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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, everyone, Aiden here with etrailer.com. Today, we're gonna be taking a look at this Yakima roof rack system here on our 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee L. That's gonna be a great way to haul some extra cargo up on the roof. This is a very large vehicle with a third row seat. So when you have that third row up, you've got it filled up with passengers for a road trip or something. You're losing a lot of cargo space in the back and you need a place to put it.
If you are maybe pulling a camper or something with the hitch, or you just have a bike rack or something back there, the roof is your next best option to put a basket, a box, and put that extra luggage up there on the roof for your trip, getting more leg room for everyone inside. Let's check it out. Now the main piece of the system here is going to be your Yakima core bar. These bars are 50 inches long and made out of steel. That steel is gonna give them a really heavyweight capacity of 220 pounds.
But just keep in mind that the towers in the system here are only greater for 165 pounds. So you want to make sure you're going with the lowest rated component, whether that's those towers or the roof of your Jeep. The bars are gonna be an arrow shape, which means they're thicker here at the front and taper off towards the back. It's gonna make them a little bit more aerodynamic, cut through the wind a bit better, knock down wind noise, and is worth mentioning that on the top here, there isn't any sort of T-track system. So you are gonna have to use clamp around accessories that go around the bars like that, which isn't so bad.
I think that's really the majority of accessories that use that system anyway. And the fact that there isn't a track means there's no gaps in there for wind to get in. So when you're going down the road, you shouldn't be hearing it up there. So this is going to be utilizing the factory holes that you can find here on your flush rails of your Jeep. It's gonna make install really easy 'cause you have fixed points.
You don't have to measure any certain crossbar spread to get it installed. So I really like that part. We've got it installed in the further out position right here, and it's gonna give us a crossbar spread center to center of about 40 inches. You might have some issues with certain accessories. So, if you are going for a basket or a box, go for one of the longer ones, you probably want to maximize the roof space anyway. So if you are doing that, I don't think you'll have any issues. As far as how high it's going to sit up off the top of your roof, you are gonna be adding about six inches from the roof to the top of the bar here, which I don't think should be any issues for any garage at home, but, just remember that when you add something like a box or a basket, because that's gonna be adding even more from the top of that crossbar. And the standout things for me with these towers, is the fact that you can remove them whenever you don't wanna use them. So all you gotta do is come to this cover, pinch it and pull it back, and you can just lift it up and out of the fit kit there. You can see at the bottom that when I pushed this in some locking tabs go out, and that's what holds it into your fit kit down here. So if you do want to go through a carwash or you just only want it up there for when you're actually using your roof rack, you don't have to have it on full time. Now because it is so easy to remove, I would be concerned, maybe, what's stopping someone from just doing that and taking off with it But, you've got these plastic caps here that can be swapped out for lock cores from Yakima, so you can actually lock this down to your roof, and those locks can be used to key like your other Yakima accessories, so that you only have one key on your key chain for all your systems. And kind of like I mentioned before, install with this is a breeze. It didn't take any time at all, check out how we did it. So for our install, we're gonna start with our fit kit here. It's gonna go into the flush rails on our Jeep. We're just gonna take off this cap that says Yakima here. Those are nice for when you're not using the roof rack. You can put these on to keep everything watertight. And we're gonna go ahead and take this rubber piece here with those tabs, line it up with the holes on our fit kit here, and just pop that in. Now because those tabs are rubber, they might have a tendency to kind of bend on you and not wanna go in their homes. So, just be patient with it, might have to kinda peak around there, try to see what's not lining up, what is, and you don't have to get it perfectly in place because once we actually put it up on the roof, and get it bolted down, that will help push everything into place up. Up here on the roof, we're gonna figure out where we want to mount up these pieces for our fit kit. We've already got our front crossbar in place, and we have choices for this spot or this spot where we have these factory holes. I'm gonna go with the rear ones just because there is a clearance issue with this tab right here on our fit kit. So I'm just gonna take a small flat bladed screwdriver, pop that in these little plastic covers, and just push out on them to remove them. It's just gonna be a friction fit push pin. So we can set that one aside and do the other one right here. And do keep these around in case you ever decide to remove the fit kit. You never know when you might need them. Now with the fit kit here, you'll notice that there is a slotted hole here at the back, and two other holes to choose from for our bolts. In our application today, we're gonna be using this bottom lowest one right there and the slotted hole towards the rear of the vehicle. Now, when I line