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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 - Black - 54" Long - Qty 2:Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
How's it going neighbors This is Ed here with etrailer.com, and we're taking a look at the Rhino Rack Crossbars, on our 2023 Toyota Tacoma double cab. Let's check it out. If you're looking at crossbars, one of the main benefits that you're gonna get out of this, it's gonna be able to increase your capacity for the cargo you can transport. Even though you're in a pickup, you have a bed, and you have the double cab model, as far as cargo space, it is kind of still limited, 'cause it's not a super huge vehicle. So you can make use of the space on top of your vehicle in order to transport more bigger, bulkier items that you may not need access to. So, just a little bit closer look at our crossbars.
They are aerodynamic, so these are gonna be the aero shape. Basically what that is, it's similar to a wing, where it's gonna cut through the wind a lot easier to help reduce wind noise. Working along with our vortex strips, you can kind of see there's gaps in here, but the strips that you're gonna receive with yours are gonna allow you to either fill out those channels entirely, or customize it if you're using the C channel. That's gonna actually fit up to three eighths inch for your channel, and you just use your lock to unlock, to remove your caps and run it through. So let's take some measurements to see how much we're adding to the height.
And looks like we're coming to, we're adding about, three and three quarter inch to the height. And overall, the width of your bars are gonna be, sorry, your width is three inches, height is gonna be right at an inch and a quarter. So it's gonna work with just about every cargo carrier box, roof platform, kayak carrier, just about any rooftop accessory. So that'll work fine. In general, super sturdy.
You see I'm moving the entire vehicle just from the system that's on the truck right now. So super solid. Everything for your installation is included in the kit except a tape measure. So find your tape measure and we'll get this guy thrown on your Tacoma. Now I laid out everything for our installation in front of me.
When I do installations at home, I usually like to put everything in front and I can kind of see how it goes together so I know the path that I'm going down. So I just laid out our foot pad, our foot plate, our foot, our clamp, and our foot cover with lock. That will all be secured together using the included screw and tightened down with the Rhino Rack torque wrench that comes along with it. It's a Allen key but it's kind of a cool feature when you get to the torque specification, this curve, this curve right here on the handle actually goes flat so you don't have to worry about over torquing your bolts here. And essentially once you have this foot assembly put together, this flat nut here is gonna slide into the under part of our crossbar and we just, now that's gonna require us to get a couple measurements as far as where that assembly is gonna come together off of the vehicle. But I'd like to put it together ahead of time. You take your Rhino Rack included plastic key for your end cap. You're gonna unlock this guy 'cause this is where your foot is going to assemble. So we're gonna start with our pad. We're gonna take note of our foot plate. It has an arrow showing you the orientation. So this is gonna point on towards the inside of the setup for our foot. And then we're gonna take these two points here and connect it to the two points at the bottom of your foot (objects clicking) and it's gonna snap right on. And then lastly, we're gonna take our hook (hook snapping) and I'm just gonna hand thread the bolt in to hold our clamp in place. And from there, since my arrows was pointing this way, I'm gonna slide it along our track (rack clattering) and just kind of get it in position and I'll do the same on both sides and then we're gonna get some measurements off of the vehicle. So let's get our measurement. Based on the manufacturer's manual, it specifies as far as what size, I mean which type of Tacoma you have as far as where your measurement's gonna be. This one in this case is a little bit over 13 inches as far as the point where the middle of your B column to the center of the door jamb. As far as where your measurement is, again, will be in the manual. So this one's gonna be a little bit over 13 inches. So this is gonna be the spot where we're gonna install our front crossbar. So after we reinstall our end caps, we're gonna set the positioning of our feet. You're gonna have all the dimensions and measurements in the instruction manual that's specific to your vehicle. It comes up to about six and a half inches here. And that's where we're gonna position our foot and then use our final rack tool to tighten it down. And as you see, I hit the specified torque by the indicator on the handle of the torque wrench going flat. I'm gonna do the same on the other side. And we'll we're gonna, with our driver's side open, we're going to stretch over and rest one side, get our passenger door open and come to the other. Now your pads should sit flush on that angle right above your door. And then we're gonna get these clamps tightened down using our Rhino Rack torque wrench. One thing to keep in mind also you want to, before you tighten down, grab your tape measure, make sure you have that measurement spacing here 'cause this is going to, the measurement of the center of your front is gonna determine the placement of your rear bar. So let's get that done. Alright, so I'm just gonna use my tool here and just tighten down on the central bolt for our clamp. This is a specialty tool. It has a kind of a little notch in the middle of your Allen key head so you wouldn't be able to use any type of Allen key. So you definitely want to use your Rhino Rack. And when I get the handle bending flat, I'm at the specified torque and you want to take note on the inside of your pad that it is holding flush and there's no angle to it. You're gonna see that your footpad is down and your clamp is secure in the door jamb. And don't worry about any damage 'cause it's padded and as far as the outside of it, the seal for your door is gonna wrap around it. So you shouldn't get any inside noise either. So lemme get the other side and we'll get measurements for the rear bar. So now that we have our front bar secured, we're gonna get the center measurement from here and go back to the suggested measurement from the manufacturer and install our rear cross bar right here, right at a little bit under 31 inches. Now that we have our measurement, just like with the front, we're gonna kind of hang it over to the other side of our vehicle. Being cautious of our finish, we're just gonna let our hooks come right into our door jamb. Might just give us a little finger tightening just to hold it in place. And now we're gonna grab our tape measure and make sure we're lined up to the correct center measurement. So let's see here. (tape measure rattling) We need to scoot up a little bit and we're gonna scoot that into position and then tighten it down. (tools clattering) All right, and make sure you follow the same steps on the driver's side. I'm gonna grab my tool and we'll get it tightened down. Alright, and our last step before rolling out is gonna be installing our locking cover. There's two tabs here that you're gonna put into the slots. Press 'em down and use your key to lock everything in place. There we are, nice and secure. Now as far as on your end caps, they come with a plastic lock, but they can be swapped out to a cord lock core if you have something along your T tracks that you'd like to keep more secure. So overall, pretty simple install. Another thing that I'm not doing in my installation, because it's a demonstration, there are stickers where you can actually, that say left front, right front where you can label your feet for when you take it off. So you don't have to, so you'll know what goes where. 'Cause you only at this point need to untighten that center bolt and you'll be able to just take your your crossbars off. 'Cause now you have it measured and fitted to your vehicle. So this has been a look at the Rhino Rack Crossbars on a 2023 Toyota Tacoma. Have a great day.
