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This aerodynamic, flush-mount roof rack lets you carry gear and cargo on your vehicle while maintaining a clean, factory look. Crossbars work with channel-mount and clamp-on accessories. Installs on your vehicle's naked roof.
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Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Toyota Tacoma, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima JetStream roof rack system using the baseline towers. We're using the 50-inch JetStream bars, part number Y00425, baseline tower kit, part number Y00146, and we need two base clip sets, part number Y06145 for the front, and Y06128 for the rear.Now a measurement that we often get requests for is the distance of the crossbar from the roof of the vehicle. This can help you out with garage situations and things like that to make sure you have enough room. Basically from the top of our Tacoma to the top of our crossbar, it's about 4 inches. That's from the lowest point of the roof, not on top of the corrugated part.Now, each of our covers does have a hole for a lock. You can pick up the Yakima same key system, slide it in there and turn it, and turn the basic cover into a locking cover.Something I really like about the Yakima roof rack system here with the baseline feet is that any point of contact we have with our vehicle is going to be rubber coated.
So our foot packs, where they come down and make contact with our truck, we've got that nice rubber pad, and where the clips come around the edge, also completely rubber lined, all the way from this point all the way to the end of the clip. So any worries about damaging paint or scratches will be very minimal, especially if you take the time to clean off your roof before installing the system.You'll notice the design of this style bar is really sturdy. They've got the T-slot blocking piece in there so you can just push that down and slide your item into place. That's going to prevent you cutting this for every accessory that you might have. Also, you can see it's kind of in an H pattern.
That's going to give a superior strength and durability.Not only do we get questions about how it fits and how it looks, but also about how to put it together. We've already got the front crossbar on the vehicle. I've already got one side of our rear crossbar set up. We want to take just a second to look at the assembly process for the foot pack itself. We're going to start with our adapters designed for use with the JetStream bars.
We're going to place those in and push down until we hear the click. You can see that's going to allow a little bit of adjustability there. For our application, we want that to be set right in the middle, so both sides would be even. See the screw right down here That's for that, and then we also need to adjust the toe. See right here we've got a set screw, and for the rear crossbar we need that little tip that sticks up right here to be directly in the middle.
That would be what would be considered a B7.Next we've got our block that's going to slide right in. You see where that bolt comes up. That's going to thread right into the bottom. Going to use our provided tool and start to tighten that up. You can see we've got three notches here in the bottom where that screw is as well. We want this to be in that middle setting. That's where we had that level on the top. Then we're going to tighten that down until that metal portion becomes even with the black portions. You might leave it just a little bit looser than that, but not too much, about like that.Now we'll rotate that over. Typically, you're going to have the rubber gasket that's blocking our T slot there. We'll get that out of the way for now. We're going to slide that right into the T slot. May need to push in a little bit just to get it past that edge. Now we're going to slide it to the appropriate measurement. It's kind of tough to see, probably, on camera, but it's going to give us 1-inch increments right down through here, through the eighth inch. This needs to go to 36 and 7/8.Once we have that in position, we're then going to tighten down our other screw here. Now, the tool has a built-in torque limiter, so as we turn it, you want to have three clicks. It's kind of just like a gas cap there.Something else I want to mention while we're looking at the bottom side of this, it's going to be hard to see later. When we put in our fit clips, there's going to be clips. These come down, grab the roof line of the vehicle, and that's what's going to secure our rack. You can see the rounded portion here. As that goes in, it's going to fit in the gap right here. Between the tab that sticks up and the tab that's flat, there's a little notch for it to slide in. That can be really tough to see when we're doing it underneath the roof rack system, but this will slide in. That's going to come up like that. Then as we tighten that screw, that secures that or pulls that in.We'll make sure that we've got that loosened up, and we're also going to make sure that we have loosened up the other screw we can see right here on the end. That adjusts our bracket up and down, so we'll leave that loose initially, and then we can tighten it down once it's on the roof line.Last thing we're going to put on before we put it on the roof line of the vehicle is going to be the foot pack. You can see the notch there. That's going to go right down on the bar. Slide that in. There's an arrow. You want that arrow facing outward. We'll click it in position. Once your feet are in place here, you want to take the rubber stripping and you want to fill in these gaps. We want a piece on this gap, on the gap between both of our feet, and then also on the opposite end. What this is going to do, it prevents wind from getting in there, which could cause whistling or noise while you're at highway speed.Now we can place our crossbar up on our roof line. Now just for reference on the front measurement, you'll be 7 inches from the back