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Part Numbers: Y26UV,Y00243
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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 fixed mounting points or tracks.
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Custom-fit Landing Pads attach to the fixed mounting points in your vehicle's flush, factory side rails. The pads create mounting points for Yakima Skyline or Control towers.
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Hi, Matt with etrailer, and today we're gonna talk about the Yakima SkyLine FX roof rack bars. So this gonna be a great option for you if you're looking for a system that's gonna be really easy to take on and off, and you have flush rails. So let's take a closer look at it. Now, this is gonna be able to fit multiple-sized roofs because these do have the ability to expand. You just have to plug in your vehicle into our fit guide and find out what's gonna be the best fit for you. The main appeal of this is how easy it is to take on and off your roof.
Now, you'll just have to make sure you take off all these caps. I've already removed the ones from the passenger side. As you can see right here, with everything removed like that, you just lift up on it, and it pops right off. Putting it back on is just as easy, just sliding on that end cap to finish it off until it clicks into place. Now, we take a closer look at the Yakima system.
Now, the bar itself is gonna use our Yakima JetStream bars that are gonna attach to these towers. And since this design is made this way, this is gonna be a flush-rail system. So what that means is we're not gonna have any overhang, so that's gonna give you more of a clean finish to your system, but it's also gonna take away some real estate of where you can put accessories on top of your bars, too. Now, since this it is a flush-rail system, we're only gonna be able to put our accessories in from one area. That's gonna be this center part on our crossbars.
And you're just gonna plug in whatever T-track accessories you have and slide it in through this channel. Now, what I like about this is it's gonna have this built-in rubber weather strip, and what that's gonna help do is reduce wind noise and keep any debris out of here. And what's really great about this weather strip and is that you don't have to cut this down to size since it is built in. Taking a closer look at the SkyLine towers now, if I just remove this end cap, which gives it that really nice clean finish to it, we can take a closer look at the hardware inside of it. Now, you'll notice we have this access door, and that's gonna lock everything down into place so no one can take this off real quick.
Now, I will say the lock core that we have on here is just a plastic lock core that you can unlock with a screwdriver or with some quarters. So it's not really that secure. Anybody could come by and take it off real quick. What I'd recommend doing is going to our website and checking out some of the Yakima lock cores that we have. And those will be metal lock cores that you can get keyed to lock to any of your other Yakima accessories, too. To take a closer look at the hardware underneath here, I'm just gonna unlock this access door, open it up. Now you'll notice we have two bolts in here. We're gonna have one on top, and that's gonna adjust your pitch. The way you'll adjust that is with an included Allen key. You just tighten and loosen that up. And what that's gonna do is change the angle of the crossbar itself to accommodate different types of roofs. If you are someone who's very particular on how this fits on your roof, then that's gonna give you more control. And the other setting we're gonna have in here is gonna be this bolt that adjusts your length of your crossbars to fit on top of your roof. So just to give you an example of that, what that's gonna look like. You just have to lift this up some, close that back in. You can even access it even with the access door closed. Loosen up that bolt some until it's loose enough to adjust. And once it is, then you can see how it telescopes, just like that. Now, I know we've been talking a lot about how this is gonna lock into place, and that's gonna lock into place to your fit kit. And you can find what's gonna be the best one for you using the fit guide on our website. Something that I really like about this design as opposed to some of the other Yakima crossbars is just gonna be how sleek it fits up here. You don't have to worry about anything that's bulky, hanging off the sides of it, and just how those towers fit onto those crossbars, it's just gonna give you an overall better look. Now, you're gonna have a weight capacity of up to 165 pounds, and what I recommend doing is just checking what your roof is rated for so you don't overload it. But if you liked everything you saw today, that's just a look at the Yakima SkyLine FX roof rack bars. Thanks for watching.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (723 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 fixed mounting points or tracks. Custom-fit Landing Pads attach to the fixed mounting points in your vehicle's flush, factory side rails. The pads create mounting points for Yakima Skyline or Control towers.Easy Install.
But, the instructions tell you torque bolts to 48 in lbf or 5.4 Nm, with the L shape security wrench.
How do you apply a specific torque to a L shaped wrench?
Can't put a torque wrench on it.
My question and reason for 4 stars is for Yakima. Why not supply a preset torque driver like the one supplied for the Skyline Tower installation?
Overall I'm quite pleased.
Installed very easy on a 2017 Chevy Tahoe and the hardest part was pulling the existing plugs. These seat very nicely into the flush mounts and have a good secure and weather tight fit.
They were more helpful than Yakima identifying the correct part, arrived a day early. Nothing to complain about, great service.
Fast delivery. Yakima roof system for my 2017 Tahoe was perfect.
Great product... love that fact that I can take the bars on and off without having to disassemble the system. Very convenient when not its not being used.
They fit perfectly and we’re easy to in stall
Easyily installed.
As expected!
The landing pad for the 2024 RAV4 has only one screw to hold it in place. Do not over-tighten that screw, that will result in the width of the connection holes on the pad bowing and moving closer together, then the sky tower attachment will not fit into the mounting location. The Yakama installation instructions did not directly address this potential.
The landing pad for a 2004 Honda CR-V used two screws for each pad, and the issue did not occur.
Great quality! They come with two different style bases. One flat, and one that is stepped to account for the raised area near the gutter trim. Good variety of screws to meet your application. My 2015 Mazda 3 (with fixed points) needed the medium length screws. Seems very solid!
I left the plastic gutter moldings on and just drilled holes for the screws to go through.
Landing Pad 23 fits my RAV4 Prime perfectly. No issues in the install other than the torque might be more than needed as it deforms the cars roof rail and the fitting (pad) deforms so that the male mount on the racks won't fit. I had to open them up by loosening the bolt to the point it would fit. All good!
Everything came in a timely manner and ready to install. Looks great, solid rack.
This fits a 2020 Rav4 perfectly. This will prolong all my yakima rack accessories that I have.
Fit our Subaru Forester perfectly. Install was a breeze.
Very happy with our purchase. I love how easily you can remove the entire rack easily. Too bad the locking mechanism comes separately but we are still happy with what we received.
Yakima Landing Pad 22 is the only product I could find that is suitable for my Mercedes E450 Coupe. The car's panoramic glass extends close to where the fixed mounting points are, but Yakima has accounted for that by designing the LP 22 so that the small part that sits on the glass is not transferring the load. Also, the LP22 accommodates the flip-open doors for the four fixed mounting points on the Mercedes. Yakima instruction manual and etrailer.com videos are highly useful.
Only complaint is with the LP 22 Covers, which are supplied for when the roof rack (Towers and Crossbars) are removed. These covers are not usable - they do not snap into place and appear as if they were designed for a different landing pad. This is not a deal breaker for me because I remove the LP 22s whenever I remove the roof rack, but it will likely be a concern for others.
The materials are high quality and finished well. Tightening the bolts causes the receivers to bow inward and made it very difficult to install the Skyline tower base.
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Sierra K.
6/3/2021
Thank you for your review. That is a good question. I would use another wrench or hollow nut driver as leverage to tighten the L wrench down.