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These multipurpose, galvanized steel crossbars supply the backbone for your aftermarket roof rack system. Works with accessories that clamp around the bars. Pair with Yakima towers, fit kit, and RoundBar SL Adapter to create a complete roof rack.
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Yakima RoundBars - 48" Long - Black - Qty 2:Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Hi, everyone. It's Aiden here with etrailer.com, and today we're gonna be taking a look at the Yakima JetStream Roof Rack System here on our 2014 Toyota Prius v. Now, this roof rack is gonna be great for getting that extra cargo up and out of your vehicle and onto your roof. Whether you're making more leg room for your passengers on a long road trip with a rooftop basket or a box, putting luggage in there, or maybe you're carrying a kayak, a bike rack, or some skis that are larger, more awkward, that you wouldn't really be able to fit in your vehicle otherwise. It's gonna give you a lot of options, and really expand the possibilities of what you can carry with your vehicle. Let's check it out.
Taking a look at the components here, let's start with the crossbars. These are gonna be 50 inch long aero bars and these are gonna be great for a number of things. The aero shape design is gonna kinda cut down on that wind noise that we hear going down the road, and taper off towards the end here. The other thing that's gonna help with wind noise is the weather strip up here in the T-track system. Now, the nice thing about this T-track system is you don't have to cut it to length when you're putting your accessories in.
You can see here at the end, that we just kinda push it down and slide our accessory into place, and we don't have to worry about cutting anything to length. On my roof rack on my personal vehicle, I have to cut the weather strip if I wanna add an accessory there. While that system works, it's not the best, because if I ever change accessories, or want to take that accessory out, I'm then left with gaps and cut pieces of weather strip. You don't have to worry about that with this system. The other nice thing about the crossbars is that they're gonna give you a 165 pound weight capacity which is on par with most roof rack system, just make sure you check your own risk manual for your vehicle's roof, and go with the lowest rated component.
Next part of our system is the towers here. Now these have the option to be locked with Yakima's same key system. You can purchase lock core separately, and if you have other Yakima accessories like a bike rack, a kayak carrier, or ski carrier, you can lock that and use the same key for your roof rack here. I would definitely pick that up, 'cause then it keeps people away from your system, keeps them from taking your crossbars, and prevent them from just coming up here and taking that cover off. Taking the cover off gives us access to all the parts here to uninstall or reinstall them, so I definitely like having that security.
All I got to do to put it back on is just pop it into place though. As far as construction and build quality goes, this whole system's built really well. You got a nice black powder coated aluminum crossbar, so the nice thing about aluminum is you don't have to worry about rusting or corroding over time. You can also get them in silver if that matches your taste better, but it's all up to you there. Then coming down here to the feet and the clamps, these are gonna be the point that make contact with our vehicle, and the nice thing here is that we got a whole rubber pad here on the foot, and the whole inside of the clamp here is also rubber coated, so we're not gonna have any damaging parts on our vehicle, it's gonna keep everything looking nice and neat. Really, the only thing left is how to install. The process is pretty simple. Let's go to how we did that now. We've already got our front crossbar installed, and the first thing we're gonna do is start getting our back one set up here on the table. We got one of our feet and towers here on the bar already, so all we're gonna do is come to this end cap here kinda lift up on this tab here to release it, and we can pull out like that, and that'll give us access to the track system here. We'll take our tower and our foot, and we're gonna attach those together. The tower's gonna sit on the bar like this, and we want our foot with this arrow facing outward. What I'm gonna do is just set that down there, kinda line up this bar with this slot. I can do this first, and you kinda just push down on the table there, it makes it really easy. Then, take our key track bolt right here, slide that into the track, and we've got this markings here, they're really hard to see, you kinda got to catch the light right to see them, but these are gonna be for our measurements. For our back crossbar here, I know hat I need to set it at 37 3/4, so let's get that edge of the foot lined up with that hash right there, and then we can go ahead and tighten down. You got two points of adjustment here. You got this inner one here, which will kind of set our tower offset one