Landing Pad 18 for Yakima SkyLine and Control Towers - Qty 4
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Yakima Roof Rack - Y00244
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Custom-fit Landing Pads attach to fixed mounting points in your vehicle's flush, factory side rails. The pads create mounting points for Yakima SkyLine or Control towers.
Features:
- Provide mounting points for Yakima SkyLine or Control towers (sold separately)
- Pads install in the fixed mounting points inside your vehicle's flush, factory side rails
- Protect your vehicle from scratches with UV-resistant, rubber base pads
- Include snap-on covers for protection when towers are not in place
Specs:
- Quantity: 4 pads
- Limited lifetime warranty
Note: If your vehicle has factory crossbars they will need to be removed before installing Yakima landing pads.
8000244 Landing Pad 18 for Yakima SkyLine and Control Towers - Qty 4
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Video Transcript for Yakima SkyLine And Control Towers Landing Pad Review
Hi there adventures, today we're gonna be taking a look at Yakima's line of landing pads for their SkyLine Towers. And this is what our pads are gonna look like when they're installed. You can see how they attach directly to our factory raised rails, and they're gonna give us an attachment point so we can install a Yakima roof rack on here easily. And this really nice that you've got an option like this because some people just don't like having their roof rack on all the time, 'cause adding a roof rack does cause extra drag which can cause extra noise; wind noise and various things that you may not want all the time when you're driving around. You might just want this only for when you're using it, when you're going on vacation or different trips. So this is a really quick easy way to be able to take on and off a roof rack and also just a very easy way to get a roof rack installed, because often you have to do a lot of measurements and various things to get a roof rack installed, but this is just goes to factory attachment points, so most of the work is done for you.
Yakima's landing pads are designed to fix directly to the raised side rails and fixed points on your vehicle, giving you an easy attachment point to install a Yakima roof rack. The landing pad is designed to attach directly to Yakima's SkyLine Towers and then you can choose the rails that you want. We're showing off the JetStream rails today. The landing pads are gonna be custom-fit for your Vehicle, so you wanna make sure you use our Fit Guide to ensure you get the correct ones that will attach directly to yours. And I think one of the coolest parts about the landing pads here is how quickly you can remove the SkyLine Towers and rails from them, 'cause maybe you don't like the noise; the wind noise, and some other things that happens by putting a roof rack on your vehicle.
It's as easy as pulling out on the cover, and look at that, it lifts right off. We just pull the cover out on the other side and we can just set these in our garage. And we're ready to use them again, it just drop down in place, the cover pushes back on and that locks it in, and they're not going anywhere. Now one of the things I do recommend is switching out the cover here with a lock. You can get lock kits from Yakima here at etrailer, that will work directly with this and that will protect your investment.
That way nobody can just come up and you saw how easy and quickly it was for me to take this off. So it could work away at a potential camp site or something, so I highly recommend those. I also like that these go directly to a factory attachment point, 'cause even if you've got a factory roof rack, maybe that one's damaged, or maybe it doesn't work with your accessories, because it's just simple bars. This one here has T-slots, you got a lot of different options that you can get on a roof rack with, from Yakima here. So get rid of that old system, whether it's broken or just not working out for you and upgrade to a much better one.
If you have an older set of Yakima Control Towers, those will also attach to the landing pads. Since everything's custom-fit for the vehicle, and its going to fixed mounting points, these are extremely quick and easy to install. You follow along with me, I'll show you how to get it done right now. You'll begin your installation by locating your factory attachment points. Once you find those, you wanna remove the cover, it's gonna be different on every vehicle, but we're just gonna pop the cover off with a screw driver. We now take the hardware that comes in our kit and you'll notice that they're labeled. We've got a B on this one and an A on this one. So with the passenger side, the B is the front one, and A is the rear one; and on the driver side it flops, the A is gonna be the front one, and the B is gonna be the rear one. When you put them in place, you wanna be able to see, read the Yakima, so it's kinda like this, then it would just go just like that. So, we're gonna put our B up by the front one, and we're gonna take the A here at the back, and you'll see there is a hole there, right on top, that's gonna line up with the hole in our landing gear pad, so it's just gonna sit into place on there just like that. You'll then have the upper attachment point here, this is going to sit right on top and you also wanna be able to read the Yakima logo. We can then open it up, you might wanna open it up first, just 'cause it's a little stiff. And you'll see there's a hole in this component as well. We'll take the hardware that comes in our kit, we wanna put one of the washers on it, slide it down in there, and then we can use the included tool to run it right down into the top. We'll then repeat this for this three remaining locations. There's a little bit of lock tight that comes on your bolt, so if it feels a little stiff at a certain point, just be careful and just go faster, you can see here it gets stiff towards the end 'cause of that. Now in order to attach a roof rack to your new landing gear rails, you are gonna need Yakima SkyLine Towers. And then you can use whatever crossbars that you want with this. Now in order to get the rails attached to your SkyLine Feet, you need to use the hardware that comes included with your Yakima bars. It's gonna be different depending on the bars that you use. We're using the JetStream bars, so this is what our hardware is gonna look like. It's got a plastic piece and then this will insert in there, so it will slide into the bar. But this does vary depending on whatever your choice is. If you wanna refer to your instructions so you can get this properly attached, based on the bars that you had chosen. So now you can take your prepared bars, you need to have the cover open 'cause that's what's gonna lock it to our attachment point, and then we're just gonna set it in place. And you may need to adjust it, once we get it on there, we're gonna go ahead and just push that cover up, that's gonna insure this side stays on. And then we can go to our other side, and now we're just gonna even out our bar. And there's actually numbers written on the bottom, so you can just make it, so the numbers on the bottom are at the exact same point on each side. Then just open your cover back up once you've got them centered and tighten them down. There we go, we wanna have three clicks on our device so we get the proper torque. There we go. Close the cover back up and that's gonna lock it in place, and we'll just repeat that on the other side, and then install our front rail the same way. Next we're gonna take the rubber strips that come with your bars, and this is really just only for certain type of bars, you may or may not need to do this depending on the rails that you chose. But if you do have bars like this, we'll then put our strip in place. Wanna make sure that we've got it all the way up against our foot pad on the inside here. And then we're gonna run it all the way across to the other side and then cut it to length. And with the little bit of excess that you've got, you can use this as well to cover up the outside. And we're just gonna repeat this at each attachment point here, you got plenty of excess so if you don't make a great cut, you can always make another. And then we'll just repeat for each bar. And that completes our look at Yakima's line of landing pads for the SkyLine Towers..
