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Extremely quiet, aerodynamic crossbars attach to Yakima towers to create a stylish roof rack for your vehicle. Rubber strips in T-slots push down to load carriers or accessories - no need to trim. Full-length aluminum bars maximize carrying capacity.
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Yakima JetStream Crossbars - 60" Long - Silver - Qty 2:Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Colin: Hey everyone, it's Colin here at etrailer, and today we have a 2019 GMC Yukon XL. And let me go ahead and do a test fit of the Yakima JetStream Roof Rack system. This is a roof rack that you're going to be able to load up some of your favorite accessories, whether it's a cargo box for a long family trip, kayak carrier, maybe even a couple of bike racks.It's going to mount to the fixed mounting points on the flush side rails of your Yukon. And it's really secure, you can see shaking it around, the entire Yukon is moving. You really do have a great peace of mind getting your accessories loaded up here. And what's actually pretty cool about the Yukon is that with the fixed mounting points more times than not with other vehicles, you just have a set point where you put your front crossbar and your back crossbar.
Well, because the Yukon is so long, we've actually got two extra spots at the back where if we want to get a bigger accessory up here that requires a bigger crossbar spread, we can move our back crossbar to the back of the vehicle, or if you want to shift the entire roof rack towards the back of the vehicle, we have that option as well.Now up top, we're going to have our 60 inch long JetStream crossbars. So you can see these have a nice aerodynamic shape, helps cut down on wind noise and drag especially if you compare it to a square or round bar roof rack system. We have them in black right now, you can see it matches our Yukon very well. But if you think silver would match your Yukon better, we'll we've got this kit available with silver crossbars, just check out our website. And up top, we have a nice rubber strip in this channel right here, letting us know we can utilize T-slot accessories.What we do to access that channel, we just pull this end cap off by pulling down on the tab underneath and cap comes off.
And all we got to do is push down on that rubber strip slide our T-slot accessory to the desired location, tighten it down and then we're good. So that eliminates having to cut this strip and then reinsert it. And then if you ever want to take that accessory out, then you got to find that piece that you've cut out. And then just put the end cap back on right there.And then right here, we have our SkyLine Towers connecting our crossbars to our landing pads. Now this is actually a pretty cool feature about this roof rack and probably one of my favorites because personally if I'm not using my roof rack for a bike rack or a cargo box or anything like that, then I don't really see a need to have it on there.
So what I can do is just pull that end cap back and the roof rack comes off just like that, and you can leave the landing pad on there. When I close the end cap right here, you can see some knobs poke out, that's what locks it into the landing pad. Open it back up, now they're gone. Set it right there. It's really easy to install it.
Once you get it the first time, it's literally 10 seconds to get both crossbars on there and then to get them back off.You can see we have these plastic lock pieces right here, we can replace that with the same key system from Yakima. There's just some other lock cores that will provide more security for your roof rack if you want to leave it on here for a long time.For any low clearance situations, maybe you got to fit into a parking garage or your own garage, what you can do, like I said, is just pull both those end caps off, remove the crossbar completely, I'm going to set this down here, and then just take your end caps and put those on to give it a nice clean look. Like I said, personally, I would definitely take advantage of this feature if I'm not using my roof rack, just because I don't want that unneeded wind noise and drag when I'm not using them. Now that we've gone over some of those features, I'll show you guys how to get the system installed.Now, once you've picked out a location on your roof, the first thing we'll do is install the landing pads. And you can see the holes right there just line up with the holes on your flush side rail. So once you get that on, this is how it looks coming out of the box, there's no pre-assembly for landing pads. Open up your bag of hardware right here, feed that through and thread it on. We already did on the other side, so we're going to get this one on there. Get both sides and then make sure the cap right here is off too, so we can get our crossbars in place when we get them assembled. And then we can use our security tool to tighten them down.Now we're on our table and we'll get our rear crossbar assembled with our Skyline Tower. So we're just going to flip the crossbar over. It's pretty simple to assemble. You can see we've got the front one already in place, wasn't a bad process at all. Take this plastic piece right here comes with the JetStream crossbars. It goes into this slot right here, or on top of that screw. And then what we'll do is take this silver piece right here, and it's going to thread onto the screw that's inside there. So we just got to adjust it, get it on top. I'm going to hold it there and then flip it over. The head of the screw is in there, we got to move that plate around a little bit, there we go, now it's exposed. So what we're going to do is begin to tighten up that silver piece right there, show