As we push down, you can see that move. From here, we can take it, while holding it down, and slide it in place. Then, as we let go, it grips and is locked in.Now, we need to take a measurement and make sure that our feet are in the correct position on the square bar. We can grab our included tape measure and, what we need to do first, is find the center of the crossbar. The nice thing is about the included tape, is that it finds the center of the bar for us. It's actually labeled. We'll zero it at the end of the bar, here. We'll stretch it out until we find the part number of the actual square bar, which is located right here. The part number is INB147. So, the arrow here marks our center.Now, you can do this a few different ways. You can mark it with a pen. I like to use my finger nail. Just give a little . Just apply a little bit of pressure, and then we've got our mark.From here, we can turn our tape measure around, place the zero on the center, and, per our instructions, we need to be 630 millimeters to the front of the foot, here. We can adjust our foot out. We're all set. We can repeat the same process with the other foot. Then we can put our end cap on. Just push it in place, like so. Then, we'll put on our base pad. it only goes on one way. Once you've got it lined up, just push it in place. Just like that.Once it's assembled, we can go ahead and set it in place on our Flex. We'll want to gently set it in position in the general area. With it set in place, we need to take one last measurement. Per our instructions, we need to measure 500 millimeters from the center of our two doors to the center of the hook. We can take our included tape. It is measured in inches and centimeters. So, 50 centimeters converts to 500 millimeters. We'll set 50 between our two doors and we'll measure to the center of our fit hook. Once we've got it in place, we'll want to be sure and check the other side, as well.Now we can start tightening them down. As we talked about before, we want to be sure that our locking bracket is facing upwards. If it has fallen down, you can just turn it back up, just like that. Then, we'll start turning that nut until it raises our fit hook up to make contact with the inside of the door. We want to do that for both sides.Now we can take our included tool and tighten them the rest of the way down. It's important that you alternate between the two sides. Do a few turns here, then a few turns to the other side. The nice thing about this included tool is it is a torquing knob. It's going to prevent us from over tightening and under tightening. Once we tighten it up to the correct torque setting, it will click.Once everything's torqued down, we can go ahead and take our locking cap. Make sure that it's facing up. Push it all the way on and lock it up. We're all set. Now we can load up our favorite roof mounted accessory, on our Flex, and head down the road.That's going to complete our test of the Inno Square Bar Roof Rack System on our 2018 Ford Flex.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (130 Customer Reviews)
Low-profile, aerodynamic crossbars create an aftermarket roof rack for your vehicle. Aluminum bars have T-slots that let you mount channel-mounted carriers and accessories. Flexible rubber strips in T-slots keep out dirt and won't need trimming.Waste of money. Most annoying couple hours spent in a long time. Extremely disappointed. Does not fit well. Not exactly a cheap option, but a cheap option in terms of fit and engineering. The instructions online and in the kits do not agree. But there is no helping the design. Plus there are no universal set of instructions--they are all individual items for the fit kit, the bars, etc. But a reasonably inclined person can figure it out so no big deal, but the engineering design is garbage--requires precise measurement yet the design is such that exact measurement is impossible due to the design.
Additionally, the parts are low quality Either low density plastic or easily stripped bolts. Even when as precise as possible, I wouldn't trust it with my kayak. What a mistake. Do yourself a favor and get a Yakima trailer or similar. It isn't that much more money in the scheme of things and then it isn't tied to your car. Can add a hitch to most vehicles anyway.
Perfect fit
Racks were perfect for my Acura MDX. They fit like a glove and I have used them several times.
Has worked great for transporting my fishing Kayak as well as small loads of lumber. It has worked fine for about a dozen and a half boards at a time or a couple of sheets of plywood. Just make sure that you have a good way to strap them down as well as maybe a rubber mat to help hold everything in place. The noise from it on the high way can be a lot but certainly not as bad as some that I have heard. I figure that anything on the outside of a vehicle like that will produce some noise.
worked as expected, I used them to carry my hobie outback kayak (about 100lbs) on my Honda Civic 2016 Coupe (2 doors). They worked with no problem so far (1 year) even under high speed like 70mph.
