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Premium, aerodynamic crossbars attach to Thule feet to create a quiet, stylish roof rack for your vehicle. Dual rubber strips in T-slots let you easily mount accessories - no trimming required. Simple to center and install with integrated scales.
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Thule WingBar Evo Crossbars 53" - Black - Aluminum - Qty 2:Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Today on our 2019 Honda CR-V, we're going to be doing a test fit on the Thule Wingbar Evo clamp-on roof rack system. This Thule roof rack system is going to allow you to carry roof-mounted accessories on your Honda CR-V, things like bike racks, kayak carriers, roof boxes, and more.The crossbars are 53 inches long and you can see how they span across the roof of our CR-V. We're going to be able to carry multiple accessories with this roof rack system. We've got the black installed, but they're also available in silver if that's something you're interested in. You can check it out on our website.They have an aerodynamic shape. These are going to be a lot quieter than your round or square bars.
It's specifically designed to fit the naked roof of your CR-V. It's a fix-mounted system. It measures 27.5 inches center on center. This is going to work with most accessories. They have an aerodynamic shape.
These are going to be a lot quieter than your traditional round or square bars, but they're going to work with your clamp-on accessories as well as your T-slot accessories. Now, what's nice about this rubber strip here, we don't need to remove it or trim it around our accessories. That T-bolt just slides to our desired position and then it gives us a nice clean look.The crossbars are held in place by 4 Evo feet. You can see here the thick rubber padding is going to prevent any harm done to our CR-V's roof, and underneath our door here in the front, accesses our hardware. By having the cover it's going to prevent the elements from coming in contact with it and it's going to help deter theft.
Now, if you'd like, you can add some metal locking cores to add more security.The four clamps are what hold our feet to the roof of our CR-V. You can see here how they've got a nice clean fit. They fit on the inside of the door, that way when it's closed we don't have any rubbing. It just fits right around that seal and with everything in place, we can give it a good shake. We can rest assured our roof rack is going to remain in place as well as our accessories.
This roof rack system has a weight capacity of 220 pounds. You do, however, want to check with your CR-V's owner's manual to see if your roof can support that much weight.Now I'm going to give you some clearance measurements. This is going to tell you how much you've added to the roof of your CR-V and it may help you when putting on your accessories. From the top of the roof to the underside of the bar is about 2 and 3/4 of an inch. From the top of the roof to the top of the bar is about 4 inches. Even though this roof rack system is over a portion of your sunroof, you're still going to have full use of your sunroof.Now that we've gone over the features, I'll go ahead and show you how to get it installed. I've already got my front crossbar in place on my CR-V. Once you've got it assembled, per your instructions, you measure up 11 and 3/8 of an inch from the corner of the windshield to the first portion of the pad here, on each side, and that gives you your placement for the front crossbar.The rear one installs very similar. Let's go ahead and do it together. I've got one side assembled. We just need to repeat the same process on the other side. We'll start off by grabbing the Evo clamp foot and remove the front door here. It just snaps off. You can see all the insides here.Let's go ahead and install our clamp. It just slides in the bottom here. Now, an important thing about the clamps is that they're all numbered right here. Per the instructions, for the passenger rear, we need to have number 155. So again, refer to your instructions to make sure you have the correct numbers and install them on the correct side. The clamp just slides up and clips in place. Just give it a good pull and make sure you've got it in there all the way.Here on the bottom, we can install our pad. The pads are also numbered. For this foot, we need number 213. They're very easy to install. Just push them in place and afterwards, give them a good tug. Make sure they're in place. Now we're ready to slide it on to our WingBar.To make it easier, we can turn the WingBar over. We'll need to be sure that the end cap is removed. Then we can take our Evo clamp foot. In order to slide this on, we'll need to take both of our thumbs here, and inside there's a little silver bracket you can see here. Give it a good push and by holding it down, it's going to allow you to slide it into the channel here.Before we slide it on all the way, we'll need to set our scale. Per your instructions, you're going to need to set it at 40.5. That may be difficult for you to see, but they're all numbered, so just set it at 40.5. From there, we can slide our clamp foot all the way on until it makes contact with that scale. Then we'll replace our end cap and we're ready to move over to our CR-V.Now it's a good idea to open up the doors. I'm going to set it in place in the general area very gently. Per our instructions, from the front of the front crossbar to the front of the rear crossbar, we need to have 27.5 inches, so we'll need to check both sides. Once we've got the correct distance between the two, we'll need to be sure that the pad is sitting correctly on the roof of the CR-V. You can see how it contours the top of the roof, so we'll just need to make sure that it lines up with the channel on each side. We can make some small adjustments until we've got it exactly where we want it. Then we're ready to start tightening them down.What we want to do first is take the slack out of the clip. You can see how we're not making contact with the inside of the doorframe. We're going to take this out for both sides. And this is going to help us tighten it down evenly when we do begin to tighten it down. Once both sides are ready to go, we can begin tightening them down, but you still want to tighten them down evenly, so do a few turns here and then a few turns on the other side. Once we've got it just about tightened down, our included tool is unique in that it will click when it's properly torqued, so we'll need to listen for the clicks on each side.Then all that's left is to put on our cover. Then if you'd like, you can use a flat-head screwdriver or a coin to lock up those plastic cores. With everything installed, we're ready to load up our favorite roof-mount accessory and hit the road. But that's going to complete our test fit of the Thule Wingbar Evo Clamp roof rack system on our 2019 Honda CR-V.
