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These heavy-duty, aluminum crossbars work with Rhino-Rack legs to create a sturdy roof rack. The square bars include built-in C-channels for mounting Rhino-Rack heavy-duty, contractor-grade accessories.
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Rhino-Rack HD Crossbars - Black - 50" Long - Qty 2:Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Speaker 1: Today on our 2013 Mazda CX9 we'll be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Rhino Rack Roof Rack System. This is going to consist of the Rhino Rack Vortex Arrow Cross Bars, part number RRVA126B-2, and the Rhino Rack 2500 Series Legs, part number RRRLKVA, and the Fit Kit for the CX9, part number DK220. Our cross bars also come in silver, part number RRVA126S-2.The Rhino Rack Roof Rack System is a great solution for carrying your vehicle accessories on your roof, whether those are bike racks, cargo baskets, ski and snowboard carriers, or kayak carriers. We're going to have an aerodynamic shape to our cross bars, which are going to help to reduce wind noise and drag. If we remove our lockable end cap on our cross bar, we can lift up our weather strip. This is easy to remove, easy to cut down and replace so you can use this with channel-mounted accessories.
It's also going to keep dirt, debris, and liquid out of your channel as you're driving down the road.We can remove the plastic cover here on our end cap and replace that with a metal lock core. That's going to help prevent theft and tampering. Our leg kits also have lockable covers to help prevent theft and tampering. We have easy access to removing our roof rack system. As for our fit kit, any portion that touches our vehicle is going to have a rubber coating to prevent any scratches or abrasions.
It's also going to be custom cut and fit to our vehicle to give it a nice, secure fit.This roof rack system has a 165 pound weight capacity, but you do want to double check with your vehicle's owner's manual to make sure your roof can handle that much weight. These are quick and easy to install and have a limited lifetime warranty. We're going to show you how to install these now.Now, everything that you see on our table is what's included in our kit. We're going to have the covers for our leg kit as well as the keys. We'll have the leg kit itself, which will come in a quantity of four.
We're going to have our end caps for our cross bars along with the keys for that. Our fit kit here, which includes four clamps and four pads. Then we'll have our included tool, and we've provided our own flat tape measure just to measure out cross bar spreads. Then we'll get two cross bars along with that.We're going to start by loosening up our bolt completely here on the front of our leg kit. With that completely loose, we'll place it over our clamp and we'll tighten down our bolt.
We don't want to tighten this down all the way, but just enough so that it holds our clamp into place. We'll flip our foot pack over. We'll take the rubber piece and we'll secure it to the bottom plastic portion of our leg kit. You want to close it so that all of it is sealed together. Then we can take our leg kit, place that back on, and we'll slide this using the bottom nut onto our cross bar.Once we have that slid into place, we can take our flat tape measure and measure out the strip here. Now, we do have measurement inserts that you can put in and measure out however much you need, but we won't be using these today. They will reduce wind noise and drag whenever you put these on your vehicle, but for demonstration purposes, we're just going to use that flat tape measure. Measuring it out to 17.5 centimeters. Then we'll tighten down our bolts here in the center. Finally, we'll take our cross bar end cap, place that on. Take our key and lock it into place, and we're ready to load this up onto our vehicle.We're going to gently place it across our vehicle, making sure that our clamps fit around our doorframe. We'll measure out our cross bar spread from the center of our front clamp to the center of our back. We'll get this, along with the other measurements in your instructions, but we want this to be at 75 centimeters. Want to make sure that whatever we do to one side, we want to do to the other. Now we can tighten down our clamps. We're going to use our included torque tool. I like to start by tightening them down so that my clamp sits just up against the door frame.Once we have our roof rack completely tightened down, the smaller end of our torque tool is going to straighten out, and we know we have enough torque behind our bolt, just like you see here. Lastly, we'll place on our end cap, lock it into place, and we're ready to hit the road. That's going to be our completed look at the Rhino Rack Roof Rack System on our 2013 Mazda CX9.
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars (59 Customer Reviews)
These heavy-duty, aluminum crossbars work with Rhino-Rack legs to create a sturdy roof rack. The square bars include built-in C-channels for mounting Rhino-Rack heavy-duty, contractor-grade accessories.I got the roof rack mounted anyways. Better pics to come when it's all finished!