Everything was perfect
We recently purchased 2 kayaks & Thule roof racks from our local outdoor store.
After waiting 2 weeks for our roof racks and J bars to come in we found that the Thule racks did not fit our 2017 Lincoln MKX and they didn't make any racks that would. The vehicle does not have roof racks and has a moon roof.
After a couple of days searching the internet we discovered etrailer.com. We found the Inno roof racks, but still was not sure they would work. We spoke to a repesenative and he assured us that the racks we chose would fit and the Thule J bars we did return would also work. As you can see by the photos 2 days later we were happy Kayakers.
This kit does not fit well. All measurements have been double and triple checked down to the millimeter. The lock on the covers interfere with the hooks. You have to apply so much pressure to get it to close that it makes the rack come loose. Not very satisfied
Great product, good quality. I had a budget, and this fit the bill.
Ideally, I would love for the crossbars to line up with the rails.
The customer service was A+++ I would order again from etrailer.com any time!
I bought these as part of a kit with 60" Aero bars and the appropriate kit for my 14 Flex. I spent probably an hour and a half double checking my measurements and getting them torqued down properly. I spaced the bars on top of the car just a little wider than proscribed because I was planning on carrying 4x8 plywood, and it looked better to my eye. One thing to watch for: The instructions for the car-specific kit (in my case INK263) show the foot spacing measurements for a square bar, and the measuring point for these feet and Aero bars is different. That measurement point is indicated in the instructions for the feet, not the kit. Same numbers, just different reference point. Otherwise, they look good and are rock solid.
I did a lot of searching before selecting this rack for my Durango RT (no factory roof rails). It is easy to reinstall once the initial process is followed, I marked my doorjambs with a sharpie and it is easy to set up. Great product!
Love these crossbars, they fit my truck perfectly. Love that they lock too. I feel much safer with them on my truck knowing that they lock.
Installation was a little tricky but once the "feet" were attached to the roof and the bars properly spaced, everything wrapped up very well.
There is no noticeable wind noise with these installed.
Great racks. High quality parts. Fit perfectly. Went together easily.
I was so nervous purchasing this product since I would have to do the installation myself but the. instructions were clear and the equipment sam simple to assemble. We love our rack system. We have had kayaks and travel bags on them for summer and ski racks for winter each additional piece fit onto the bars well and we have had no issues.
Did it all by myself! Female Military Vet! Very happy! Thank you etrailer!!
One was extremely hard to get on compared to the others (not sure if it had some rough machining or something), but once all we’re on, all was good
Started assembly last summer and finally completed installation this spring. Directions took a lot of attention to detail but were adequate. Rack went on car securely and looks great. Have attached kayak rack and a roof pod and both worked flawlessly. Would definitely recommend.
etrailer was the only vendor who had the custom fit roof rack feet I needed for my vehicle. I was trying to put a roof rack onto a Dodge Durango SRT...not a typical vehicle for this accessory! I looked everywhere for a suitable roof rack and thought I was settling by ordering the Inno kit from etrailer. I could not have been more wrong! I am so happy with the purchase!
I have had countless bike racks over the years and this is by far the best system I have ever had. Fits like a glove on my F150. Easy to install, looks great and the bikes do not move when on the roof.
Tule and Yakima did not have a rack for my Nissan murano. So it was a blessing to find the immo rack. It seems like it can fit any car model. It's strong and secure. I feel my equipment will be safe with this rack.
Noticed box was taped up more then usual, found other manuals that was not specifically for this, and also found one of the feet already had been mounted as there was scratches on the plastic and metal parts
Installation went pretty smoothly. The trick is to fully understand each step before moving to the next. There are a lot of small parts which at first was a little intimidating, but soon I was able to "get with it". I love the finished product and think you helped me get a good deal. Thank you for that
Installed incredibly quickly on my 2014 Prius V with some of the best instructions I could have ever asked for. Used the video as well in tandem and got it on the car in about an hour and a half with my partner. It was a lovely experience, which is sometimes difficult for couples to say in situations like this!
These work great! Keep it nice and tight! No slipping! Very easy to mount and unmount! Rubber coated so it won't scratch up the roof of the car!! I have this mounted on a 2005 Scion xb!
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