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These crossbars combine the strength of steel with an aerodynamic shape to create a heavy-duty yet quiet roof rack for your vehicle. Full-length bars maximize cargo carrying capacity and work with most clamp-on accessories.
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Yakima CoreBars - 60" Long - Qty 2:Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Hi, everybody, Adam, here with etrailer. Today, we're going to be taking a look at the Yakima HD roof rack system on our 2020 Ram 1500. So this is going to be a great addition to your guys's Ram, just because we're going to be able to use the top of the truck along with the bed of our truck. So we're going to be able to get even more goods on the top of our cab here, just to maybe free up some space on the inside of the cab for some of our passengers. We have a bunch of different accessories. And the nice thing is we can use the wrap around accessories, but also we are going to be able to use the T slot accessories as well.
We have stuff ranging from kayak carriers, fishing rod carriers, to bike carriers, and also just a roof-mounted basket if you guys are going on a long trip and you have a bed full of stuff.And the reason why I chose the HD bars is just because we can actually put these on the bed. It is sold separately. It's just a adapter kit for the rails of your bed. And we're going to be able to use them not only on the roof, but if we purchase those separately, we can throw it on the bed of our truck as well. I really love the look of the bars too, and they are extremely sturdy.
But on the roof, we are only going to have about 165 pounds of weight capacity. So be sure to check your guys' owner's manual, make sure that our roof of the truck is going to be able to handle all of that weight.It is made of aluminum has a nice powder coated finish, so it is going to resist against rust and corrosion over time. So it's going to look just as good as it does now over time.Unlike most bars, we actually aren't going to have to remove the end cap to put on our T slot accessories. The cap up top has a little channel here, so we don't have to remove it, which is awesome. And all we're going to have to do is just trim back this rubber piece here, just to make room for whatever attachment we are going to be putting it on.
But the nice thing about it is if you guys are just using wraparound accessories and you plan on keeping this weatherstrip in there, that is just going to help it from whistling whenever you guys are going down the road. So, that air is not going to really get trapped in that little T slot. So it's going to be quieter down the road compared to some that don't have this little strip up top here.Another thing that sets it apart is these tie-down points on the ends of our caps. So those are going to be great just for tying everything down. So you don't really have to worry about wrapping any type of strap up and around our bars, which we can do.
But luckily this cap is extremely functional and we can go ahead and use that as a tie down as well.If I was to tell you guys what I would recommend buying with this kit is obviously just getting the adapters for the bed of your truck. Just because I saw a couple of Rams that had the HD bars in the bed and it looked really cool. But also we do have a optional locking core that we could put on the end cap of our towers here just so it gets going to give us peace of mind. So if you guys are traveling quite a bit, or if you guys go to like parks and for your bikes with all your friends and you just don't want any of your cool gear on top of your Ram to get stolen, I would definitely recommend grabbing some locking cores, but they are sold separately.And we really aren't adding a whole lot of height to our Ram here, but just so you guys know from the top of our roof to the top of the bar, it's going to be about four and a half inches. So now all we really need to go over is just the installation process. So we're just going to go ahead and show you guys how.So the first thing that we'll want to do, if you guys haven't already is take your bar. We're going to have to remove our end caps. I'm using the HD bars here, and all we really need to do is take our tool and undo one simple bolt at the end, just to take off that cap so we can get our towers into place.Now with the end cap off of our bar, we can start assembling our feet. First, we want to take our little plastic piece here. You see how there's like little ribs here, and it kind of lines up with the ribs down inside our tower. We're going to kind of line those up and push it into place. You'll hear it snap, which is awesome.So then we're going to go ahead and take our metal T here. Kind of just put it on that screw. What we're going to have to do to tighten it down is pull open this little gate right here, all the way open. And that is going to reveal a little bolt down in here. And that's what we're going to do to get that metal piece threaded in. We don't want to tighten