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Extremely quiet, aerodynamic crossbars attach to Yakima towers to create a stylish roof rack for your vehicle. Rubber strips in T-slots push down to load carriers or accessories - no need to trim. Full-length aluminum bars maximize carrying capacity.
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Yakima 50" JetStream SM - Silver: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 gonna be taking a look at the Yakima JetStream Roof Rack System on our 2017 Toyota RAV4. A roof rack system's gonna be really nice when you're going on those longer trips or just have a lot of people and cargo inside your vehicle. One, it's gonna open up some area on the inside so your kiddos are gonna be a little bit more comfortable on the ride, and this way it's gonna be a nice peaceful ride all the way down. With the aerodynamic style, even if you don't have anything up on top of your roof, it is gonna cut through the wind.
So you're not gonna hear a whole lot of wind noise. We're gonna be able to put some cargo baskets up here, some bike racks, if you are already using your hitch. But we have a lot of other accessories we can put up on top as well. We just want to pick the right one. So, we will have a T-slot up top, which has a nice little rubber strip in here to keep the wind out of it.
And I really like that. And also pretty much any clamp around accessory is gonna work with these bars. When picking your T-track accessory, if you're going that route we are gonna have a width of 7/8 of an inch, and then we're gonna have a height of 7/16 of an inch. But if you do wanna get the clamp-on accessories we're gonna have about 3 1/8 inches wide by 1 inches tall. So majority, if not, all of your accessories are gonna be able to wrap around these bars.
We're gonna have 50 inches of usable T-track up on top. And these are the 50-inch bars. So we're only sticking out of about five inches on both sides, and it's gonna be sitting up about three inches. So if you do have a sun roof, you don't really have to worry about it hitting this front bar. And if you do put a cargo tray, cargo basket, or even a cargo box up on here, it sits up plenty high compared to the antenna back here.
So we're not gonna have any issues there. The nice thing about these towers is they're gonna be able to be used with any vehicle with raised side rails and you don't have to worry about them getting scratched because we do have a rubber boot right here on the bottom of our foot protecting the top of our bar. But then the strap on the bottom of our foot is going to protect the bottom of our bar too. So we don't have to worry about any scratches or anything like that. And I do recommend getting the locking core kit. One, just because you don't want this to run off on you. But also if you are using the T-track accessories up top it is gonna help lock those into place as well. All in all, putting a roof rack up on your vehicle is gonna make your vehicle just do more. It's gonna make more room on the inside or you can just go ahead and not add any length to the back of the vehicle and put your kayaks or your bikes up on top. That's always a plus for me, just to keep everybody a little bit more comfortable whenever you're going, wherever you are going. To sum it all up, these are a pretty simple installation. I like the fact that we can have both wrap-around and T-track accessories. I like how it's nice and aerodynamic. And just the fact that we're gonna be able to open up a lot of the space on the inside to have more room whenever we're going on our long trips. So the installation was easy, like I mentioned. So let's go ahead and show you how. First thing you wanna do is take your foot and we're gonna have this little plastic piece. And we're gonna go longways with these little tabs on the end. And there are some grooves that are gonna fit in. So line that up, and it's gonna give a nice little click whenever it's in place. Then we can take our little T-tool here, put that in, undo the strap on the bottom, and then we're gonna go ahead and tighten it with the tool that is included. And we just want to thread it on to where it's not gonna fall off. We don't really want to tighten it down, but just enough to get it to stay. Now, we want to take a bar and remove our end caps. Just like this. And then we'll take our feet. We wanna make sure that the outside is gonna be facing the outside of the bar. And we're just gonna slide it in, making sure to get the metal T-slot in the slot, but also the little plastic piece that we put in first. Now that we have them done on both of our bars we can go ahead and start with the front one. When putting these bars up on your roof we wanna make sure that the thicker part's gonna be facing forward and the skinny part towards the back. It's kind of like an airplane wing. And we want to make sure that the feet are gonna be of course on top of our raised side rails. And once we get them all lined up and it looks nice and even, what you want to do is we're gonna lift it up and we're gonna go ahead and tighten this bolt all the way down to make it nice and tight onto that bar. And then we can put it back the way it was. Push this in. It's gonna allow this to come up and around, fit that into the little slot. And then we can take that same tool, tighten this up. I wanna make sure this is nice and tight. And then we can go ahead and tighten this one too. Okay. It is nice and secure. And the last thing we need to do is take our cap, put that into place. It should snap in. And if you did get the locking cores, which I do recommend, we can go ahead and replace these dummy cores with those as well. And we'll do the same exact thing for the backside. And that'll do it for a look at the Yakima JetStream Roof Rack System on our 2017 Toyota RAV4..