Thanks to etrailer, I am ready to do some serious summer exploring with my 2013 Mazda 3! Rhino Racks, Malone top box, and Kuat bike rack!
The rack fit well and was easy to install. Seems to be made well. The problem is the amount of road noise. I never even put the basket on. It was so loud, it roared. I repositioned it several times but the noise was way too much and I finally just removed it. I spent a lot of money for the rack and the basket and now they are in storage. I wish it would have worked out better because I thought it looked really good.
love it, no problem and easy to install and take on and off, 47,000 miles on the highway and not a single issue. I even like the song the ladder hums to me driving down the interstate. This is my second Rhino and both have preformed to a high standard.
This rack works perfectly on my Nissan Versa for carrying my two Perception Sound 9'6" kayaks. The Rhino-Racks look good to me. The kayaks can rest directly on the rubber pads on the rails, unlike the Yakama racks I had in the past that had bare pipe rails. Also, I expect I can buy parts to adapt this product to a different car without having to buy new towers. I am sorry there are not hooks or loops to attach bungees when carrying lumber. They are noisy in the wind, but less so when carrying the kayaks.
Ordered a Rhino Rack for my 2014 GMC Sierra 2500HD Denali. Rack arrived in very good shape and all items were there. Installing at this time and see no problems ahead.
Thanks to Etrailer, I am ready to do some serious summer exploring with my 2013 Mazda 3! Rhino Racks, Malone top box, and Kuat bike rack!
Good quality and locks are included. The plastic lock covers are flimsy but they will keep an honest person honest.
Thank you for the very speedy customer service! My roof rack is already here!
I got the roof rack mounted anyways. Better pics to come when it's all finished!
Things went well. Customer service was great.
Great product everything fit perfectly. With the heavy duty bars almost all the hardware for anything you put on the rack is too short
I was in a roof rack jam. There was a national shortage of the rack I needed for my car and our summer vacation was a week away. I went to etrailer.com when I couldnt find the roof rack anywhere else on the web. Another website actually suggested that they might have what I needed.
I spoke to Ashley E on the phone to make sure that I was picking the right parts. Ashley was very helpful and knowledgable. She helped me find the right roof rack and made sure that I received it in record time. I am a customer for life!!!
This rack worked out great... I installed in on a 2017 Ford F-150. We drove 6 hrs through wind and rain with a SUP and Tandem Kayak on top. It really took a beating in a storm the whole way. One bracket was a little loose and shifted because of the wind on the Kayak, but it held together. Super happy with Rhino rack!
This kit is easy to slap on and sturdy enough to balance my skis and snowboards. I recently used the Rhino Rack on a three hour drive to a ski resort and had no issues.
Just realize that this is not your OEM roof rack install. It doesn't use the mounting system provided on the car - simply "clamps on". I kinda wish I had known this before. I installed on a Mazda-CX-9. The brackets slightly get in the way of the door seal... and it adds some noticeable noise at high speeds. Overall I give it a good rating. It works, and seems durable and well built. The instructions could be improved a bit... I struggled there, but ultimately got it on and working, and it should fit my needs. I'll probably take it off the car when I'm not using it. Next time, I'll do OEM!
This is my second Rhino-Rack. They go on very easily and hold the bikes/kayaks and even an extension ladder very well....thanks for a great product
Love the roof rack! Works great for ka yaks!
This is an excellent product. It was the only product that would fit my truck. I was able to mount it by myself, it took me longer than I thought it would, but it helps if you watch first a video on line about how to put it together. The support staff is excellent if you miss any parts. I highly recommend it for the 2015 Nissan Rogue.
Andrei
Two items I received surprised me when I unpacked the box were the rails because they were not black like I saw in the picture, and the rubber insert that I am having a hard time sliding in the rail. Should this rubber insert have come already installed in the rail or is there a top on how to put in with ease?
Well engineered rack that fits my Ram 2500 crew cab well. A bit of wind noise at highway speeds. I have the heavy duty cross pieces with a square cross section.
Needed the Rhino-Rack parts and they were delivered when promised. Great service.
Fast service and was everything I expec ted
Once installed they seem sturdy and look good. One of the end caps was damaged in shipping but otherwise everything was good
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