edge of our windshield to the front edge of our foot pack, and we're going to go 32 inches from the center of our front foot pack to the center of the rear. We're going to do this on both sides of the vehicle, just to ensure we have our bars square with one another.Now we'll open both doors. We can open our gray cover. That's going to allow us to slide in our slide clips, just like I showed you on the table there. Let's get that done on both sides.Now we'll start by tightening down the upper screw, and you can see how that lowers this down slightly. We just want that to give us kind of a level clip coming up to the side. Do that on both sides. Now we can switch to the middle screw. You'll notice as we tighten this up, the gap between the clip and the vehicle is going to decrease. We'll just tighten these up so they make contact. We're going to tighten them up from side to side evenly. If we just bring that up so it makes contact here and we do the same thing on the other side, it should keep our bars squared from left to right.As we tighten this down, you'll see our foot pad. It's going to come down and it's going to rest right down there on the roof of the vehicle. And again, just a little bit at a time going side to side.Now, once we have both sides nice and snug, we'll come back to our first bolt. We want to get that tightened down until our wrench clicks. Then we'll do the middle one. Want to just pop that cover closed over the top. Go over to the other side and make sure we have the same tension.Now we've got our covers to go in place. See they've got the two little hooks. We've got one right here, one right here. Those are going to fit right down on the attachment points. Then we'll click our cover right in place there, do the same thing on the other side.Now, to get our end caps in place, just want to get them started. You'll push up on this tab on the bottom. Let me just give it a firm push in, maybe a tap to make sure it goes all the way down into place.Now you're ready to attach your favorite accessory and hit the road, whether that's a roof-mounted bike rack, cargo carrier, maybe even a cargo box.That's going to complete our test fit of the Yakima Roof Rack System with the baseline foot packs on our 2017 Toyota Tacoma.
Average Customer Rating: 4.9 out of 5 stars (20 Customer Reviews)
This aerodynamic, flush-mount roof rack lets you carry gear and cargo on your vehicle while maintaining a clean, factory look. Crossbars work with channel-mount and clamp-on accessories. Installs on your vehicle's naked roof.The instructions were different for another set of bars. Was a pain to get right...all the measurements on Yakima were off...I figured it out on my own...should have got Thule or nicer bars ..end caps were not good either...flawed fit... otherwise will do just not happy with the product perse or instructions...delivery good...will see how they do.
I bought a set of baseline towers and a jet stream crossbar and mounted them on the roof of my 2018 Tacoma. I have another crossbar on the back of my truck cap. This set up is perfect for carrying long items like my canoe. James at etrailer was extremely helpful in helping with the necessary parts for this configuration.
The yakima jetstream crossbar looks beautiful. Quality is great. Took my vehicle for a test drive, and i didnt hear anything loose or broken from the bars. Very satisfied with the product and the instructions were great. It was my first time installing a roof rack too.
I purchased the Baseline towers with base clip fit kit and jetstream crossbars. They were great quality and the instruction materials included for assembly and installation were great. I was able to assemble and install on my Lexus CT 200 in about an hour. It looks nice too!
It looks just as pictured :) Great product and superior service! William took the time to help us decide what we actually needed and would work for us. He is knowledgeable in regards to his products and has an overall helpful attitude. It was such a pleasure working with him.
Thanks again and buy William lunch today!!
p/s we have not installed the product yet so I will send a picture once its taken care of
Amazing product! Use this for my kayak and canoe. After a year they are still in great condition and very sturdy. The site is very helpful and informative. Highly recommend this product.
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I purchased clips that were stated as being compatible with our 2010 Chevrolet Impala. The front clips fit well, however the rear clips do not.
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.
Had two different vehicles to get ready for two different trips and Joshua diligently tracked dow the correct Yakima accessories and backorder challenges. No other provider came close to this level of service. Excellent work! Both trips made better!
I purchased clips that were stated as being compatible with our 2010 Chevrolet Impala. The front clips fit well, however the rear clips do not.
I have a 10th gen Civic sedan and I was dying to get the perfect roof rack set for my car. At the time of my purchase there was not many visuals of what the rack system looked like on this car.
I purchased the:
•Yakima 50in Jetstream crossbars
•Yakima baseline towers
•bc182 & bc183 clips
•Yakima 46in fairing
Overall I love how it looks on my car! During This COVID pandemic I have been camping more, and this is the perfect foundation! First off, the 46in fairing is the perfect fit for the 10th gen civic! Wind noise is low also with the help of the aerodynamic crossbars. My main concern was the fuel efficiency. On long road trips I still average 38-40 mpg with the rack on. My daily commutes I average 34 mpg without Econ on.
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!!
Hyundai Sonata - glass pano roof. These items have been on for about 1-year. So happy with the set up. I’ve take a road bike and a mountain bike on 500+ mile trips. The mounts do an excellent job.
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