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (686 Customer Reviews)
Premium, aerodynamic crossbars attach to Thule feet to create a quiet, stylish roof rack for your vehicle. Dual rubber strips in T-slots let you easily mount accessories - no trimming required. Simple to center and install with integrated scales.
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.
I just got my packages and had it installed within the hour very satisfied
So far its the best roof rack you can get today! Had no issues when driving through rugged and bumpy terrains all day.
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.
Easy to install, fit and finish are top notch.
Korren @ e-trailer found these longer bars for me and I'm enormously grateful for her doing so!!
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.
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.
53” Thule bars fit our 2021 RAV4 Hybrid! Most people appear to be using 47” bars for the 2021 RAV4 with flush roof rails, but that’s smaller than I wanted. I sometimes carry a sheet of plywood, or a kayak plus a cargo box, and wanted a wider rack for that. I had heard that upsizing to the 53” bar was potentially not possible because the mounting slots on the bottom of the bar may not accommodate the rail locations relative to the bar length. ETrailer helped me out with some dimensions, so I bought the 53” bar knowing it would be close. There is only about a quarter inch of play on either side on the rear bar, but it fit (the front bar had more play, since the towers are a bit further apart at the front).
I’m SO happy with the result! Now I can carry what I want on the rack, and have room to spare! It looks pretty good too!
I've always trusted Thule bars. I have an old Xsporter on my truck that works really well and it has held up over time. I needed to get a Thule rack for my Jeep Grand Cherokee and found that etrailer had all the parts I needed specified for my model. That was one of my favorite things about the site. No need to search around for the different parts to attached onto the factory rails. Once I received the rack and components, it was really easy to install. I pretty much watched the etrailer videos before hand.
I have the older Hullavator 897XT to haul my kayak in. With the WingBar Evo, I found I needed to get a slightly longer bolt (6-1.00 x 30), which I got from the local Ace hardware store, to attached the Hullavator support bracket to the WingBar. Once I got those bolts set up, I was on the water with the kayak the next day.
Talked to the customer service a few times and they are great friendly people. And I can understand what they are saying.
Thule is an excellent product and the fit on my 2017 Chevrolet Colorado is perfect. The good people at etrailer were super helpful in getting the correct fit parts to me as quickly as possible, especially during a tough year for all. I’ve found my Thule racks to be the perfect tool to take our kayaks on our adventures!
I’ve been searching for a set of crossbars for my 2021 Crosstrek. After looking at several different companys,, I decided to go with etrailer.com and get the Thule Wingbar Evo Crossbars and Evo Raised feet. Ordering was quick and shipping was even faster! Installed them in about an hour with no issues. I love the way they look, and the construction is solid. Shout out to the staff for doing a great job and for the great communication from placing the order, confirmation, updates and shipping the order. You will not be disappointed!
Cross bars have been working very well. No issues with them
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.
The bars are strong and fairly quiet, especially considering that I mount them on the main cab of my pickup truck and not on top of the canopy. My biggest concern is that the rubber strip that runs the length of the bar to reduce wind noise was badly damaged when I slid my canoe up on to the bars. Given the weight of the canoe, I'm accustomed to getting one end on a bar and sliding it back into position. Given the sensitivity of the rubber, is started pulling away from the bar and shredding when sliding the gunwales over the top of the bar. I'll try to be more careful, but a roof rack needs to be more utilitarian in my humble opinion.
Items arrived later than expected despite cancelling an month long order due to waiting stock on a different set up that was in stock. Once it arrived the box was all torn up and the person that delivered it just dropped it in the garage with the boxes spilling out of the bigger box. Love Thule products, etailer and the shipping supplier not so much,
Easy to install with the anchors and crossbars, and still holding up great a year later.
Excellent system
Perfect for our BMW X3. Excellent quali ty!
These bars are light weight and easy to set up. However, the measurements in the directions were not right to fit them to my vehicle, and they were really difficult to adjust once the bars were on the roof. They seem to be snug on the roof and working well, I did a test drive yesterday at varying speeds and they are secure. They don't cause any unpleasant noise - you'd forget they were on there.
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.
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!
Arrived on time. The product was well packaged. These crossbars are just what I was looking for and look great on my Renegade.
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