this up here, I'm gonna be putting in a bolt and washer, and go ahead and do the front one first. It can be a little tricky to see because they are kind of looking around the edge there, but once you get it lined up, kind of push down a little bit, start it by hand. We will come back with the tool to tighten everything up once we've got it started. And on this last one here, we don't need to tighten it down too terribly much, just enough to get it nice and snug to that flush rail there. And we can return down to our table. Back on the table, we can take our towers, flip those upside down with our bars. We've got that threaded portion right there. We'll just line up that hole, got a bolt down there and the bottom of the tower. And we'll just use our included tool to tighten that down. And once we've got it properly torqued down, we will hear some clicks from the tool, letting us know we've hit that torque rating. And then we can take our whole assembly here, making sure that these caps are opened so that the tabs are inset. We want the thicker part of the bar facing towards the front of the vehicle, and the tapered edge to be towards the rear. Go ahead and open that door. And we can carefully set this up onto the roof. I will say having a second set of hands will make it easier just to get that other side set in, but it is definitely doable on your own. I'm careful to get that in the proper slot, so we're not causing any damage to the vehicle. And we can do the same thing on this side here. And we'll go back, make sure that the crossbar is even on both sides. It actually looks pretty darn good from here. So I'm gonna grab that tool one more time and we will tighten down this bolt inside the tower. Same thing, we're gonna be listening for those clicks. And, there they are. Once we've done that on both sides, just push this cap up, those locking tabs will go out and you can see we're nice and secure in there. And with all that done, we can our final shake test. You can see everything's up there, nice and tight. We're shaking the whole car back and forth. So we're ready to hit the road. Overall, I think it's gonna be a really solid roof rack option for your Jeep. The fact that it's so easy to take off when you don't wanna use it, and you can put it back up there whenever you need it is really nice. Or, you can just leave it up all the time. I think it looks really sleek and you can't really beat that when you're picking out something that is gonna live on your car for a long time. Again, my name's Aiden here at etrailer, thank you for watching..
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (712 Customer Reviews)
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.I have these installed on a 2022 Honda Pilot. I could not get them to fit on my raised roof rails with the included rubber gaskets. I have mounted them without the gasket but this leaves a gap between the rail and the landing pad. This seems secure but does not have a finished look. I will be trying to see how to get the gaskets to fit.
In the confusing world of roof racks, the etrailor site had a locator tool that made it easy to identify the correct landing pads and towers for my vehicle.
I had cross bars and landing pads on my Jeep Grand Cherokee. I bought these to put on my wife’s new Grand Cherokee L. They were extremely easy to install and now I can easily move the roof rails between the two vehicles. They are a great product as is most of Yakima’s products. I highly recommend them.
I love the ease of removing my crossbars at the end of the season with these landing pads. Highly recommend these.
great service
Exactly what we needed to use our old Yakima bars and kayak sharks with our new Ford Explorer. Our old car, a Ford Expedition, used the same round Yakima bars and kayak sharks but had a different roof rack. Instead of paying $800+ to get a whole new kayak rack system... the adapters we got from etrailer helped us used all the old equipment :)
I like the strength of the Yakima brand and it looks great. It does seem a bit more complicated than might be necessary. I know they have to fit to many different cars but the matching of components is confusing and the installation less than intuitive. The end result is great and etrailers is awesome in every way!
Excellent customer service! I felt like I had a personal shopper in the care Sherry S. offered!
I have a Buick Envision and it seemed as if it would be difficult to get the correct rack, but it turned out to be easy. I entered my vehicle info and was directed to the Yakima Skyline with flush rails. It was easy to install and they look great. I will be able to take my canoe out with no problem! Joe
Yakima Landing pads are vehicle specific. Good quality mounts are supplied with good stainless steel fasteners. Required as a base for the towers.
Yakima racks are always a good choice. Etrailer made it easy for me to know all the parts I needed and it was so easy to install!
Yakima Towers and Pads arrived on time and all in order. Service was extremely fast and the price was better than every other site I looked through.
Very nice fit to my Bolt EUV
Great customer service
Great company. Fair price. Product as advertised. Fast and free delivety.
Great service!
Quick and excellent service!
Stacey was very helpful to ensure I ordered the right part for my vehichle. Excellent customer service!
Works great!
The system fit perfectly. Thank you!
Everything fits great!
Great service. Solid product.
Thank you for fast delivery... already installed!
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You definitely want to use the gaskets and I dont recommend using the crossbars without them. Here is an install video that might help you out with this part. Let us know if you still some assistance after watching.
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