direction to the other. We're gonna tighten that down right there on the center. This is gonna lock our foot and our tower into position on the crossbar. Using our included tool we'll hear a click, pretty soon here, letting us know that's tourqued down. The second point of adjustment we have right here is our pitch. Let me loosen this up real quick, so you can kinda see what I'm talking about. This little bar here will kinda move around the slot as the foot pivots. Again, this can be found in you instructions, but for our back crossbar, we're gonna stay right in the middle. Do the same thing we did before, tighten that down with the tool, and hear a click. With those in place, we're ready to set our bar on top of our roof. We're just gonna set it loosely in place right now, reaching across either side. Now, these feet right here, we got a little bit of a lip on our Prius today. We want these feet sitting basically on top of that lip. Some feet will kinda reach over and conform to that lip, this one's gonna sit right on top. Now, to get the exact spacing and position of this back bar, we're gonna use our front crossbar as reference. For that front one, we just measured from the wind shield up to the front, and for this back one, we're just gonna measure from the center to the center of this one. Right here, we're gonna scoot this in a little bit here. A little bit more from there, and that's gonna be about right there. Now, we can go ahead and grab our clamps, and get that secured. To get our clamps secured, we're gonna come over to the tower here, and take note of a couple things. We've got this gray cover here that we're just kinda pop out of place, and we got our bolt here. There's this rectangular block on the bolt, and I'll try to kinda pop it up there. It's really hard to see, but there's a hook shape tab there, and that hook is gonna basically go in this hole of the clamp, and kinda pull it tight. Underneath here, there's a small slot where the foot or the clamp can kinda slide up into place. We'll push that into place, and as I pul it back, you see that that hook is latched on, it's good to go. You can see here, it's a little bit tight. We want this clamp to go around the door jam there. We'll just take that same tool like we did before, and kinda loosen this bolt up. What that's gonna do is allow it to slide into place there, and we'll start tightening it up. Now, don't go all the way yet. I've got the clamp loosely installed on the other side as well. The reason why I wanna do that, is because if I just start tightening this down without the clamp over there, it's just gonna pull the whole roof bar towards me and not the edge of the car, wanna come and tighten it evenly back and forth. That should be good for this side. Now, I'll hop over the other side, and kinda continue that process. Coming back over to this side, we'll do our final tightening. We hear those clicks form our tool letting us know that we're all tightened down properly. I'll close that cover back down, take our cover for the tower here, kinda hook that in the bottom, and push that in at the top. If you got lock cores that you've already added, you can lock those now, and if you haven't put your end caps back on your crossbars yet, you can do that as well. Now, you can see it's nice and secure. Go ahead and close our door, and your good to go. That's about all there is for the install. The whole process was pretty straightforward, and you can see, it's really secure on the vehicle. We can shake the whole thing back and forth by either one of the bars, to let us know that it's really secure and it's gonna serve you really well. Really, that hardest part about the install, is just differentiating between which parts go to the front crossbar or the rear, and just getting all those measurements, but with the instructions, it's not that bad. In the end though, I think it's gonna be a really great roof rack for your Prius. Again, my name is Aiden here at etrailer. Thanks for watching..
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (264 Customer Reviews)
These multipurpose, galvanized steel crossbars supply the backbone for your aftermarket roof rack system. Works with accessories that clamp around the bars. Pair with Yakima towers, fit kit, and RoundBar SL Adapter to create a complete roof rack.Kimberly has shown that great customer service is not dead! etrailer and Kimberly are great to work with and have earned my business and will always be the 1st and last place I look for my rack+ needs!
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Everything from etrailer is timely and of good quality! The Yakima crossbars are no exception - they are indestructible.
Works perfectly. I am always impressed that Yakima continues to make parts for the "old roundbars" since they have since moved on to the superior JetStream bars.
Love my Yakima roof rack!! It exceeds my expectations.great product. Also thank etrailer for the tec support! great staff always there to help thanks again!!
Excellent selection of rack parts. Very useful installation videos help when choosing between products. Easy ordering process. Quick delivery.
