Thule Xadapt12 Watersports Adapter for AeroBlade, AeroBlade Edge or WingBar Evo Crossbars
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Thule Xadapt12 Watersports Adapter for AeroBlade, AeroBlade Edge or WingBar Evo Crossbars
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Thule Accessories and Parts - THXADAPT12
- Roof Rack
- Adapters
- Watersports
- Thule
This adapter kit will allow you to mount the Thule Portage and the SUP Shuttle directly in the channels of your AeroBlade, AeroBlade Edge, or WingBar Evo load bars.
Features:
- Adapter kit lets you mount the Thule Portage (TH819) and the SUP Shuttle (TH811XT) directly in the channels of your Thule AeroBlade, AeroBlade Edge, or WingBar Evo crossbars
- Replaces existing hardware
- Includes T-bolts and nuts
XADAPT12 Thule Watersports Adapter Kit
Installation Details
Video of Thule Xadapt12 Watersports Adapter for AeroBlade, AeroBlade Edge or WingBar Evo Crossbars
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Video Transcript for Thule Xadapt12 Watersports Adapter Review
Today we're going to be taking a look at the Thule Xadapt 12 water sports adapter for AeroBlade and AeroBlade edge bars, part number THXADAPT12. This adapter kit enables you to mount either your Thule board shuttle or the Thule Portage to your AeroBlade and AeroBlade edge roof rack load bars. It does so by replacing the original hardware with the T bolts and sliding them into these slots here and then tightening them down. This comes with the tools necessary to tight this down to your vehicle as well. Now that we've gone over some of the features lets go ahead and show you how these install. We're going to install them on our Thule board shuttle. When you open up the package for the adapter kits, you're going to have four T bolts plus these four attachment points, which are going to go onto our board shuttle and fit into the T slot of your Aero bars.
Let's go ahead and show you how that's done. We'll first remove all the attachment points on our board shuttle by unscrewing these turn knows here. Removing those completely. Then we'll insert this top piece here. Then attach our T bolt underneath. Just loosely for now.
We'll repeat this for our other attachment points. With our AeroBlade load bars we'll go ahead and open up the end and going to remove the entire strip. Normally you would take it out and cut it in place to go around your actual accessories but for today's purposes, we'll just take the whole thing out. Then we'll take our T bolt here, line it up, slide them into place. Now once you have them where you want them, we'll take our included Allen tool here. Just go ahead and start tightening down the bolt.
We'll repeat this on the other side. Now we'll go ahead and repeat this for our rear AeroBlade bar. With our accessory installed in the T track, now we're ready to load up our gear and hit the road. There you have it for the Thule Xadapt 12 water sports adapter for AeroBlade and AeroBlade edge bars, part number THXADAPT12.
Customer Reviews
Thule Xadapt12 Watersports Adapter for AeroBlade, AeroBlade Edge or WingBar Evo Crossbars - THXADAPT12
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (150 Customer Reviews)
This adapter kit will allow you to mount the Thule Portage and the SUP Shuttle directly in the channels of your AeroBlade, AeroBlade Edge, or WingBar Evo load bars.by: Donald05/30/2019
I used this adapter kit to mount Thule SUP Taxi to my Thule TracRac - TracOne racks. The original SUP Taxi mount-straps were not long to fit these racks, even though the buyers guide indicates they are. This adapter kit made it possible to secure the SUP taxi right to the bar. So glad you had this available! Now I'm ready for our trip to the FL Keys!
by: K. 11/30/2016
Very happy to have found eTrailer. Fantasic site. Great customer service answers questions quickly and is very helpful and hands on. Havent tried product yet but looks as described and of good quality for an unbeatable and reasonable price. Wish there were more places like this. Thanks!
by: Chris11/16/2018
Needed this to adapt a Rocky Mounts Driveshaft rack from my old truck to the new one. These fit perfectly in the channel on the 2019 Ram's 'sport utility bar', which is a Thule 393. A little more bolt length than I needed but the extra is not hurting anything...
by: JoeF05/12/2015
Always able to get hard to find niche rack parts and hitch accessories.
Orders are received fast and accurately. etrailer is my go to source for rack and hitch accessories.
by: Michael09/05/2021
As described and worked for my application. etrailer is a great place to find exactly what you are looking for, even when you are looking outside the box.
by: Chip08/15/2015
Parts that make Thule racks even better !!!!
by: Eric 07/22/2020
high quality product. nice replacement parts for the echelon bike tray.
by: Robert06/10/2018
I have not used the product yet, but am certain it will be great. Thule wants a lot more for it and they take longer to ship for sure.
by: Sarah 03/14/2024
by: Richard 02/10/2024
by: Istvan05/15/2021
no problem at all
by: WT06/17/2019
Product was as shown
by: Vince01/14/2019
Fast shipping. Worked as expected.
by: Mike03/10/2024
by: Emry L.01/12/2016
Fast shipping.
Thanks
by: Shawn 06/04/2023
by: Kenneth 09/03/2022
by: Brad 08/18/2022
by: Jack 03/03/2021
by: Bruce 06/25/2021
by: Noel 04/11/2024
This part allowed me to adapt my previous Thule accessories to work on VW Branded Roof Bars.
by: Brian 04/23/2024
Perfect length for the new Thuly thicker cross bars.
by: Chris S Audi Fan09/28/2020
Adapter works perfectly on 2020 Audi Q5 (VW) But didn’t need all the xtra hardware for Thule Big Mouth bike rack. (Ca 2003) . 3 of the short bolts per unit did the trick and of course the rubber inlays to prevent scratching and rattling are perfect.
by: Brandon05/26/2016
I used the XADAPT2 kit to convert my Thule Bigmouth bike carriers to fit the OEM Volkswagen cross bars on my 2016 Jetta sedan. The bike carriers originally had clamps to fit the Thule square cross bars, and this kit allowed me to convert the carriers to fit in the T-slots of the VW cross bars. The kit was originally designed for older VWs, but the T-slot dimensions have not changed for the modern VW cross bars. I would venture to guess that the kit should work for the OEM cross bars of any modern VW rather than just the Jetta, since the VW bike carriers are not model specific. A great quality kit, and perfect for my application!
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Robert
6/11/2019
Works as advertised. Holds my canoe securely in place.