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Custom fit kit lets you mount Rhino-Rack RC or RV series legs to a vehicle with fixed mounting points. Legs mount to vehicle with attachment studs. Molded inserts cover bases when the legs are removed. Includes 4 pads, covers, and mounting hardware.
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Adam: Hi, everyone, Adam, with etrailer.com. Today we're going to be taking a look at the Rhino-Rack roof rack system on our 2019 Chevrolet Suburban. So we do have these silver 59 inch crossbars on here right now, but we also have them in black so if you think that'll look better on your Suburban, whatever one you think, just go ahead and grab the best one for you. So, we are going to be able to put up quite a decent amount of stuff on this roof rack. It does have a weight capacity of 165 pounds, so be sure to check your owner's manual of your vehicle to make sure it's going to be able to handle that weight, but it will take any T-Track Accessory and anything that'll wrap around the bars. If you have a J Style Kayak Carrier, Canoe Carrier, or even maybe even just a Cargo Carrier just to get all that luggage out of the cabins, free up some space for some of your passengers.So, I do have the Vortex Aero Bars on here right now.
And as you can see, it does have a nice aerodynamic shape to it so it's going to cut down on a lot of that wind noise that you get at high speeds. It is made of aluminum, so it's not going to rust away and it will be able to hold all of your T-Track Accessories up top, but we will have to trim this little rubber piece here. So the cap on the end here does have a key with it, but we do sell separately a locking core cap as well. So if you would like it to match our foot kit here, then go in etrailer.com and grab those, and we will actually have locks already built into these feet. A lot of them don't come with that, which is always nice, very easy to undo and it's just going to keep your roof rack from going anywhere.As you may be able to tell, we actually have some other mounting holes.
So we have different options whenever choosing where we're going to put our roof rack set up. I just chose the front two just because, but if the back is going to suit your needs better, you can go ahead. It's going to fit just the same on the back as it does in the front. So we are going to add to the height of our Suburban, so let's just go over some of those measurements, just so you know. From the top of our roof to the bottom of our bar is going to be about three and a half inches and from our roof here, all the way to the top of our bar is going to be about four and three quarter inches.And one of the best things is it does have fixed mounting points and it's really easy to install so let's just go ahead and show you how easy it is.
So one of the first things we want to do is assemble our feet. We are going to get two different pieces that's going to mount to our fixed rails and what we're going to do is actually slide this underneath. And there is a little rib here, so it's going to slip around this edge pretty nicely. Might have to stretch it a little bit to get to fit, once you get that we're going to push these little rubber knobs through, and then we can place this on our fixed rails on our Suburban. We are going to secure these down with our Allen bolts.
We're going to put a flat washer and then we are going to put our pressure washer, set it into place that's pushed down a little bit and then just drive them in by hand on both sides and they can go through, and take the tool that was provided and tighten them down properly.Now we can assemble our feet. Some are going to come already preassembled, and all it is is just going to be this plate and a screw. So what we're going to do is drop this down with our two washers in that hole, and then take this square piece and thread it on there. Now we can slide these in, after we remove our caps, we can go ahead and put our caps back on and lock them into place. You can repeat that same exact process for the other side. Now we can go ahead and put these on our roof.We're going to get them into place first, once we get them into place, we're going to adjust it just to make sure that this bar is evenly spread. And once it is, I'm going to try to hold this in the same spot I had it. Now what we're going to do, is going to take this bolt here and with both of our washers on there and put it down into this hole here. I'm going to start it with my hands a little bit, and then come in here with a 10 millimeter socket or wrench, tighten it down. I did notice that I couldn't fit a socket in there, and this wrench definitely gets the job done pretty easily. Once you're done there, you can put your cap in there and lock it into place. Make sure everything's nice and secure, and if it is you ready to load it up. Well everyone thanks for tuning in and taking a look at the Rhino-Rack roof system on our 2019 Chevrolet Suburban..
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (179 Customer Reviews)
Custom fit kit lets you mount Rhino-Rack RC or RV series legs to a vehicle with fixed mounting points. Legs mount to vehicle with attachment studs. Molded inserts cover bases when the legs are removed. Includes 4 pads, covers, and mounting hardware.Two stars because the provided hardware interferes with the factory rails when using the provided cover plates (to be installed when you remove the cross bars & towers). Had to source my own 12mm long cap screws because provided 16mm were too long. Otherwise works as advertised.
Super secure for our family's rods with minimal noise. Withstands 100mph winds. Easy to remove since they are on only for vacation.
Looks great! Was hoping for a quieter ride but am getting a lot of wind noise. I will be adding a wind Fairing to see if this helps.
Heather A.
6/10/2021
Thank you for your review. I recommend to make sure the rubber strip on the bottom of the Rhino Rack Aero bars is fully pressed into the channel before getting a wind fairing. If the rubber strip is not pressed into the channel it can create wind noise. If you are still bothered by the wind noise after checking that, I recommend to use the wind fairing part # RRRF4. This will help divert the wind over the bars.
Great customer service with James on the front end. Arrived sooner than expected! Fairly easy setup. It took me a little over an hour.
We will be using it to haul paddle boards as well as a tandem road bike. One of our next purchases will be the batwing awning and possibly the Tag-a-long tent if we don’t get a roof top tent
I would have given a 5 but the instructions/video skipped some worthwhile info. Overall I’m pleased.
Great product and aftermarket support.
Great product, fast shipping, fits well with my Tahoe. Thanks!
These were the only mounts I could find to fit a 2019 Toyota Highlander LE factory roof bolts. Have never used Rhino Racks before but was very happy to find their sturdy mounts for aero bar legs.
These Rhino-Rack products are solid. Installation was quite simple. It took me no more than 2 hours from taking off the OEM rails to getting the crossbars to tighten down.
Keep in mind that these legs were designed for the Toyota Prado (it even says so on the installation guide). Once you remove the Lexus OEM rails, you will notice a groove, about 3/4" deep and 1-1/8" wide, alongside the roof. If your GX does not come with the OEM rails, the grooves might already be covered up by the factory drip trim pieces (Toyota PN 75557-60050, 75555-60030). This Rhino rack kit does not come with any hardware to cover up the grooves. I was told they would not cause any leaks because the mounting points are tightly sealed.
But if you have severe OCD like me, those grooves will be bothering you (even though you can't see them). Instead of paying over $xxx for the OEM trims pieces. Fill them up with some 3/4"wide 3/8 inch thick insulation tape, then tape a strip of 1" wide, 1/8" thick neoprene rubber strip on top. The end product looks just like OEM. I hope my simple idea will help other fellow OCD survivors.
Update to my review: etrailer sent additional strips to set into the gaps on the bottom side of the rails and there is no longer any whistling, so I've rerated my purchase to Excellent. I'm not sure if the strips for the bottom side (the side that faces the roof of the car) should have come with my rails to begin with or if they need to be purchased separately (etrailer sent them to me at no charge after my initial review). Covering those gaps with duct tape will also do the trick.
The Rhino Rack BLOCKS my SUNROOF. It was recommended for my 2018 Highlander on the etrailer website. A 2018 Highlander with a sunroof is shown on etrailer in the install video. However, I can not open my sunroof. etrailer refuses to refund or exchange it and have no options for fixing this issue!
Rock solid attachment, the install didn’t go as smooth as hoped, but got it to work. Customer service was very available, though I do t think anything they could have done to make the install easier - chalked up to slight car model variations.
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3/9/2022
I reached out to the manufacturer and it was the first time that they had heard of this being reported.