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These heavy-duty, aluminum crossbars work with Rhino-Rack legs to create a sturdy roof rack. The square bars include built-in C-channels for mounting Rhino-Rack heavy-duty, contractor-grade accessories.
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Rhino-Rack HD Crossbars - Black - 50" Long - Qty 2:Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Speaker 1: Today, on our 2017 Ford Taurus, we're gonna be test fitting the Rhino Rack Vortex Aero roof rack system, consisting of part numbers, RRVA126B-2. These are the Vortex Aero crossbars, black in color and 49 inches long. These also come in silver, as part number RRVA126S-2. We'll also be using part number RRRLKVA. These are the 2,500 series legs for the Vortex Aero crossbars. And finally, part number DK229, and this is the custom fit kit of the Ford Taurus, that will clamp it on to your vehicle.The Rhino Rack Vortex Aero roof rack system is great for carrying a wide variety of accessories on your roof, while freeing up space inside your vehicle.
It can carry anything from bike racks, to cargo baskets, to small cargo boxes. Unlike square and round bars, it has this aerodynamic design to it, which is gonna cut down wind noise and drag while you drive, without the use of a fairing. It also has this strip on the top, this Vortex Aero strip, which also helps out with that as well. Undoing the end cap here, this is capable to be used with T track accessories. You just remove this strip, place your item in and then cut it to length.Unlike some of the other roof racks that are out there, the Rhino racks do come with box included, so once you install this onto your roof, it's secured to your roof as well.
You can purchase a lock for this portion here, as well, and make these key to like, if you wanted to.With the two bars combined, it does have the carrying capacity of 165 pounds, but you always want to 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 roof rack system, let's go ahead and show you how it installs. We already have our front bar installed on our vehicle, and how we got it to this position is, once we had it in place, we measured from the center of the door jamb, back to the center of the bar. And we did this on both sides, to make sure that it was even.Let's go ahead and show you how that rear bar gets assembled now. In front of us, here, we have our 2,500 series leg, which is gonna be attached to our bar in a minute, here. We have the clamp and this rubber foot pack, here, that's gonna be attached to the 2,500 series leg.
Then we have the end caps here, which will come with our leg as well, and these are lockable. We have our end cap tour bar, and the tool here, to lock it into place once you're finished. And, of course, the tightening tools and keys for the roof rack as well.We'll start by flipping our bar and getting our leg ready to install. We're going to take this bracket here, and slide it into this T track slot, like so. And in the instructions, you'll have a measurement, measuring back from this point, to where the leg is supposed to sit.
And normally, you would have a strip that you put into place, cut to length that it needs to be, and you'll be good to go. But for demonstration purposes, we'll just measure it out.So, measure from the edge here, out. Then we'll take our included tool and tighten down the screw in the center here. With that done, we can actually replace our end cap here, and take our tool and secure it in place.Next, you take our rubber foot here and place it on the bottom of our leg. You want to make sure that you're putting the right one in the right place. So, this is rear left, with the arrow facing out. So, I find it easier to just to actually remove the end foot here, and everything just kind of lines up. And it just kind of pushes into place. Push this back in place, again making sure the arrow is facing the right direction. You notice that this is rear left, because once we set it on, like so, this is gonna be on the left side of the vehicle.Next, we'll install our clamps. Remove this screw on the leg here, install our clamp, and reinstall the screw loosely, because you're gonna want to be able to move this around a little bit once you get it on the vehicle. Now, we've gonna just set this on our vehicle.We'll start up by opening up the rear doors on both sides. Be very careful when we set our bars down, because we don't want to scratch the roof or anything like that, with our clamps. Before I had mentioned, we went from the center of the door jamb for our front bar measurement. Now to get our rear bar measurement, we'll measure from the center of the front bar, back on both sides as well, to keep the bars parallel.With everything measured out, next we'll just loosely get our clamps tightened up against the door jamb here, using our tightening tool. We'll do this on both sides. And I want you to notice, that with this tightening tool, it has a curve to it. As you tighten it evenly on both sides, it'll straighten out. Once it's straightened out, it's torqued down to its proper specifications, and this is kind of a fail safe to make sure you don't over tighten it on to your roof.You can see that it's straightened out. So, now we're tightened up. It's not going anywhere. Now we can put on our end caps, load up our gear, and we're ready to hit the road. We'll line up the tabs here, with our leg. All right, and now we're secure, and we're ready to go.And there you have it for the Rhino Rack Vortex Aero roof rack system, on our 2017 Ford Taurus.
