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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 - 54" Long - Qty 2:Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Today on our 2017 Honda Accord we'll be taking a look at the and showing how to install the Rhino-Rack. This is going to consist of the Rhino-Rack Vortex Aero crossbars, part number RRVA137B-2; the Rhino-Rack 2500 Series legs for the Vortex Aero bars, part number RRRLKVA; and the Custom DK Fit Kit for the Rhino-Rack 2500 Series legs, part number DK359. The Rhino-Rack Vortex Aero roof rack kit is a great solution for carrying your roof rack accessories as well as gear on your Honda Accord. This roof rack is a lightweight aluminum with an aerodynamic design, so it's going to help to reduce wind noise and drag. This design allows you to use channel-mounted as well as clamp-on accessories on your vehicle's roof, such as bike racks, cargo baskets, cargo boxes, water sport carriers, and ski and snowboard carriers. With our end cap removed, you can see that our weather strip is easy to remove and replace. It's also easy to cut down to use with channel-mounted accessories to help prevent any dirt, debris, or liquid from getting inside that channel. Then if we place on our end cap, it does lock into place, which provides extra prevention from theft and tampering to your channel-mounted accessories.
If you did want to upgrade the plastic lock cores to all metal cores, that part number is RRVA-LEC4. The Fit Kit is going to be a custom fit to your Honda Accord. Any portion that touches our vehicle is going to have a rubber strip to help prevent scratches or abrasions. Now as for the leg kit, it is going to have a metal lock core on that cover which will help to prevent theft and tampering of your roof rack system as a whole. Now keep in mind that these have a 165 pound weight capacity, though you do want to check your vehicle's owner's manual to make sure it can withstand that much weight. Here we have all of the pieces for our roof rack kit laid out on our table. You will get multiples of some of these just to be able to put together the other leg kits.
Starting here we've got our leg kit with our lockable covers. Then we have our fit kit. That's going to include our pad and the clamp. We have our included torque tool, which will let us know when we have enough torque behind the bolt. This skinnier part is going to straighten out.
We have our included keys for our leg kit, our included key for our crossbar end cap, that crossbar end cap. Then we've provided our own flat tape measure. To start our install we're going to remove our bolts here in the center. We'll take our clamp, which is going to be for the back. They will be labeled with different numbers. The location will be in your instructions.
Going to tighten that bolt down just enough so that it holds the clamp in place. We'll then flip this over our and remove this bottom plastic pad. We can take our rubber pad, and we're just going to push down so that we don't have any holes or gaps. We want to make sure that our arrows on each side are facing out. We'll slide that on. Next we can place this onto our crossbar. To slide this onto our crossbar we're going to line this nut here up with the channel. We'll just slide this into place. Now we'll measure this portion here, which is going to give us even crossbar overhang. That's going to be set to 14.1 centimeters. With that set we can take our included tool and we're going to tighten down this bolt. That's going to hold our leg kit in place. Place on our crossbar end cap and use our included lock to lock that in place. Now that we have our crossbar all put together and our doors open, we're just going to gently set our back bar in place. Now we'll go to the other side and make sure it's in about the same position. Then we'll take our measurement. Now that we have our bars roughly in place, we're going to measure from the center of our clamps from the front to the back to get that crossbar spread measurement. That's going to be 70 centimeters. Now we'll just double-check the other side and make sure it's in the same place. Next we'll take our included tool and tighten down our clamp. I like to tighten it so that it sits up against our door jam. You can see here that it's going to be a custom fit for your Honda Accord. Now we just want to make sure we do the same thing the other side. With those tightened down evenly, we're going to start to tighten them down even more. Again, we want to make sure that they're even so we don't have the crossbar pulling to one side or the other. You'll see with enough torque behind our bolt, this skinnier portion is going to straighten out. We can go to the other side and make sure it does not same thing. Once we have those both tightened down, we'll close up our doors and place on our locking end caps. Now our roof rack is secured to our vehicle. We're ready to load up any of our accessories and hit the road. That's going to be our completed look at the Rhino-Rack roof rack system for our 2017 Honda Accord.