you side view.That's going to bring our silver piece down and we will make sure it gets level. Just got to do a little adjusting here real quick, there we go. So we need that silver piece to be level with the black tabs right there. So again, is it up there Yep.Now we're going to come to the side of our crossbar and then we're going to feed that into the bottom channel. If it's a little tight that's okay, you just got to wiggle it around, get it in there. If it's very tight, then what you can do is take your tool and then just loosen up that bolt a little bit, you don't go too much and it should free it up in that channel just like that, it's moving much better. And then we'll just throw the end cap on. Now we're ready to get on our roof. Now, when getting it on your roof, there's a couple of different options you have because you want to make sure that your SkyLine Towers line up exactly with your landing pads.So what I did was, I measured center on center between the landing pads at the opening right here, and that was 49 and three quarters of an inch. And then I took my tape measure, measured 49 and three quarters of an inch center on center on these, and then I tighten down those bolts the rest of the way to make sure that they're stable. So now I'm just going to open up my doors and get it on the roof. And I just want to set it into the landing pad on both sides. All we get to do from there like I showed you, shut your end cap on both sides.Now, at this point if it's still a little bit loose up here, our crossbar is slightly loose, you need to open up the end cap back up, and the bolt that I showed you earlier that adjusts the angle of your crossbars, make sure that is fully secured. And that'll take out any other rattling that you hear, there we go. And when you've got everything installed, it's always a good idea to grab ahold of your crossbars, give a good shake, just make sure everything is secure. You can see the entire vehicle is moving, so now we're ready to load up our favorite rooftop accessories, and then hit the road.Well, thank you all for watching and I hope this information helped you out, but that'll do it for our test fit of the Yakima JetStream Roof Rack system on our 2019 GMC Yukon XL.
Average Customer Rating: 4.9 out of 5 stars (143 Customer Reviews)
Extremely quiet, aerodynamic crossbars attach to Yakima towers to create a stylish roof rack for your vehicle. Rubber strips in T-slots push down to load carriers or accessories - no need to trim. Full-length aluminum bars maximize carrying capacity.Fit our Subaru Forester perfectly. Install was a breeze. For the money I wish they came with the core locks.
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.
Strong, Solid Bars, Super Light, and really easy to install!
It was what it was advertised and fit perfectly on my 2023 Ford Maverick
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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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 have ordered several times from Etrailer and have always received efficient, timely and reasonable shipped items. Did not use customer service with this order but it has always been good.
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.
Perfect match
Honestly went back to etrailer after buying something i couldnt find on the big A before because their support was so good and delivery speed was soo fast.
Yakima SkyLine Towers are well-designed and well-executed. They easily fit into the Yakima Landing Pads and form a tight fit when closed. And they also fit nicely into the Yakima JetStream Crossbars when following the Yakima instruction manual and various YouTube videos. I did run into a snag at first where I found the rubber seal on one SkyLine Tower getting caught on the JetStream Crossbar track, but after that I was careful not to let that happen with the other towers.
I find the appearance of the Yakima SkyLine Towers to match their level of quality in materials and design.
Shipment received, as ordered! Thanks again to Bryce D., for assistance.
Happy with the purchase. Crossbars shipped and received quickly.
I ordered a Yakima roof rack system here and it was easy to find what I needed for parts to install on my truck cap. Very solid product and this company ships quickly every time I've ordered from them
with so many variables having someone that could sort through all them was very helpful Thanks etrailer
Great company! Fast delivery.
Bought these Landing Pad 1 bases to use with Yakima tracks on a Leer camper shell on my 2016 F150. The bases are very easy to install and worked perfect with my Control towers. Great quality as expected with Yakima.
I've been using the roof rack a lot in the last year for recreation and for work. They give me confidence that the load will stay put, and arrive safely. I also take them off frequently since they hum happily at highway speeds, so I'm happy that the bars are easy to lock on or take off.
First trip with the new rail system and it looks like it worked out just fine. Thanks to both of you and Kimberly for all of your help and follow up I do appreciate it.
These Landing Pads are needed with the Yakima System to connect the Towers (which hold the crossbars) to the rails, which in my case are on top of my pickup canopy. There are many sizes of Landing Pads available, but the Landing Pad 1 I needed connects to the standard Yakima Rails. etrailer had them in stock when I needed them and shipping was fast and easy.
These will mount to the rhino rack tracks so I could use my Yakima control towers and rack.
These really look so much better then the factory racks! Easy to install. Easy to order! Great product!
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