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This custom fit kit lets you mount 4 Rhino-Rack 2500 legs to your vehicle with a naked roof. Clamps mount to legs with bolts. Includes 4 clamps and 4 pads.
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Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Toyota Corolla iM, we're going to be test fitting the Rhino-Rack Vortex Aero Roof Rack system, consisting of part numbers RRVA126B-2. These are the vortex aero crossbars, black in color and are 49" long. You can also get these in silver, as part number RRVA126S-2. We'll also be using part number RRRLKVA.These are the 2500 Series Legs for the Vortex Aero crossbars, and finally, part number DK347. And this is the Fit Kit for the Toyota Corolla.The Rhino Rack Vortex Aero Roof Rack System is great for carrying a wide variety of accessories on your Toyota Corolla, while freeing up space inside your vehicle. This can carry anything from bike racks to cargo baskets to cargo boxes as well.The bars have an aerodynamic shape to them, and that coupled with the vortex aero strip on the top, as well as the strip that goes underneath, that's going to cut down all the wind noise and drag while you drive, eliminating the need for fairings that you would have to use for square or round bars.You can use T-Track accessories with this roof rack system.
You simply remove the vortex aero strip, insert your T-Track accessory, cut the strip to length, and reinstall that as well. These end pieces here can be replaced with lock cores if you wanted it to, and you can find those on etrailer.com.The end caps are lockable, so this is secure to your roof rack once it's installed, and it's very easy to install it. Just simply clamps around your existing rail here at the top and tightens down with this screw in the center, and it does come with a tool to tighten this down as well.From the center of the roof to the top of our bar, that's going to be about 4-3/4" inches high. From the center of the roof to the bottom of our bar, that's going to be about 3-3/4" inches high, so that's plenty of space in between for all accessories that you may be using, because if it's closer you might have issues of clearance between the clamps that you are putting on here and the actual roof of your vehicle. Also, both bars have a carrying capacity of 165lbs, but you always want to double-check with your vehicle's manual to make sure your roof can take those weights.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 already have our front bar installed on our roof. Here's our rear bar, partially assembled on our table here, and in front here's all the stuff that's going to come with this roof rack system. We have our leg, the Ft Kit, the end cap for our bar, our included tightening tool, our end cap locking tool, and the caps for our foot once we're done installing everything, and of course the strip to get our foot to the proper measurement, which we'll get into that a little bit later.Our first step is, we're going to flip our bar upside down and install our first leg. How this works is, the top metal bracket here is going to slide into this bottom channel. So just line up the slots and push it on, like so.
At this point, that's where the strip comes into play. You go to your instructions and find the proper measurement. You cut the strip to length, put it in place, and that's where you tighten up your leg. However, for demonstration purposes, we're just going to go ahead and measure it out today.Then we'll take our tool and tighten up the bolts in the center here, so it's nice and tight, and we know it's not going to move. Now we can place our end cap on the end of our bar here, as well, and secure that into place.Our final step is installing the Fit Kit here.
Everything does have numbers on it, so double-check with your instructions to make sure it's going to its proper place, and that the arrows in the bottom of our foot pads here are facing the proper direction. These just push into place very easy, and then with our clamps we come to the outer portion here, and we'll remove the screw and install those. We're only going to loosely tighten this up right now.Before we place our rear bar onto our roof, I would like to explain how we got our front part to where it is now. Essentially, we assembled it the exact same way that you just saw, however, when we put it into place, how we got it to this point is we measured from the center of the door jamb to the center of the bar. Now we had to put this on first, because this is going to determine, from the center of the bar back, how far our rear bar is going to be setting. At the moment, we're not setting it down in any particular place, just the general place before we actually make our measurements.Now we'll take our included tool and start tightening it down. We'll get it snug first on both sides and then go back and forth and tighten it down evenly. I would like to point out about this, so you see that it's curved right now. Once you get it tightened down to its specifications, it will straighten out, and this is to prevent you from over-tightening it. We'll do about five turns each side until it's done.Our final step is to install our end caps, and you take these two tabs on the end here, slide them in, then take the keys, lock those into place, and then we can load up our gear and hit the road, and then we can load up our gear, then hit the road.There you have it for the Rhino-Rack Vortex Aero Roof Rack System on our 2017 Toyota Corolla iM.
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (3475 Customer Reviews)
This custom fit kit lets you mount 4 Rhino-Rack 2500 legs to your vehicle with a naked roof. Clamps mount to legs with bolts. Includes 4 clamps and 4 pads.
These roof rack legs and the other associated parts from etrailer worked perfectly with my 2017 Toyota Corolla IM and it is still installed after a year of use. I've loaded it up with a pretty heavy load and taken it across many states at highway speeds in high winds with no issues. We even use it when we go camping nearby.
Overall I’m very pleased.
The rack installed fine, instructions plus the etrailer vids were helpful
One small complaint. One of the two aero bars didn’t include enough rubber strips (wind) to go end to end. More like, enough to almost cover half. I’m assuming this was the manufacturer’s slip up, but it might be good to check a few before they ship out. Not a huge issue either way.
Very tough, sturdy, and well built product and easy self install! We installed on a Corolla IM hatchback in no time with the help of "how to" vids on etrailer.com. The vids saved us an additional $100 wanted by a local install company. We teach and our little family travels all summer. This product is a life saver. With additional roof basket, we can now carry all our luggage and camping gear with a compact fuel efficient vehicle rather than a gas hog.