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars (84 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’ve had this rhino rack for over 3 years and it’s been excellent on long road trips to the ski slopes. A year after my purchase, I realized that I was missing the plastic coverings that attached to the end of the bars and called their customer service to resolve the missing pieces. I was impressed with their quick response and seamless delivery.
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.
This has been a disaster, and terrible experience from the start. Original product Rhino roof rack ($188.00) misrepresented for sale, even called and was told all parts were included as "Open Box" item. Received item with missing parts and mismatched parts, then ET sent wrong parts (Legs) causing having to order these cross bars ($192.00) to fit parts sent (Legs). Now my $300.00 BougeRV ski rack - mounting base plates won't fit the crossbars. Still waiting for return label for original item so I can get my refund of $188.00. Three weeks later, still dealing with problem. I do appreciate Shawnee and EDW for their efforts in follow up service attempts.
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.
Great product, fit was spot on with correct vehicle specific parts. Etrailer
was fantastic to work with. Great communication and feedback, worked through a small problem with positive outcome. Will definitely purchase from them again, their customer service department is top notch.
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.
High-quality, sturdy rails, but noisy. There was a pronounced and audible whistle driving with these racks at any common road or highway speed (with the rubber inserts installed across the top). I have since replaced these rails with the Rhino vortex aero style (change of vehicles and the HD bars did not fit the new car). Having used both types several times, I would recommend the aero style over the HD if you have the option.
Tricky to rivet tracks onto car with a manual riveter but once done, a great solution for the car with ease of bar removal. My only regret was going with the square bars which result in notable increase in wind noise.
Product installation instructions were fair, and that is the worst thing I have to say. I havent put anything on the rack yet as I just installed it, but I gave a good tug on the bars and they are SOLID. The product came in a reasonable amount of time, and the feedback for etrailer is that I got followup emails at each step of the process keeping me fully informed right up to the message asking for feedback.
Bottomline: etrailer is a great business to work with, and this product seems to be good too.
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!
I am normally a exclusive Amazon shopper, but etrailer gives equal or better service and has specialty items you just can't find anywhere else. The pricing is great also. This is my 4th order from them on this project and the response has been perfect and the shipping has been prompt. They even offered to take back an item that I did not need. I desperately wanted to mount my 19ft Kayak on my new RV and with some Rhino RT tracks, a Rhino Nautic kayak lifter, a few really heavy duty rivets, and some ingenuity, I was able to accomplish the task. I am replacing the current Nautic bars with the heavy duty bars. See the attached pictures.
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!
The Roof Rack Legs fit perfectly on my 2014 Honda Accord 4Dr car. I drove 1500 miles and it didn't even vibrate and very little extra air noise. It even had stick-on markers so I could put it back on the same place next time I travel with it. Great product.
I got the roof rack mounted anyways. Better pics to come when it's all finished!
Was easy to install and works great for hauling my kayak around no issues.
Great product everything fit perfectly. With the heavy duty bars almost all the hardware for anything you put on the rack is too short
Exactly what I was looking for, great product.
Instructions a tad confusing. My recommendation would be make a video for every set you sell so people can simply watch the video before they start. Other then that, quality Is great. And yes, follow the Enclosed measurements lol, it matters.
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!!!
I've been using this for about a year on a 2015 Honda Accord. It's easy to install (10 minutes to put the bars on the car and get the kayak up. Assembling it was straightforward - just follow the instructions. It's sturdy and well built.
If I ever needed another roof rack I would buy this again.
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.
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!
Just installed it on my 2016 honda accord sport with vortex aero bars and 2500 series leg kit. This custom fit clip perfectly fitted on my car. Easy to install and Etrailer ships the next day after ordering. Pics to follow.
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
The rack had good instructions, fit well, and has met all my expectations.
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