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Aerodynamic, aluminum crossbars let you build an aftermarket roof rack for your vehicle. Full-length bars provide plenty of space for carriers and accessories. Vortex strips in C-channels reduce wind noise. Theft-deterring plastic locks included.
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Rhino-Rack Vortex Aero Crossbars - Silver - Qty 2:Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Hi, Matt with Etrailer. And today we're gonna be talking about our Rhino Rack roof rack system, on top of our 2022 RAM 1500. Now this gonna be a great option for ya, if you're running outta space in the bed of your truck, or if you wanna use this in conjunction with the ladder rack, maybe you have some really long ladders or kayaks, and you need that extra support, this is gonna be the fit for you. This system is gonna be comprised of three parts. That first part is gonna be our 59-inch crossbars. We're gonna have this weather strip at the top of it, and that's gonna protect your T channel from any debris.
And it's also gonna help reduce that wind noise too. We're gonna have this end cap, and it's gonna have this anti-theft device at the very end, so no one can come by and take these towers off. And speaking about taking your towers off, or your crossbars off, we also have this lock core built into your tower. So that's gonna be additional security for your crossbars. And at the very bottom, we're gonna have the fit kit that attaches to your roof.
It's nice that we have this rubber piece at the bottom, 'cause that's gonna prevent any scratching from occurring. Now we can get some measurements on how it's gonna sit up here. So the first measurement I'm gonna get is gonna be a crossbar spread, since this is a fixed mounting position for it. And that's gonna be slightly under 25 inches. So that's not a crazy wide crossbar spread, so make sure your accessories will accommodate that.
Next up, I'm gonna get our distance between our roof and the crossbar, and that's gonna be 3.5 inches. So if you have any clamp-on accessories, they should fit under here. Now if you have anything with taller bindings, make sure you have something to accommodate that too. And for the overall height it's gonna add, we're gonna have about 4.25 inches. So what I recommend doing is taking the total height of your car, plus the crossbars, and if you have any accessories on top of that, add that too so you know what areas you can make it under.
We're also gonna have a little bit of overhang. It's nothing crazy, you're not gonna hit your head on it because it's pretty close. Ya might be able to get some accessories at the very end of here. If you have any smaller ski carriers, I think they'll fit great right here, especially if they have those thinner straps. And that's gonna be great because, you don't wanna reach really far into your vehicle to grab those accessories. So something I do like about this fit today, is the way these bases are designed. So as you can see, they're not flat, they actually have a rise to 'em. And that's designed to accommodate this curvature we have on our roof, so your crossbars sit level. And finally, what you'll be able to put up here is, you're gonna be able to put up to 165 pounds. Now just make sure your roof can handle that, you can find that in your owner's manual, and then go from the lowest component. You're also gonna be able to put on clamp-on accessories and T track accessories too. Overall, I think this is gonna be a great fit today, because how level those crossbars do sit, thanks to those bases and fit kits. It's also gonna be great if you've run outta space in your bed, like I said earlier, or, you want to use it with your ladder rack, so things sit more even up top. So it'll be great for that too. As far as the installation, it was pretty straightforward. But if you need a hand with it, just stay tuned and we'll help you with it. Let's start off the installation, we're just gonna lay everything out. So we're gonna have our crossbars in the front, and then the towers along with their end caps too. You have a key that goes with it, so you can lock and unlock them. Then we're gonna have our clamps and bases for a fit kit. And then you'll have some included tools, an Allen key, a tool to take off the end caps of your crossbar, and this other Allen key that's gonna have this torque device at the very end of it. And what I recommend is just grabbing a tape measure to make this a lot easier. We're gonna move over to our crossbar, and grab that end cap remover. Just go to the end of it, twist it, and you remove your end cap. Then we're gonna flip over the crossbar. You'll be able to tell because we have this channel that's revealed now. And I wanna grab one of our towers and put it on, just by lining up this middle block with this channel. Now in some cases, that block might be on there too tight, and if it is, what you can do is grab your included Allen key, and just loosen it up a bit. And now, you should be able to slide it right on. And once you have this side complete, I just recommend tightening it just lightly so it's not gonna be sliding all over the place. And then you can repeat the same process on the other side. Now we're gonna get the distance from one tower to the other tower. And what I like to do before I get that measurement is to make sure each tower is the same distance away from the end of your crossbar. And just make sure they both match. After when they both match, then we can get that measurement. You can find that measurement in your instructions. And just go from the inside of the tower, to the other inside of the tower, and make sure that measurement matches what your instructions have. Now we're gonna start putting together our base, and we wanna make sure we grab our M281. That's gonna go on the front left of your vehicle. And we wanna make sure when