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These crossbars combine the strength of steel with an aerodynamic shape to create a heavy-duty yet quiet roof rack for your vehicle. Full-length bars maximize cargo carrying capacity and work with most clamp-on accessories.
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Yakima 50" CoreBar SM:Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
What's going on, everybody. Adam here with etrailer. Today we're going to be taking a look at the Yakima corebar roof rack system on our 2017 Toyota Rav4. Having a roof rack on your RAV4 is something I would definitely have especially if you have kids. If you're going on a long trip and you have everybody and all your stuff packed inside it gets kind of bulky. With this you can put a cargo basket, a cargo box or you can carry your kayaks or bikes up here as well.
You don't have a hitch. It's definitely nice to have something up on your roof so you can grab whatever kind of things you need for whatever kind of adventures you want to bring your family on. The roof rack is going to have a capacity of 220 pounds but you want to make sure that your RAV4's roof can handle it. And you'll find that in your owner's manual or just talk to the manufacturer. I really liked these bars because they are aerodynamic.
They don't have a T slot up top. So for accessories, you're going to be able to get any kind of wrap around accessory up on top. And they're really easy to adjust. So if you're swapping out different types of accessories, it's going to be `really easy to adjust it so it fits exactly how you need it. And only adds about four and three quarters of an inch from the roof to the very top of the bar.
And about three and three quarters from the roof to the bottom. So if you do have a sunroof you don't have to worry about it not opening. A cool feature with these towers is we do have a steel band that goes underneath your raised side rails but it is coated with rubber so it's not going to scratch anything. And we have the same exact thing on the bottom and it really is super simple to install. So let's go over that installation process with you now.
First things first, you want to take your feet and kind of lay your bar out like this. We already got one on the back but we're going to install the front right now. But you want to do is take this little strap, kind of push it in. There's going to be a little hole. And then you have a direct line to the other side of this little bolt and then kind of line this up and then we can fit it down. And we do want to make sure that the outside is going to be facing the outside of the bar. So we will have to access that later. So once we get that done, once we get the measurements of exactly how spread apart we need these to be, we want them to get where we need them to be and then tighten them down. So now what we want to do, there's going to be a line right next to this hole. And we want to match that distance up to the distance from the center of our raised side rail to the other raised side rail over so it's going to line up properly. And once we get that done we can go ahead and line it up and tighten it down. And we want to tighten it down so we hear a couple of clicks. With our knob. There we go. Now we're ready to go. Now we can take it and put it up onto our roof. We want to make sure that the big side is going to be facing towards the front, kind of like an airplane wing. So the skinny part is going to be facing the back. This is a one man job. It would be a little bit easier with somebody else but we are fine. And once you kind of get it lined up to where you want it make sure they're even on both sides and then we can tighten them down. And now that it's nice and secure we go ahead and take our cap and we're going to fit these little pegs in here. Once we get that, we'll snap in and I do recommend grabbing some Yakima cores to lock this to your roof. And that'll do it for a look at the Yakima corebar roof rack system on our 2017 Toyota RAV4..
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (212 Customer Reviews)
These crossbars combine the strength of steel with an aerodynamic shape to create a heavy-duty yet quiet roof rack for your vehicle. Full-length bars maximize cargo carrying capacity and work with most clamp-on accessories.Excellent solution for my 2023 Chevy Silverado. In the past, I have had rails installed on the roof of my pickup trucks, but I find the BaseLine towers to be a better solution, since they don't permanently change the truck. Plus, they are much more solid than SkyLine system on the rails.
I've just recently installed this setup on my 2015 Toyota Camry.
etrailer - Shopping for this rack was fairly simple, and the shipping from etrailer was quick and reliable. I received the rack in 2 different shipments but they both arrived at the same time. etrailer made sure the all the contents were available. They also have several resourceful videos on their YouTube page, which was helpful while shopping for the rack and during a few trouble shooting items while I was installing.
Yakima Core Bar - Overall a quality product. Everything necessary was supplied, including a handy measuring tape and some very well written instructions. The fit is clean and very sturdy. The only qualm I have is that the hex hole in the large anchor bolts are a bit larger than the supplied hex driver. Toward the end of the installation, the tool was worn and ended up turning inside the bolt itself (not due to over torquing whatsoever). I ended up having to use a hex set I had in my toolbox to complete the installation because the provided tool was starting to strip out the anchor bolt. With that said, the kit is still a great kit that meets my expectations.
Wind noise is quieter than my OEM VW bars on my 2017 Volkswagen GTI. It's noticeable, but nothing extreme - I believe that's just the price you pay when adding crossbars to a vehicle.
Verdict - etrailer has definitely met my expectations, and the Yakima kit provided is a well designed kit that fits well!
From start to finish, the folks at etrailer -- and I spoke to several people there, so it was a consistent corporate vibe -- were fantastic to deal with.
There were delays in getting my product that were on the supplier side and out of etrailer's control, yet etrailer folks kept me up to date and also worked on a customized solution.
My goal was to be able to carry my surfboard on the roof of our 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe to the beach more than 3 hours away. But the particular model we had had no existing racks, no recessed areas, nothing to fix racks to. Not even the dealer had a solution. I was sh*t out of luck.
But etrailer hooked me up. The racks did take me a while to put on, but most of that time was fine tuning to reduce “hum” while driving. I’m very happy with them.
Thanks to etrailer, I have gone surfing and can go surfing whenever I'd like to.
Clips are perfect and the etrailer.com experience was great. Ordered on a weekend and had the clips as promised by the following Wednesday.
Really easy to install & work as specified. So happy with the customer support/service at etrailer.
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 quality!
Easy to use/install
All parts fit my Ford Maverick like a glove! Easy to install, and ready to take the canoe out.
As described! Quick delivery!
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.
The clips are fine . I will review etrailer. I needed just clips I asked them which ones they told me. Great place.
I'm a big fan of Yakima products. The BaseClips were hard to locate so thanks for your excellent response.
Great product great service
So far so good. Purchased these towers to use on a 2022 GMC Canyon with HD bars that I already had, primarily to carry my canoe. Yakima's fitting instructions worked perfectly and the whole system seems really solid.
Well packaged and on time
These crossbars feel like they are well made and sturdy. It took less than 30 minutes to install with the Ridgeline Towers. I love the look of the bars! Can't wait to load the Kayaks up and get out on the water.
Should include extra end caps just in case they fall off.
Your notice of schemes was a lot better than the yakima site provided. They did not suggest the scheme you did.
But when the products arrived, the instructions were by yakima. Generally worked as instructed except the tower to tower transverse mounting dimensions needed to be tweaked for a perfect fit.
Timely delivery of my order, as usual! Easy to install on my 2015 4Runner. After I had the mounts ready and put on both bars, I installed the front one and fine-tuned it, the second took even less time then. I now have the ability to carry up to 3 kayaks, perfect! etrailer is a great company!
Very sturdy, well made. The assembly instructions are not too good but if you call Yakima they will provide additional instructions.
I am thrilled this got delivered sooner than anticipated! It was quite easy to install once you started actually putting it together and measuring everything out. I like that this can easily be removed and installed onto the vehicle.
Great product fast shipping
Great! Easy to install!
Very happy with the Yakima roof top rack kit for my 2017 Ford Edge with glass roof. The instructions were a little confusing at first, but after reading through them a couple of times while working with the product they became much clearer. The Yakima fit site was helpful as well. After the initial cross bar mounting measurements and set up, attaching and detaching the racks from the roof is a very simple process.
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