Perfect
This was a great purchase. I originally ordered roof crossbars from somewhere else and immediately returned them. They were a universal fit and were not secure at all when they were tightened down. They were from a third seller on Amazon. I found these on etrailer and I am glad that I made the purchase. I did not want to spend the money at first that these cost, but am glad that I did. The install was easy and the crossbars are very secure and hold up well with the cargo basket installed. They were well worth the money. Can't wait to try them out when we go camping. Thank you etrailer.
Ease of order, receipt, installation and excellent customer service is what I received in this order.
Thank you, e-trailer!
Takes a little while to assemble the rack bars.
The stickers are great I can mark the positions after measuring the distance between the bars.
One of the screws is underneath the bar; it is hard to reach to tighten the bars.
Finally, I got the roof rack installed and it looks good.
Pretty nice rack system. Held up to my 90lb canoe no problem. However a piece did fly off on the highway and the "locking" bar end cap can pull off super easy.
The directions were ok. There is some stuff you have to kind of figure out for yourself, mainly the roof trim. I plan to leave the rack on so I drilled theough the trim
Just followed all the etrailer website prompts for my naked roof Toyota Matrix and it set me up with the three packages needed- rails legs and fitkit. Installed easily enough. I like the little arrow stickers hidden in the door jams for fast re-install later. Held two 10’ kayaks on a 2 hr journey with ease.
This is a perfect fit for our 2015 Prius V with "naked" roof. Instructions were clear and accurate, and the bars are solid and able to support our canoe and kayak easily. We added the air deflector, as there was a bit of wind noise, but now there is none. Great product at much lower price than the big names.
Absolutely love the Rhino Rack. Easy to install (watch the [online] video). Looks GREAT. Hauls my kayaks no problem. Very well made and I highly recommend this product.
The Rhino 2500 series is well built. The etrailer customer service person Trevor W. was great. He was so helpful in getting the right components for my Rhino 2500 roof rack to mount to my 2010 Silverado. Thanks for the help Trevor.
This was the kit for my 2020 equinox. The spacing of the feet on the vortex aero bars was incorrect I had to use the Euro sizes. Went back and forth with customer service trying to get confirmation that was the right size but it never was confirmed. Everything is installed now and sturdy.
Seemed to work well with my 2012 Kia Soul. I have only had it on my car for a day at writing this so I can't really give it five stars. I would bump it up to five stars once its been on for a few months. Easy to install, and after doing a bit of research Etrailer.com Had the best deal, and support for installation.
Installed this and 65" Vortex Areo crossbars on a 2015 RAM 5500 chassis cab/crew cab. It is listed to fit 1500 to 3500 RAM's and neither Rhino-Rack or etrailer would confirm it would fit the 5500. My research suggested there was not much, if any difference, between the 3500 and 5500 crew cab, so ordered it any way. Installation was relatively easy, fit seemed to be good and have made multiple 200-300 mile trips with a 75lb kayak. Good price, great customer service and fast delivery through etrailer.
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?
Customer support was great. After reading the instructions and watching the video on how to install the Rhino Rack installation went well. The ski rack has one draw back, if you leave car out over night with skis locked in the ski rack, every thing can be easily stolen. All you need is an Allen wrench to remove the ski rack with the skis. The roof rack has locking covers the prevent theft of the roof rack. The ski rack can be easily removed from the roof rack.
The roof rack is great, just pretty pricy, by me standards.
My only problem with the whole experience was that the roof rack comes in there separate packages. In my order, one package was omitted, which created some confusion. I had to go back to the company and request that the 3rd package be sent.
Otherwise I'm happy with the purchase.
I responded to a previous request fro feedback, so I'm not sure why I'm being asked again, but . . .
This review covers the Rhino Rack 2500 Vortex Aero crossbars and associated parts (DK284, RRRLKVA, RRVA137S-2) for a naked roof installation on a 2018 Honda CR-V.
Very solid racks. We just took our first trip using them and the didn't budge. As recommended, a few days after installing, I tightened the bolts a bit. I'm not sure they needed it--just a little insurance.
The installation process was clear, but fairly detailed. It would be easy to miss a step, so take your time. Also, I tried a couple shortcuts in the order when installing on the car, but had to back track. So, go in the order they give you.
The racks easily supported our filled "pod" and a couple surfboards, strapped side-by-side. Sorry, no photos of the rack loaded. One thing to watch out for is that our old Thule pod almost didn't fit because of the thickness of the racks. I had to loosen the bolts almost entirely.
Of note: I feel that although I followed the measurements to the millimeter, the fit on our 2018 Honda CR-V wasn't exact. Where the pads sit on the roof of the car didn't align perfectly. I could have adjusted this by just re-trimming the rubber pads that go in the channels, but it's not a big deal, so I just left it.
Finally, I do have one concern. The angle of final installation doesn't really protect the racks from theft very well. The plastic plate that locks over the screw would allow someone with the proper tool to get up under it and loosen the bolts. That being said, someone so inclined could also just break the little plastic door or drill a hole in it to access the bolt. So, I guess it's just a deterrent anyway.
Overall, I'm very happy with the racks and etrailer.com! Despite shipping delays due to Covid-19, they were able to get the racks to me in time for an upcoming trip. I did choose to expedite shipping, but the cost was very reasonable.
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