we grab this base part, that will attach to your tower, that's gonna face this direction. Gotta make sure that fatter side is on the left side of where the arrow is facing. And you're just gonna press down on this so it locks into place. You might have to maneuver it just a little bit. And when everything's locked on, then we can just line up these two channels, with this metal rod, until it clicks into place. Then we're repeat that process on the other side. We're gonna take our crossbar now and put it on top of our roof. Now, make sure that that fatter side of the fit kit is facing forward. And when it looks like that, we're just gonna roughly place it up here, and make our adjustments afterwards. Now we're gonna reference our instructions to see where this is gonna sit up here. And I'm gonna get that measurement. Make sure I adjust for that. And once I've adjusted for that, I'm gonna see how it's sitting. If you notice, we're not making contact with this groove, so, I know I'm gonna have to extend my towers. And another thing is, you wanna make sure that you have this groove underneath this base. And the way this should fit is, it should grab around this ridge up here. If yours isn't grabbing around that ridge, you'll probably have to flip this rubber base around. But what we're gonna do is change the distance of our towers. Now that we've made our adjustments, our towers are gonna sit 48.5 inches from each other. But that's on our specific vehicle. But now that we got that outta the way, we can go on to the next step, and that's gonna be putting our clamps on. So after when you've tightened these towers the rest of the way down, you're gonna remove this bolt at the very end. And with this out, we're gonna open our door. And take out our clamp. The way we wanna put this on, is line it up like so, we're gonna grab our bolt, push it through here, and thread it back in where we took it out of. Once you've started threading it, you can let this drop. And we can start tightening this down. We wanna tighten this down until it's making contact with our gutter, and then we'll go to the other side, and do the same thing. And when it's making contact on both sides, then you can tighten it down the rest of the way, with your included tool. And the way you'll notice tightened all the way is when you're turning it, and this rubber piece at the back is becoming completely straight. And if it is, then you can stop, and close your door. And now we can start putting our end caps back on. And when you put on the tower's end cap, just make sure you lock it in place too, with the included key. And we yell the end caps back on, give it a good shake test. Make sure everything's feeling nice and tight. And if it is, then you load it up with whatever accessories you have and take it on the road. Well if you liked everything you saw today, that's just a look at the Rhino Rack Roof Rack System, on top of our 2022 RAM 1500.
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (1807 Customer Reviews)
Aerodynamic, aluminum crossbars let you build an aftermarket roof rack for your vehicle. Full-length bars provide plenty of space for carriers and accessories. Vortex strips in C-channels reduce wind noise. Theft-deterring plastic locks included.
I put 3 stars because its a useful functional non-harmful roof rack solution for my WRX sedan. This review lost 2 stars because the rubber top pieces get damaged upon any accessory removal or install like(bike, snowboard rails etc). Additionally, these accessories also look to be weathering quickly because of build quality. Hopefully this helps your decision! Thanks
Once installed the product is very sturdy and looks great. But the directions are hard to follow because of the separate components and would have been really tough without the video which was great. I have one problem, how can I eliminate the annoying wind sound when driving when nothing on the rack. I saw a video where wrapping a line around the crossbar can help. It has helped a lot but not completely. Is there another secret for this?
Used my rhino rack traveling thousands of miles over the past year. They are a great product for the price, no need to buy the expensive big name products. Highly recommend these roof racks.
I've been using my Rhino-Rack primarily for hauling up to two kayaks. It has performed very. On the particular trip we are on now we went thru some pretty high winds blowing from the side of our rig and the kayak stayed secured. I would highly recommend this for anything you want to carry on top of your vehicle.
The rubber molding easily compressed and served no purpose other than to fall into the channel and thus shred the aluminum gunnels on my expensive Kevlar canoe. I contacted Rhino rack and they were quick to dismiss my information with zero concern or questions. This is a product easily made better with modest changes to improve. Too bad customer service doesn’t exist…
The rhino rack is well made but suffers from the flat bottom rubber feet. Since nearly all cars and trucks have roof seams, foot pads should be stepped to engage the seam like other racks such as Thule does. It's unlikely that very many different shapes would be needed to fit most vehicles. Rhino tech didn't agree with my assessment.
Rhino-Rack installation was fairly easy. We’re using it on a 2012 model Ford Flex.
Not too hard of an install and it looks great! Highly recommend for a basic utility roof rack for your 23 Tacoma.
The installed rack has done the job well and after installing and breaking down after one ski season and then reinstalling for the next season, no issues or problems to report. Everything has worked out great.
Works great with the rhino rack for hauling Kayaks.
Great rack for a great price. I tried an Amazon knock off, and that was a piece of junk. The Rhino rack is relatively easy to install, is very secure, and has lots of accessories.
