Curt Roof Rack Crossbars Installation - 2017 Ford Escape- Video
Hey everybody, Zack here at etrailer.com. Today, we're going to be taking a look at, The Curt Raised Rail Roof rack system, on our 2017 Ford Escape. This roof rack is going to be a really good option, if you're looking to get some gear, out of the back of the car, maybe you don't have a hitch. It's going to lie to put bike racks, cargo baskets, ski carriers, anything that you're looking to get out of the car, you can get stuff up here. Now this is going to be a pretty cool system because it's, tool-free, everything's just included. One thing that I don't really care for this system, as I don't think it's the quietest of the roof racks that I've used before. more
10/20/2021 11:37:50 AM
Malone AirFlow2 Universal Roof Rack Installation - 2017 Ford Escape- Video
Colin: Hey everyone, Colin here at etrailer. Today we have a 2017 Ford Escape, we'll be test fitting some roof racks. Right now we have the Malone Airflow 2 Roof Rack System. This is a very nice and simple roof rack system that mounts to the raised side rails of your Ford Escape. It allows you to get your favorite rooftop accessories loaded up, whether it be a bike rack, a kayak carrier, or even a cargo box.Something I really like about this roof rack is that it's preassembled out of the box so it's going to come with 50 inch cross bars attached to our legs, so we don't have to worry about assembling it. We can get it out of the box and just throw it on our raised side rails. more
9/16/2019 9:37:25 AM
Thule SquareBar Crossbars Installation - 2017 Ford Escape- Video
Hey guys, today we have a 2017 Ford Escape, and we're going to do a test-fit of the Thule SquareBar crossbar roof rack system.Now this is a roof rack system that mounts to the raised side rails of your Ford Escape, and allows you to get your favorite accessories, whether you got a bike rack, a kayak carrier, or even a rooftop cargo box, get them up on your roof, so you can use them properly.Now this roof rack system's made from a couple different parts. Up top, we're going to have our 53-inch SquareBar crossbars, and Thule's actually redesigned these to make them suit the foot pack a little bit better instead of having a foot pack where it comes over the crossbar like that. They actually have an integrated channel right here, so that our raised rail feet can come in this slot, they don't wrap around our bar though. We're going to have more usability of the top bar.Now down here we're going to have the Evo raised side rail feet. These clamp on your raised side rails, and basically just connect the crossbars to your roof. We open up our foot, you'll just see we have our tightening bolt right here, and that's what clamps it down onto the side rail. more
3/20/2019 4:08:14 PM
Rhino Rack Roof Rack Installation - 2017 Ford Escape- Video
Speaker 1: Today on this 2017 Ford Escape, we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Rhino Rack Vortex Aero roof rack system. That's including part numbers RRVA-137B-2, that's the Rhino Rack Vortex Aero cross bars in black. These are also available in silver, part number RRVA137S-2. Also, the Rhino Rack 2500 series legs for the Vortex Aero cross bars. That's part number RRRLKVA, and also the custom DK fit kit, part number DK375. The nice thing about this kit is that it's going to come with everything you need. more
10/29/2018 12:17:14 PM
Inno Roof Rack Review - 2017 Ford Escape- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Ford Escape, we're going to be test fitting the NO square bar roof rack system consisting of part numbers IMB127, these are the NO square cross bars, 50 inches long. To hold those in place on the factory rate side rails, we have the NO feet here, part number INFR. This is a great roof rack system that can carry a wide variety of accessories ranging from bike racks to cargo baskets to cargo boxes. They have a nice strong, sturdy square bar to hold things onto and of course, you can only utilize the wrap around accessories, no T tracks for this. You can upgrade to the NO arrow bars with another part number.Now, while these are square bars, they will produce noise while you drive. However, they do offer fairings that you can purchase online at etrailer.com to help cut down the wind noise and drag by creating a deflector at the front. more
8/15/2018 8:08:39 AM
Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2017 Ford Escape- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Ford Escape, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima JetStream roof rack system, consisting of part numbers Y00425, these are the JetStream cross bars, 50 inches long. These also come in silver. And, to hold it in place, we have part number Y00147, and these are going to be the Timberline towers that specifically are designed to wrap around your existing factory raised side rails.This is a great roof rack system that can carry a wide variety of accessories ranging from bike racks to cargo baskets to cargo boxes. The bars here have a nice aerodynamic shape to them. And, that, coupled with this rubber strip up at the top, that's going to help cut down wind noise and drag while you drive. Also, you can utilize channel mount or T-track accessories up at the top here. more
8/15/2018 8:08:05 AM
Rhino Rack Roof Rack Review - 2017 Ford Escape- Video
Speaker 1: Today, on our 2017 Ford Escape, we're going to be test fitting the Rhino-Rack Vortex Aero roof rack system, which is going to consist of part numbers RRV8126B-2, which is our 49-inch black crossbars that we have on top. These also come in silver under part number RRV8126S-2. The second part is going to be our SX series legs you see right here, that's going to be part number RRSX100. As you can see, we already have our front crossbar installed so we can go ahead and take a look at some of the features. As you can see, these rails have an elliptical design, which is going to help cut down any type of wind resistance or wind noise when you're traveling, along with this rubber strip up here, which is also going to help with that.Seeing the rubber strip, we can notice that these roof .. this roof rack is going to be compatible with T-track accessories, and how you do that is you simply take your key for your end cap. more
8/15/2018 8:07:43 AM
Thule Roof Rack Review - 2017 Ford Escape- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Ford Escape we're gonna be test fitting the Thule Aeroblade Edge Roof Rack System, consisting of part numbers TH7503 for the front, and TH7502 for the rear. These are gonna be the aeroblade edge crossbars that attach to your factory raised side rails. These also come in black as part number TH7503B-TH7502B. As I said, these attach to your factory raised side rails by wrapping around with these rubber coated steel straps. These are padded to make sure that nothing gets damaged once this is being installed. These bars are aerodynamically shaped, so that's gonna help cut down on wind noise and drag, effectively removing any of the sound that you may experience while you're traveling.We also have this rubber strip up at the top here. more
8/15/2018 8:07:12 AM
Inno Roof Rack Review - 2017 Ford Escape- Video
Today in our 2017 Ford Escape, we're taking a look at the INNO Aero crossbar kit. The part number for our crossbars today are INXB1155-2. For our foot pack, we're using INXS200, and for our fit kit for our Escape, we're using INK628. Now, we already have our front bar installed. We're going to show you how to put the last foot pack together, and then how we install this onto our vehicle, since it's going to be the same way. To start off, we're going to take our foot, we're going to remove this bolt here. You may need to use the included tool to loosen that up. more
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