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (139 Customer Reviews)
Extremely quiet, aerodynamic crossbars attach to Yakima towers to create a stylish roof rack for your vehicle. Rubber strips in T-slots push down to load carriers or accessories - no need to trim. Full-length aluminum bars maximize carrying capacity.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.
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!!
You guys provide great products and excellent customer service.
Thanks
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.
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.
The 50” jetstream cross bars were perfect for my 2019 Ford Ranger with my ARE cap. They are paired with the Yakima Skyline towers and appropriate landing pads (protip: call etrailer when you order to ensure you have the correct setup;)
These cross bars are SILENT on my cap. Zero wind noise. My daughter and I installed them on a Friday (I do recommend watching etrailer’s installation video in addition to the paper instructions) and left for a 700 mile weekend road trip the next day to pick up a kayak, paddle with friends downstate then drop her off at summer camp.
Even with empty Yakima Jaylows on top, no wind noise. Even with a boat in the Jaylows, no wind noise.
These are the sweetest rack’s I’ve had. With the Skyline towers and landing pads, they are also easy to take off and put on. Click click done.
They look good, too;)
etrailer customer service for the win, too. When I originally ordered, I did not order all the items I needed for installation. When I realized this, I called and they got me squared away.
Yakima Baseline with Yakima CBX 18 Cargo Box fitted on my 2012 Toyota Corolla S Sedan 2012.
Instructions were clear and roof rack was easily installed.
Well packaged and on time
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.
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.
Great product - very good quality. I liked the fact that I could keep the risers mounted on my car, but could remove the cross bars. It took me awhile to install - but I'm not very mechanically inclined.
etrailer installation videos were very helpful in selecting the product and first installation, although in practice, minor adjustments to method were required. Now after more than a dozen set ups, mounting the crossbars takes 15 minutes, and taking them off, 10. The system is well made, and when mounted, precise, strong, and reliable. Expensive perhaps compared to alternatives, but well worth the money. Used to carry a 50# sailboard 40 miles to the beach on weekends. ('11 Honda Fit)
One minor shortcoming: rubber sheet glued to base clips where they touch the car body have torn and moved sideways 1/16", but expect will be easily replaced with readily available 1/16" sheet rubber (e.g., shower pan liner) when the time comes.
Used in rain at least once, (sustained 60mph), with no leaks.
I needed crossbars for my new 2018 Mazda CX5, which came with flush side rails. The Yakima crossbars, along with the RidgeLine Towers and the the vehicle specific kit worked great. The installation (10-15 min) is super easy. They look cool, and performed great (I strapped 160-lbs rooftop tent on them!). Removing them is also super easy (10 min tops). Highly recommend.
Great product fast shipping
Great! Easy to install!
Because of the 'rona-induced supply chain interruptions, I was unable to purchase all of my Yakima components from etrailer, but I did get these, and they are typically excellent Yakima components. Well-made, easy to install, good directions, no problems.
I chose the Yakima roof rack, because It spanned 50 inches, rather than the leading competitor's 47 inches, making it better for tying down 4 ft x 8 ft sheets of building material. It also seemed to be about half the price. It took me about 2 hours to put it all together and mount it on my car. The instructions were all visual and there was one little pic I didn't understand, but the equipment seemed to go together correctly anyway. Now that it's adjusted, it should be fairly easy to remove and replace next time. I did need to put on super tacky gloves to get the covers off. Although it seemed unnecessarily complicated, I would still choose this product again.
Solid build quality and easy installation on my '21 Mazda CX-5.
The Yakima roof rack came in and was super easy to install. Appreciate the etrailer videos offering ways to install the racks.
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