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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 - Silver - Qty 2:Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Today on our 2017 Honda Accord we'll be taking a look at the and showing how to install the Rhino-Rack. This is going to consist of the Rhino-Rack Vortex Aero crossbars, part number RRVA137B-2; the Rhino-Rack 2500 Series legs for the Vortex Aero bars, part number RRRLKVA; and the Custom DK Fit Kit for the Rhino-Rack 2500 Series legs, part number DK359. The Rhino-Rack Vortex Aero roof rack kit is a great solution for carrying your roof rack accessories as well as gear on your Honda Accord. This roof rack is a lightweight aluminum with an aerodynamic design, so it's going to help to reduce wind noise and drag. This design allows you to use channel-mounted as well as clamp-on accessories on your vehicle's roof, such as bike racks, cargo baskets, cargo boxes, water sport carriers, and ski and snowboard carriers. With our end cap removed, you can see that our weather strip is easy to remove and replace. It's also easy to cut down to use with channel-mounted accessories to help prevent any dirt, debris, or liquid from getting inside that channel. Then if we place on our end cap, it does lock into place, which provides extra prevention from theft and tampering to your channel-mounted accessories.
If you did want to upgrade the plastic lock cores to all metal cores, that part number is RRVA-LEC4. The Fit Kit is going to be a custom fit to your Honda Accord. Any portion that touches our vehicle is going to have a rubber strip to help prevent scratches or abrasions. Now as for the leg kit, it is going to have a metal lock core on that cover which will help to prevent theft and tampering of your roof rack system as a whole. Now keep in mind that these have a 165 pound weight capacity, though you do want to check your vehicle's owner's manual to make sure it can withstand that much weight. Here we have all of the pieces for our roof rack kit laid out on our table. You will get multiples of some of these just to be able to put together the other leg kits.
Starting here we've got our leg kit with our lockable covers. Then we have our fit kit. That's going to include our pad and the clamp. We have our included torque tool, which will let us know when we have enough torque behind the bolt. This skinnier part is going to straighten out.
We have our included keys for our leg kit, our included key for our crossbar end cap, that crossbar end cap. Then we've provided our own flat tape measure. To start our install we're going to remove our bolts here in the center. We'll take our clamp, which is going to be for the back. They will be labeled with different numbers. The location will be in your instructions.
Going to tighten that bolt down just enough so that it holds the clamp in place. We'll then flip this over our and remove this bottom plastic pad. We can take our rubber pad, and we're just going to push down so that we don't have any holes or gaps. We want to make sure that our arrows on each side are facing out. We'll slide that on. Next we can place this onto our crossbar. To slide this onto our crossbar we're going to line this nut here up with the channel. We'll just slide this into place. Now we'll measure this portion here, which is going to give us even crossbar overhang. That's going to be set to 14.1 centimeters. With that set we can take our included tool and we're going to tighten down this bolt. That's going to hold our leg kit in place. Place on our crossbar end cap and use our included lock to lock that in place. Now that we have our crossbar all put together and our doors open, we're just going to gently set our back bar in place. Now we'll go to the other side and make sure it's in about the same position. Then we'll take our measurement. Now that we have our bars roughly in place, we're going to measure from the center of our clamps from the front to the back to get that crossbar spread measurement. That's going to be 70 centimeters. Now we'll just double-check the other side and make sure it's in the same place. Next we'll take our included tool and tighten down our clamp. I like to tighten it so that it sits up against our door jam. You can see here that it's going to be a custom fit for your Honda Accord. Now we just want to make sure we do the same thing the other side. With those tightened down evenly, we're going to start to tighten them down even more. Again, we want to make sure that they're even so we don't have the crossbar pulling to one side or the other. You'll see with enough torque behind our bolt, this skinnier portion is going to straighten out. We can go to the other side and make sure it does not same thing. Once we have those both tightened down, we'll close up our doors and place on our locking end caps. Now our roof rack is secured to our vehicle. We're ready to load up any of our accessories and hit the road. That's going to be our completed look at the Rhino-Rack roof rack system for our 2017 Honda Accord.
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars (82 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.These are the perfect racks for a low profile mounting of solar panels on my Sprinter van.
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.
This works great. Very strong and reliable. Holds my ladders with ease. I’ve had it loaded down and done 80mph on the highway no problem.
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.
The Roof Rack Legs fit perfectly on my 2014 Honda Accord 4Dr car. I drove 1500 miles and it didn't even vibrate and very little extra air noise. It even had stick-on markers so I could put it back on the same place next time I travel with it. Great product.
Was easy to install and works great for hauling my kayak around no issues.
I got the roof rack mounted anyways. Better pics to come when it's all finished!
Great product everything fit perfectly. With the heavy duty bars almost all the hardware for anything you put on the rack is too short
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.
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!
I purchased this because I needed 11" brackets and I only needed two to add to my existing setup. Other manufacturers (I could only find one) only sold packs of four at a ridiculously high price. My Rhino Rack mounts and bar arrived within a few days of my order and appear very sturdy and well made. I bought them to add a third support for an awning and a solar shower on the roof of my van. I think I found the perfect solution.
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
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.
The rack had good instructions, fit well, and has met all my expectations.
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?
Love it, fits great, easy to install. Nice aerodynamic design not the clunky straight design commonly seen. Plenty of strength to hold my tandem 74 lb yak.
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
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.
Exactly what I was looking for, great product.
Instructions a tad confusing. My recommendation would be make a video for every set you sell so people can simply watch the video before they start. Other then that, quality Is great. And yes, follow the Enclosed measurements lol, it matters.
Needed the Rhino-Rack parts and they were delivered when promised. Great service.
Once installed they seem sturdy and look good. One of the end caps was damaged in shipping but otherwise everything was good
Thank you for the very speedy customer service! My roof rack is already here!
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