I shopped online retailers namely Amazon and EBAY looking for the cross bar setup I would need for my 2012 Toyota Camry LE. My Camry has a naked roof. The whole experience was confusing. None of the needed components were combined together. I found each component listed separately but nothing to indicate they were the correct components for my car. Then ETRAILER.COM popped up in my search. I simply entered my car’s year, make, and model, and answered the question about the car roof (being naked with no factory installed cargo bars) and suddenly I had a list of the available cross bars for my vehicle with all the necessary components to install them. One or two clicks put the whole thing in my cart for purchase. ETRAILER .COM is your one stop shop. As a side note I purchased Yakima ski racks on sale to install on these cross bars. Another customer asked if these ski racks would fit his car and I explained yes they will with the appropriate cross bars. I sent him to “ETRAILER.COM” so he could get the correct setup. Pictures forthcoming.
Got this for a 2015 Prius. High quality works great. Use their measurements included as a guide and measure everything out yourself before cutting the spacers and when installing. I had to make minor adjustments to make it perfect.
Had these racks for a year and theyve been great. They fit my truck well. I did have to tighten them down a bit more than the instructions stated to eliminate a hum at highway speeds, but since doing that, they are nice and quiet.
These suck. When these are installed my vehicle doors leak. The Rhino attachments do not seal and so my carpet gets wet.
Used on cab roof of my truck to securely haul canoe
Excellent results! Excellent instructions and quality rack!
I wanted to share the items I used to be able to haul two Wilderness Systems Tsunami 145 kayaks on my 2006 Scion xB. This may help others who struggle with deciding what to use. I am pleased with my purchase and hope this helps. I originally thought I wanted the Thule Hull-A-Port Aero, but they discontinued making the fit kit for their roof rack systems and I ended up going with the Kuats. I am glad that they didn’t make the fit kit for approximately $[XX] and so they missed out on the rest of my business. Here are the items I used for anyone interested – pictures included. Custom DK Fit Kit for 4 Rhino-Rack 2500 Series Roof Rack Legs - Naked Roof #DK138, Kuat Class 4 V2 Kayak Carrier w/ Tie-Downs - J-Style - Folding - 1 Kayak - Black #KU53VR and these are really cool, Rhino-Rack 2500 Series Legs for Vortex Aero Crossbars - Naked Roofs or Fixed Mounting Points - Qty 4 #RRRLKVA, Rhino-Rack Vortex Aero Crossbars - Aluminum - Black - 54" Long - Qty 2 #RRVA137-B2. The 54” crossbars fit really well and the perfect length in my opinion and it doesn’t stick out like the longer ones would. Also purchased two sets of these Malone QuickLash T-Style Hood Loops for Bow and Stern Tie-Downs - Qty 2 #MPG308.
I liked doing business with you. I like the products I ordered. I did have trouble with part of the shipping. It was not your fault, but the part of the shipping you used The USPS did not work. I neverrnecieved the item from them and you had to ship me another via UPS. Over the last 10 years I have had a number of problems with the USPS with packages and mail. They are especially difficult to get information from when something seems to be lost. I would recommend not using the USPS for your shipping needs. Again, I am very happy with you and the products I bought from you.
Works great for carrying my kayak. Installation was pretty easy too
I have always had vehicles that came with factory rails which made it a no-brainer to get a rack for.. until now when bought a Dodge Ram 1500 truck with a bare roof.. and how do I then carry my 14 foot sea kayak? (It will not fit on the bed..)
When I stumble upon the 2500 Rhino rack on the etrailer website I was very interested but very distrusting at the same time - how would a rack than hanged on to the roof of the truck by what appear very small shallow clamps be able to support and hold my 50+ pound kayak to the roof with all the wind dynamics involved... BUT IT DID just that and fantastically! I took my time installing it because I was so nervous if I made a 1 mm mistake off the recommended position my kayak would peel off my truck in the middle of I-65 going South to Florida...did not happen! I drove 400 miles at an average speed of 62-65 mph and the kayak did not even make a vibration. Yes, it works, period. Don't let appearances fool you, this rack does the job. Thank you etrailer and RhinoRack.
The selection process that etrailer uses is top-notch. This really helped narrow down the choices for my 2019 RAM Quad cab. I bought this all kitted together. The assembly process is very straightforward and well-documented. I would highly recommend etrailer as a source for vehicle accessories. I have Yakima bike racks on our Subaru and this is as good if not better.
The selection process that etrailer uses is top-notch. This really helped narrow down the choices for my 2019 RAM Quad cab. I bought this all kitted together. The assembly process is very straightforward and well-documented. I would highly recommend etrailer as a source for vehicle accessories. I have Yakima bike racks on our Subaru and this is as good if not better.
Excellent fitment and easy to install with the 49" Vortex Aero bars. Everything was there for assembly and instructions were easy to follow when I set it up. Going on a year now and many ski trips with no issues on my Camry!
Ordered these based on this shop having what I needed for my Juke at a good price. Items arrived intact and with complete parts and good instructions. Items were high quality. Customer service was personal and AMAZING and followed up immediately. One year later items have remained solid and in good condition after installation.
Fast shipping and great quality products. Communication from start to finish of delivery is always top notch from etrailer
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