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (104 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.Not too hard of an install and it looks great! Highly recommend for a basic utility roof rack for your 23 Tacoma.
I’ve had this rhino rack for over 3 years and it’s been excellent on long road trips to the ski slopes. A year after my purchase, I realized that I was missing the plastic coverings that attached to the end of the bars and called their customer service to resolve the missing pieces. I was impressed with their quick response and seamless delivery.
I liked doing business with you. I like the products I ordered. I did have trouble with part of the shipping. It was not your fault, but the part of the shipping you used The USPS did not work. I neverrnecieved the item from them and you had to ship me another via UPS. Over the last 10 years I have had a number of problems with the USPS with packages and mail. They are especially difficult to get information from when something seems to be lost. I would recommend not using the USPS for your shipping needs. Again, I am very happy with you and the products I bought from you.
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.
Bought these for our 2022 Toyota Tacoma, and we haven't had any issues since we installed them in 2022. They look great and don't interfere with the seal when the door closes.
This kit fit my existing Rhino 2500 rack system and allowed me to move the rack from my Ford Escape to my Toyota Tacoma.
This has been a disaster, and terrible experience from the start. Original product Rhino roof rack ($188.00) misrepresented for sale, even called and was told all parts were included as "Open Box" item. Received item with missing parts and mismatched parts, then ET sent wrong parts (Legs) causing having to order these cross bars ($192.00) to fit parts sent (Legs). Now my $300.00 BougeRV ski rack - mounting base plates won't fit the crossbars. Still waiting for return label for original item so I can get my refund of $188.00. Three weeks later, still dealing with problem. I do appreciate Shawnee and EDW for their efforts in follow up service attempts.
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.
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.
Great product, fit was spot on with correct vehicle specific parts. Etrailer
was fantastic to work with. Great communication and feedback, worked through a small problem with positive outcome. Will definitely purchase from them again, their customer service department is top notch.
High-quality, sturdy rails, but noisy. There was a pronounced and audible whistle driving with these racks at any common road or highway speed (with the rubber inserts installed across the top). I have since replaced these rails with the Rhino vortex aero style (change of vehicles and the HD bars did not fit the new car). Having used both types several times, I would recommend the aero style over the HD if you have the option.
Tricky to rivet tracks onto car with a manual riveter but once done, a great solution for the car with ease of bar removal. My only regret was going with the square bars which result in notable increase in wind noise.
Great timely delivery! Products all look solid!
Product installation instructions were fair, and that is the worst thing I have to say. I havent put anything on the rack yet as I just installed it, but I gave a good tug on the bars and they are SOLID. The product came in a reasonable amount of time, and the feedback for etrailer is that I got followup emails at each step of the process keeping me fully informed right up to the message asking for feedback.
Bottomline: etrailer is a great business to work with, and this product seems to be good too.
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!
I am normally a exclusive Amazon shopper, but etrailer gives equal or better service and has specialty items you just can't find anywhere else. The pricing is great also. This is my 4th order from them on this project and the response has been perfect and the shipping has been prompt. They even offered to take back an item that I did not need. I desperately wanted to mount my 19ft Kayak on my new RV and with some Rhino RT tracks, a Rhino Nautic kayak lifter, a few really heavy duty rivets, and some ingenuity, I was able to accomplish the task. I am replacing the current Nautic bars with the heavy duty bars. See the attached pictures.
LEGS GOING TO AERO BARS ARE STILL LOOKING GOOD AFTER 1 YEAR.
Good quality and locks are included. The plastic lock covers are flimsy but they will keep an honest person honest.
Great product with minimal noise/vibration
No problem carrying a 13 ft kayak and salt water fishing rods
Very pleased and would recommend!
Thank you for the very speedy customer service! My roof rack is already here!
And outstanding rack for the value half the price of other major brands, but definitely just as good, and I’ve owned quite a few roof rack systems over the years!
I got the roof rack mounted anyways. Better pics to come when it's all finished!
I love the racks. The only thing I'm concerned is the the measurement for the front rack. It's sitting about 2/3 on the metal part of the roof of the cab with instruction measurement of 165 mm. So far it working alright or should i make adjustment for a flush fit. Photos will show.
Great product everything fit perfectly. With the heavy duty bars almost all the hardware for anything you put on the rack is too short
Hudge disappointment. The way Rhino pre assembles the legs allows the nuts, washers and bolts to come loose during shipping. I was missing several pieces upon arrival because they feel out of the box. I called Etrailer about this and they were very pleasant over the phone and said they would ship the missing hardware to me Monday. After a week of waiting, I called back and they said they didn't know when they could ship the hardware because of back orders. I wish they would have notified me about this earlier because it has effected our big Maine trip and now we can't take the kayaks. They have left me no time to make a plan B unless I just buy another rack from a box store.
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