it at all. All we want to do is tighten it enough to where it is going to be flush with our plastic piece here that we put in for it.And once we have that done, we can go ahead and grab our bar again. And we really only have to take off one of these end caps for the HD bars. It might be different for your guys's bars, but this is just the way I like to do it. And since I am going to put this one on the other side, I want to put it in. it looks as if I'm doing it backwards. But we're going to slide it in there. If you guys are struggling to get it to fit, you guys can go ahead and loosen it a little bit. That same bolt that we we're tightening earlier. And that's just going to expand that gap that we need for it to fit into our T slot. You take it and start sliding it throughout the track. And I put this one in backwards just because I'm planning on sliding it all the way down to the other end of the bar.And then we can go ahead and do that same exact thing for our other tower. Now we can go ahead and put our feet on there. And we just want to make sure that the arrow is going to be facing towards the outside of our bar. Put our end cap back on our bars. And now we're ready to put it on a roof.So now that we are putting our bars up, it wouldn't be a bad idea to take a look at the instructions and they are going to let you know how far we're supposed to space these apart, and also the measurements between the two different towers. So check those out. We have everything as it's supposed to be here. So now we can go ahead and continue.And what we're going to do is we're going to flip this little gate open, and then we're going to go ahead and take our little clip here and slide it into this little slot here. Now that we have everything nice and tight and go ahead and close this little gate here. And then we can go ahead and put on our end cap. You're going to start just by putting these little hooks on first and then snapping the top in. We can do that same exact thing for the other side.Well, everyone that just about does it for a look at the Yakima HD roof rack system on our 2020 Ram 1500.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (158 Customer Reviews)
These crossbars combine the strength of steel with an aerodynamic shape to create a heavy-duty yet quiet roof rack for your vehicle. Full-length bars maximize cargo carrying capacity and work with most clamp-on accessories.Excellent solution for my 2023 Chevy Silverado. In the past, I have had rails installed on the roof of my pickup trucks, but I find the BaseLine towers to be a better solution, since they don't permanently change the truck. Plus, they are much more solid than SkyLine system on the rails.
Love my Yakima roof rack!! It exceeds my expectations.great product. Also thank etrailer for the tec support! great staff always there to help thanks again!!
Follow the instructions, and you can't go wrong on the self installation
Really easy to install & work as specified. So happy with the customer support/service at etrailer.
Your notice of schemes was a lot better than the yakima site provided. They did not suggest the scheme you did.
But when the products arrived, the instructions were by yakima. Generally worked as instructed except the tower to tower transverse mounting dimensions needed to be tweaked for a perfect fit.
Ackage came 2 days early the install was somewhat easy (did it by myself)
Did not get to mount anything to it but seems really sturdy. One thing I can say is mark out your mounting points with provided stickers then put up and make adjustments to the roof rack.
We purchased the Yakima Skyline Towers roof rack with the Jet Stream crossbars. Took about 2 hours to install on the naked roof of our Flex. I drilled through the roof strip for the mounting bolts and they fit tighter than the factory rails. Very happy with our choice.
Item was as described and shipping was fast. Overall very satisfied with trailer. Will definitely order my stuff from them
Was skeptical at first because I needed the posts as well for my 2011 Honda Element. The Honda crossbars were not adequately weight rated and is why I opted for Yakima. Couldn't be happier with my choice as this assembly has served me well throughout the year.
Perfect. Perfect. Easy to install and high quality. Confident in this product. Excellent instructions. Used with towers of course! Towers and crossbars have demonstrated to be strong and durable with several trips with kayaks.
Solid build quality and easy installation on my '21 Mazda CX-5.
I ordered the wrong set up for my car, but the excellent customer service specialist set me up and expedited my roof rack that fit perfectly. I highly recommend calling and speaking with the knowledgeable staff about your needs. I'm super happy with the experience overall!
Well packaged and on time
So far so good. Purchased these towers to use on a 2022 GMC Canyon with HD bars that I already had, primarily to carry my canoe. Yakima's fitting instructions worked perfectly and the whole system seems really solid.