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Customer Reviews
Landing Pad 18 for Yakima SkyLine and Control Towers - Qty 4 - Y00244
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (713 Customer Reviews)
Custom-fit Landing Pads attach to fixed mounting points in your vehicle's flush, factory side rails. The pads create mounting points for Yakima SkyLine or Control towers.by: Joshua09/05/2019
Amazing quality easy set up fast shipping buy the locks the 4 pack With this fast shipping super impressed
by: John 09/25/2019
2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee
These towers (Y00148) and the Landing Pads (Y00244) are needed to mount the cross-bars on my 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The Jeep has flush rails, with an open channel along the top.
They are very heavy duty, typical of Yakima stuff.
Worked great.
by: DJones06/18/2018
2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Easy to install. Not impressed with the fit though. The biggest selling point is being able to remove the towers and leave the pad though. Overall happy with the purchase.
by: Joseph 04/17/2021
2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee
I bought a 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee. To use my Yakima Skyline Towers, I had to install these landing pads in the rack rail attached to the roof. The installation was easy, and the pads serve their purpose. But they don't seem to be engineered as secure as I would like. They have more flexibility than I think they should. The bolt head is over an inch from where it screws into the roof. I think Yakima could have engineered something more secure. In fairness to Yakima, the Jeep rack rail is different than any other rack system I've seen and is incompatible with any other system. But I am assuming that these landing pads will work OK with a full load and that the Yakima engineers have done an adequate job. This summer they will be put to the test for 3,000 miles. Note: the Yakima windshield fairing falls on the glass in the moon roof rendering the moon roof unopenable so long as the fairing is used.
by: David 02/23/2023
2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee
The landing Pad 18 was very easy to install on my 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee and fit up nicely with my Yakima SkyLine towers.
by: Steve S.07/11/2016
Not only did etrailer have a necessary component to my new Yakima rack system that no other retailer had in stock, their price was fair and they shipped quickly. Thanks etrailer!
by: Wai10/29/2021
Jeep Grand Cherokee
Working very in my Jeep Grand Cherokee 2020. They used for the cross bar to support my roof top tent
by: Robert05/21/2021
Great design for a roof rack system.easy to put on and take off. Use it to carry 9-11 foot surf fishing rods. Takes two minutes to put on when I am ready to go fishing.
by: Robert10/05/2018
2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Flush mounting for my jeep grand cherokee '18. These were easy to install and very secure.
by: Steven06/10/2020
The rack looks to be excellent. The assembly is a nightmare. The instructions are terrible. The design for assembly is flawed. There is a stupid cover over the main bolt that you have to tighten. There is a video on Yakima’s website that kind of tells you how to get around it but not really. A 30 minute job took two hours.
by: Alonzo06/05/2020
My Yamika roof rack 2018 Grand Jeep Cherokee
I am getting compliments from my neighbors.
by: Larry 04/16/2021
Easy to install. First roof rack.
by: Eric 09/20/2020
Perfect replacement and fast shipping !
by: Eric 03/16/2021
Eric
3/17/2022
The pads and rack have been the usual totally solid Yakima quality. Once I got the pads lined up it is easy on and off for the rack itself. I have absolutely no regrets and nothing but appreciation for a good design.
by: Jonathan 08/18/2021
Got here fast, easy install.
by: Robert 08/28/2021
Great fit and finish with easy intall.
by: Jim07/04/2018
Seems fine.
by: Peter 10/28/2023
by: Arlene12/08/2020
Ordered. Showed up quickly. Solid, good quality.
by: Dan07/26/2022
by: Robert 04/18/2021
by: Mark 11/28/2020
by: Paul 06/23/2023
by: Andre 04/14/2021
by: George 07/09/2021
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