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These multipurpose, galvanized steel crossbars supply the backbone for your aftermarket roof rack system. Works with accessories that clamp around the bars. Pair with Yakima towers, fit kit, and RoundBar SL Adapter to create a complete roof rack.
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Yakima Roundbars - 48" Long - Black - Qty 2:Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Speaker 1: Today on our 2016 Jeep Cherokee, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima RoundBar Roof Rack System consisting of part numbers Y00408. These are the round crossbars 48" long. We'll also be using part number Y03536, which is the RoundBar SL Adapter for the Yakima Bars, and finally part number Y00147. These are the TimberLine Towers for the Yakima Crossbars, particularly for the factory raised side rails.The Yakima RoundBar Roof Rack System is an economical choice for your Jeep Cherokee, has a strong sturdy surface with the bars where you can set your bike racks, your cargo baskets, or your cargo boxes onto. This is a very simple roof rack system to install. The towers here simply wrap around your existing factory raised side rails providing padding where it will make contact so it won't scratch them up or anything like that, and they tighten down and they're ready to go.
Now, while the bars are installed, there is going to be some noise while you travel. However, Yakima does offer aftermarket fairings that you can attach to the bars, which will help cut down that wind noise and drag while you drive.The end caps, once we remove them here, you can see how it tightens down and how the straps wraps up around the bottom of the bar. Unlike some other roof rack systems that actually grip it from the side like a clamp, this one kind of gives you a little bit more peace of mind because it wraps around the entirety of the bar itself. With the end caps there's also a plastic knockout you can replace with the Yakima Same-Key System, which is sold separately, so you can secure it to your factory raised side rails but also make it keyed alike with the accessories that you're hauling.To give you a couple quick measurements here, from the center of the roof to the bottom of the bar is going to be about 3-1/8". From the center to the top is going to be about 4-1/4", and that's more than enough space in between the bar and the roof itself to attach your accessories without making contact or scratching up the roof.
This does also sit pretty high off the factory raised side rails themselves. So once you have your bike racks or your cargo baskets installed, if they're fully loaded, just keep that in mind when your pulling in your garage.Also, the carrying capacity of both these bars is going to be 220 pounds, but you always want to double check with your vehicle's manual to make sure your roof can take those weights, and go by the smaller of the two measurements. 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 have the front part already installed, and we have a rear bar partially assembled on our table. We'll start by taking our plastic adapter and we'll push that in the top. You'll hear a little bit of a click.
Then we'll take our RoundBar adapter here, place it on the top, and screw it into place. With using our tightening tool, you want to tighten this down till you hear two or three audible clicks. Now we can push this into place onto our bar, and our final step is we're going to take our end cap, push that in, and now we're ready to set this on our factory raised side rails.We'll set our bar into place. Then we'll make sure it's even from center to center. We'll also make sure it's even from how far the bar sticks out past the tower as well.
We also want to make that the line here on the bottom of our tower sits on the top of the bar. Make sure you measure from center to center on both sides to keep it even. All right. That looks good. So, next we'll tighten down the bolt on the inside, and that's going to tighten down our tower to our bar.Finally, we can wrap our rubber-coated steel strap up underneath and around. Then we'll tighten that screw in the center, and again you're going to tighten this down till you hear those audible clicks. Our final step is we're going to take our end cap. We're going to push that in, and now we're ready to load up our gear and hit the road. There you have it for the Yakima RoundBar Roof Rack System on our 2016 Jeep Cherokee.
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (192 Customer Reviews)
These multipurpose, galvanized steel crossbars supply the backbone for your aftermarket roof rack system. Works with accessories that clamp around the bars. Pair with Yakima towers, fit kit, and RoundBar SL Adapter to create a complete roof rack.Kimberly has shown that great customer service is not dead! etrailer and Kimberly are great to work with and have earned my business and will always be the 1st and last place I look for my rack+ needs!
As for the application, I needed more space to fit my cargo box on top of my 4Runner TRD Pro’s rack. I came up this this… Thank you!
Everything from etrailer is timely and of good quality! The Yakima crossbars are no exception - they are indestructible.