I have not bought car roof racks for decades--back when there were those very useful rain gutters. So I was shocked with the high prices. But what you get today is much more carefully engineered with a complicated construction. This Yakima version even comes with a manual 3.5 mm hex driver which turns out to be a torque wrench too. You use it 16 times, torquing to its limit, in installing the two cross rails on the four towers. Years ago you installed the towers where you wanted them on the rain gutters and adjusted the cross rails by sight. No more. You must go on line to Yakima. You must get the precisely engineered dimensions for your exact vehicle. You even adjust the towers for the roof slope and any toe-in of the roof line. Pay attention to the precise instructions. The result is very solid. I wish that I had more space between the cross rails. There is room for another 6 or 8 inches given where the door openings on my 2019 Toyota Highlander are spaced. But then the rear base clips would be different and that logistics would add yet more to the price. I am confident that I can secure a 4 X 8 sheet of plywood on the cross rails. And I will find my vehicle in the mall parking lot easier with those good looking rails. While I am happy with the end product, I wish the vendors had given more explanation of the fixed dimensions of today's installations. That would have helped make my on-line shopping less frustrating. Part of the problem is that Yakima and Thule do not provide cross rails for my LE Highlander's existing tower bases. And I could not get 60 inch cross rails on any of the versions that fit my LE's bases.
The roof rack has been awesome! It has been really handy to be able to attach our bike rack attachment, kayak bars or traveling cargo carrier. My only complaint is that the end caps fell off somewhere along one of our many adventures and looks a bit disheveled. Other than the appearance it has been very versatile and we love it!
I want to thank the staff at eTrailer for their outstanding support. After my roof rack order got off to a shaky start the customer service staff stepped in and made it right; 100% RIGHT. I cannot thank them, and eTrailer, enough. Regarding the roof rack itself, I have now installed it and can vouch that the installation was a breeze. All parts fit and the instructions were correct. For the record, this is not my first purchase from eTrailer (I've bought hitch items from them before) and it won't be my last. They have ALWAYS given great service, their web site works, their products and descriptions are good, etc., etc. Thank you!
Roof rack parts were ordered correctly and shipped quickly.
etrailer did an amazing job of having their collective together with regards to my latest order for a roof top rack. First of all, when you go to one these manufacturer websites, either thule, or Yakima, you realize just how complicated this task can be. etrailer does all of that for you. Package arrived earlier than expected and everything was correct the first time. I installed the product myself in under an hour. Done, Done, and Done.
thanks etrailer
I did a lot of research before purchasing my roof rack. I came across this website and liked the prices, and after much thought, decided to get the Yakima CoreBar crossbars. I received my roof rack within a couple days of ordering! It's extremely sturdy and doesn't make hardly any wind noise. I love it and it looks great on my car, couldn't be happier with my purchase!!
The instructions were different for another set of bars. Was a pain to get right...all the measurements on Yakima were off...I figured it out on my own...should have got Thule or nicer bars ..end caps were not good either...flawed fit... otherwise will do just not happy with the product perse or instructions...delivery good...will see how they do.
Great product fast shipping
Great! Easy to install!
The 60" CoreBar Crossbars will be much more useful to us than the original 50" bars placed on our shell at the factory. The only issue I had was that there were no instructions with the bars. It took a little while for me to figure out how the old bars came off and how to put the new ones on but I'll consider that a learning experience.
This Yakima rack system for my 2017 Kia Sedona works great and are rock solid. I have two Kayaks I take to the lake, river, and beach house for vacations. Dena was extremely helpful and kept me up to date on everything. It’s very seldom to find a company with reps that actually care about the customer!!!! Please keep this going! The shipping was fast and easy and I had them installed within an hour in this Georgia heat! The only thing missing was the etrailer stickers......... ;p I would definitely recommend this product from etrailer for any of you rack needs!!!
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