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars (66 Customer Reviews)
These heavy-duty, aluminum crossbars work with Rhino-Rack legs to create a sturdy roof rack. The square bars include built-in C-channels for mounting Rhino-Rack heavy-duty, contractor-grade accessories.I got the roof rack mounted anyways. Better pics to come when it's all finished!
Thanks to etrailer, I am ready to do some serious summer exploring with my 2013 Mazda 3! Rhino Racks, Malone top box, and Kuat bike rack!
The rack fit well and was easy to install. Seems to be made well. The problem is the amount of road noise. I never even put the basket on. It was so loud, it roared. I repositioned it several times but the noise was way too much and I finally just removed it. I spent a lot of money for the rack and the basket and now they are in storage. I wish it would have worked out better because I thought it looked really good.
love it, no problem and easy to install and take on and off, 47,000 miles on the highway and not a single issue. I even like the song the ladder hums to me driving down the interstate. This is my second Rhino and both have preformed to a high standard.
Ordered a Rhino Rack for my 2014 GMC Sierra 2500HD Denali. Rack arrived in very good shape and all items were there. Installing at this time and see no problems ahead.
This rack works perfectly on my Nissan Versa for carrying my two Perception Sound 9'6" kayaks. The Rhino-Racks look good to me. The kayaks can rest directly on the rubber pads on the rails, unlike the Yakama racks I had in the past that had bare pipe rails. Also, I expect I can buy parts to adapt this product to a different car without having to buy new towers. I am sorry there are not hooks or loops to attach bungees when carrying lumber. They are noisy in the wind, but less so when carrying the kayaks.
Thanks to Etrailer, I am ready to do some serious summer exploring with my 2013 Mazda 3! Rhino Racks, Malone top box, and Kuat bike rack!
Good quality and locks are included. The plastic lock covers are flimsy but they will keep an honest person honest.
Thank you for the very speedy customer service! My roof rack is already here!
I got the roof rack mounted anyways. Better pics to come when it's all finished!
Things went well. Customer service was great.
Great product everything fit perfectly. With the heavy duty bars almost all the hardware for anything you put on the rack is too short
I was in a roof rack jam. There was a national shortage of the rack I needed for my car and our summer vacation was a week away. I went to etrailer.com when I couldnt find the roof rack anywhere else on the web. Another website actually suggested that they might have what I needed.
I spoke to Ashley E on the phone to make sure that I was picking the right parts. Ashley was very helpful and knowledgable. She helped me find the right roof rack and made sure that I received it in record time. I am a customer for life!!!
The folks at etrailer helped walk me through exactly which parts I needed for a saddle style kayak rack for my 2013 Taurus. I couldn't have ordered it without the help of customer service. In addition, the video for installation was also helpful, although I did need to read the directions thoroughly as well. Love my rack!
This rack worked out great... I installed in on a 2017 Ford F-150. We drove 6 hrs through wind and rain with a SUP and Tandem Kayak on top. It really took a beating in a storm the whole way. One bracket was a little loose and shifted because of the wind on the Kayak, but it held together. Super happy with Rhino rack!
This kit is easy to slap on and sturdy enough to balance my skis and snowboards. I recently used the Rhino Rack on a three hour drive to a ski resort and had no issues.
Turned my Ford Taurus into a Sport Utili-Taurus. Got tons of sports equipment and Thules on the roof, very confidently and super rigid/strong. Made for a great summer.
I ordered the rack system over the phone. The customer service rep (Kathy) was helpful, knowledgeable, and friendly. The rack arrived as stated in the shipping, and arrived in perfect condition.
The instructions were printed for my specific vehicle. I put the rack together, and installed it on the vehicle myself. The rack fit perfectly,
I carried my kayak on the racks, worked great.
This is my second Rhino-Rack. They go on very easily and hold the bikes/kayaks and even an extension ladder very well....thanks for a great product
As far as I am concerned, Rhino-Rack leads the market sector. Premium products, services, delivery, instructions, & humans actually answer the customer service lines.
Additionally, etrailer's delivered was also timely & professional. Both were a pleasure to deal with.
The distance between feet specified in the instructions, both front and back, was short by about 1 1/8 inches. Otherwise, the product is top quality and was received complete and on time within the time frame promised. I will purchase from etrailer again.
As far as I am concerned, Rhino-Rack leads the market sector. Premium products, services, delivery, instructions, & humans actually answer the customer service lines.
Additionally, etailer delivered, was also timely & professional. Both were a pleasure to deal with.
Love the roof rack! Works great for ka yaks!
This is an excellent product. It was the only product that would fit my truck. I was able to mount it by myself, it took me longer than I thought it would, but it helps if you watch first a video on line about how to put it together. The support staff is excellent if you miss any parts. I highly recommend it for the 2015 Nissan Rogue.
Andrei
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