Works perfectly. I am always impressed that Yakima continues to make parts for the "old roundbars" since they have since moved on to the superior JetStream bars.
Excellent selection of rack parts. Very useful installation videos help when choosing between products. Easy ordering process. Quick delivery.
I ordered the Yakima roof rack, with the Hullyrollers for the back crossbar and the Mako saddles for the front crossbar to use with my kayak. It arrived just like they told me and I put them on my car the eveningit arrived. Got to finlly use the roof rack on June 22 to go out kayaking and it worked great. Only thing is I did not know about the air reflector piece for the front crossbar. Now I will be ordering it to help with the wind noise.
Great rack, go on fast, easy to install and work well on my VW TDI wagon. Care has to be given and follow the instructions for the install to what type of rails you have. Works great carrying the VW luggage carrier and plan on using it to carry kayaks as well. Just have not decided what kayak rack type to get yet.
I've attachec a few pictures of the Yakima rack on my Audi Q7. It took a few attempts to find the right combination of attachments, but in the end, the pin attachments work best with the access points on the factory flush-mount rails. Great product!!!!!
necessary for using the widest cross bar option (78"). East to install
roof racks showed up in great condition, and showed up as one package.... I should have ordered the J racks from here but I found them cheaper locally so Thule J racks compliment the whole setup and i am just about ready to hit the water :)
The installation of this rack system went very well, all of the instructions were easy to read and use. I have attached some pictures of our installation. The vehicle is a 1994 Honda Accord EX four door sedan
Roof Rack 2008 Saturn Astra The roof rack arrived one day early...The packaging was excellent and the quality of the product more than met my expectations. The instructions made the insulation very easy. It took less than 45 minutes to install the unit complete.
Really Easy to Install! Solid and Strong amount to Roof Rack.
The rack has been so useful since I purchased it. Staff at etrailer.com were exceptionally helpful in getting the best option for my car and answering questions. I recommend this company, for its 110% customer service, excellent prices and timely delivery.
Great products though, again, written instructions would have been nice.
One quick phone call and Gwendolyn figured out exactly what I needed for our new car to use my old Yakima rack.
Great product and very easy to install! I called in to put my order in due to not trusting myself in getting one that fits my car. Jessica W. Was beyond professional and helpful in the process. She went also well above her position and tracked my order and sent additional information. Couldn’t be happier with the product and customer service!
Everything arrived as promised and earlier than expected just installed. Looks like it will do everything I need it to which is haul around paddleboards. So far so good!
We got a Yakima Roof Rack system with locks and fairing for a "lime squeeze metallic" (Green...) 2011 Ford Fiesta 5dr Hatchback. Received the package yesterday and set it up within about an hour.
Have been rocking my Yakima rack from etrailer.com for a year now. I am using rack in conjunction with a Tepui tent. Once I added the air deflector, I would say it's the perfect setup. The Yakima gives more clearance over the factory rack, so I was able to get my hands under it to secure the tent hardware. If you're thinking of upgrading your factory rack, I would not hesitate to use etrailer.com
The Yakima roof rack system is an Outstanding product. I purchased the product to replace the OEM roof rack because it was too flimsy to carry the tandem bike mount and my bike. The Yakima roof rack is solid and provides me the peace of mind while hauling my bike on the roof of my car. etrailer provided the product for the best price as always.
Kit worked perfectly on my 2021 Subaru Forester. The whole install took 30 minutes. Never been disappointed with etrailer.
I have been using Yakima racks for around 40 years and have never had any problems. However, I am amazed at the price increases over the years. Etrailer prices were by far lower than most. Overall, a very excellent purchase.
Bought as a pkg for my 2017 Golf R with Round Bars since I had a bunch of Yakima bike racks and a canoe gunwale rack for my old Yakima set up. Installation was easy with good instructions. All measurements from the Yakima site appear to be spot on.
etrailer.com shipped these out quickly and all parts arrived without damage.
etrailer is excellent...however, not too pleased with Yakima and these cross bars - second set in four years...they make them out of a steel that rusts quickly...better out of stainless or aluminum. Maybe that is their idea of planned obsolescence. I also learned not to install end caps...that accelerated the corrosive process.
Haven’t used them yet but they should work as expected
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