I ordered the Yakima roof rack, with the Hullyrollers for the back crossbar and the Mako saddles for the front crossbar to use with my kayak. It arrived just like they told me and I put them on my car the eveningit arrived. Got to finlly use the roof rack on June 22 to go out kayaking and it worked great. Only thing is I did not know about the air reflector piece for the front crossbar. Now I will be ordering it to help with the wind noise.
Great rack, go on fast, easy to install and work well on my VW TDI wagon. Care has to be given and follow the instructions for the install to what type of rails you have. Works great carrying the VW luggage carrier and plan on using it to carry kayaks as well. Just have not decided what kayak rack type to get yet.
I've attachec a few pictures of the Yakima rack on my Audi Q7. It took a few attempts to find the right combination of attachments, but in the end, the pin attachments work best with the access points on the factory flush-mount rails. Great product!!!!!
roof racks showed up in great condition, and showed up as one package.... I should have ordered the J racks from here but I found them cheaper locally so Thule J racks compliment the whole setup and i am just about ready to hit the water :)
necessary for using the widest cross bar option (78"). East to install
The installation of this rack system went very well, all of the instructions were easy to read and use. I have attached some pictures of our installation. The vehicle is a 1994 Honda Accord EX four door sedan
Roof Rack 2008 Saturn Astra The roof rack arrived one day early...The packaging was excellent and the quality of the product more than met my expectations. The instructions made the insulation very easy. It took less than 45 minutes to install the unit complete.
One quick phone call and Gwendolyn figured out exactly what I needed for our new car to use my old Yakima rack.
The rack has been so useful since I purchased it. Staff at etrailer.com were exceptionally helpful in getting the best option for my car and answering questions. I recommend this company, for its 110% customer service, excellent prices and timely delivery.
Really easy to install & work as specified. So happy with the customer support/service at etrailer.
Great products though, again, written instructions would have been nice.
Everything arrived as promised and earlier than expected just installed. Looks like it will do everything I need it to which is haul around paddleboards. So far so good!
Great product and very easy to install! I called in to put my order in due to not trusting myself in getting one that fits my car. Jessica W. Was beyond professional and helpful in the process. She went also well above her position and tracked my order and sent additional information. Couldn’t be happier with the product and customer service!
Ackage came 2 days early the install was somewhat easy (did it by myself)
Did not get to mount anything to it but seems really sturdy. One thing I can say is mark out your mounting points with provided stickers then put up and make adjustments to the roof rack.
We got a Yakima Roof Rack system with locks and fairing for a "lime squeeze metallic" (Green...) 2011 Ford Fiesta 5dr Hatchback. Received the package yesterday and set it up within about an hour.
Customer service was excellent, they called me to tell me one item was backordered and how long it would be. Package was shipped with enough packing material. Install was pretty easy, some of the Yakima measurements in the manual are a couple inches off but no big deal. This will be used to carry a box for when the family takes trips. Can pile all the luggage up top and have more room in the car. I would recommend the Yakima corebar roof rack and etrailer! Their price was lower than 2 other sites I checked.
I have been using Yakima racks for around 40 years and have never had any problems. However, I am amazed at the price increases over the years. Etrailer prices were by far lower than most. Overall, a very excellent purchase.
Have been rocking my Yakima rack from etrailer.com for a year now. I am using rack in conjunction with a Tepui tent. Once I added the air deflector, I would say it's the perfect setup. The Yakima gives more clearance over the factory rack, so I was able to get my hands under it to secure the tent hardware. If you're thinking of upgrading your factory rack, I would not hesitate to use etrailer.com
Kit worked perfectly on my 2021 Subaru Forester. The whole install took 30 minutes. Never been disappointed with etrailer.
The Yakima roof rack system is an Outstanding product. I purchased the product to replace the OEM roof rack because it was too flimsy to carry the tandem bike mount and my bike. The Yakima roof rack is solid and provides me the peace of mind while hauling my bike on the roof of my car. etrailer provided the product for the best price as always.
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