Thule Crossroad Roof Rack Installation - 2008 Honda Odyssey- Video
Today on this 2008 Honda Odyssey with factory raised side rails we are going to be installing a Thule Crossroads roof rack. We already have our crossbar assemblies put together so we are ready to lay them on our factory raised side rails and begin our installation. Before we begin tightening the front assembly we need to check two things. We need to make sure that our crossbar is overhanging evenly. We also need to make sure that the crossbar is running perpendicular to our side rails. We set our Crossroad feet right up against a seam where our side rails meet one of their mounting points. We also need to check the Crossroad feet themselves. On the side of the foot is a triangle indicating that that should be at the center line of our vehicles factory raised side rails. Once we have ensured we have everything positioned where we need it we can go ahead and begin tightening it down. The endcaps of our Crossroad feet have an allen wrench built in. This wrench is used to tighten the steel band with the rubber coating around our factory raised side rails. Once we have our front crossbar assembly secured we can go ahead and mount the second. 1:04 more
9/14/2011 6:41:04 AM
Rhino Rack Roof Rack Installation - 2008 Honda Odyssey- Video
Today on this 2008 Honda Odyssey with factory raised side rails we will be installing a Rhino Rack roof rack part number SXB3. We already have our crossbar assemblies put together so we are ready to go ahead and mount them to our vehicle. We will take our front crossbar assembly and lay it in place on top of our side rails. When positioning the front crossbar we need to make sure that our overhang is even on both the drivers side and passenger side. Once we have done that we need to ensure that our new crossbar is running perpendicular to our factory side rails. To do this we are going to position the clamps right up against the seam between our side rail and our side rail foot mount on both sides. Next we are ready to tighten the system down. We will use the included allen wrench and tighten down the bolts inside the crossbars. We will move back and forth between from passenger side to driver side to make sure we tighten down the system evenly. more
9/13/2011 6:21:39 AM
