Yakima JetStream Crossbars Roof Rack Rails Kit Installation - 2024 Kia Telluride- Video

Hi, I'm Matt with etrailer, and today we're talking about the Yakima Roof Rack on top of our 2024 Kia Telluride. Now this will be a great option for the Telluride, because the Telluride is mainly more of a vehicle for if you wanna drive around with your family. And if you are driving around with your family, you're probably gonna encounter at some point where you need to store some extra luggage. And if you are driving with a group of people, you're not gonna have any room for that. So that's gonna leave you two options. Either you use some type of hitch mounted accessory, or put it on top of your roof. more

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4/24/2024 12:19:18 PM

Yakima CoreBar Crossbars Roof Rack Installation - 2022 Kia Sorento- Video

How's it going neighbors This is Ed here with etrailer.com, and we're taking a look at the Yakima CoreBar with baseline towers on our 2022 Kia Sorento. Adding a roof rack system to your Kia Sorento is a great way to take advantage of space that's generally unused to increase your cargo capacity. So it allows you to add things like cargo baskets, rooftop bike carriers, or even kayak carriers. It just helps out 'cause this guy doesn't have the most space, especially if you have the third row option where you have full passengers, it's gonna allow you to get things moving for you. Let's take a look at our crossbar setup a little bit closer. So we're gonna start with the CoreBar. more

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3/13/2024 10:24:53 AM

Yakima CoreBar Roof Rack Installation - 2024 Kia Telluride- Video

Hey everyone, it's Evangeline here at etrailer and today we have a Yakima roof rack and we're gonna take a look at how it fits here on our 2024 Kia Telluride. This specific roof rack is going to be the 50 inch long CoreBar with the TimberLine Towers for raised rails on your Telluride. So this may or may not fit your specific trim. So how do you figure out which trim you have Well, if you use our fit guide here at your trailer, we give you different options depending on what type of roof you have on your Telluride. So this specific roof is the raised rail style, meaning you can fit your hand underneath the rails. If you find that your rails are flush to the roof, then you have flush rails. more

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3/13/2024 9:06:25 AM

Yakima CoreBar Roof Rack Installation - 2022 Kia Sorento- Video

How's it going, neighbors This is Ed here with etrailer.com, and we're taking a look at the Yakima CoreBar with BaseLine towers on our 2022 Kia Sorento. Adding a roof rack system to your Kia Sorento is a great way to take advantage of space that's generally unused to increase your cargo capacity. So it allows you to add things like cargo baskets, rooftop bike carriers, or even kayak carriers. This helps out, 'cause you know this guy doesn't have the most space, especially if you go have the third row option, where you have full passengers, it's gonna allow you to get things moving for you. Let's take a look at our crossbar setup a little bit closer. So we're gonna start with the CoreBar that's 50 inches long, is two and three quarter inches wide, and one inch tall. more

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3/12/2024 1:41:51 PM

Saris MHS Platform Rack Base Review - 2023 Kia Seltos- Video

Hey, everyone, it's Evangeline here at etrailer. And today, we're taking a look at the Saris MHS 3+1 MHS base, and we'll see how it fits on this 2023 Kia Seltos. Now, we're focusing right here on our base, I do have some accessories on top of it. We have the MHS Cargo Basket and the MHS DUO Tray, but you can also use this space with other accessories. Our focus here today is its dimensions as well as how it fits with this car. Right off the bat, I would like to say that it is a little bit overkill for the Seltos. more

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2/5/2024 4:17:35 PM

Inno Accessories and Parts Review - 2019 Kia Sorento- Video

Hi everyone, it's Evangeline here at etrailer. And today, we're gonna be taking a look at the Inno Quick Base for your two inch hitches here on our 2019 Kia Sorento. So if you're not familiar with the Inno Quick Base system, these are gonna be bases and trays that allow you to use a lot of the different Inno Quick Base accessories. So whether you have the gear carry or the gear box or the bike racks, the different accessories can easily attach to this tray and give you that fun experience. Now, we're gonna be focusing just on the tray here today. You can check out videos of those accessories here at etrailer, but how the tray fits on the Sorento, well, it does create that nice system and without any accessories on it, you have 150 pound weight capacity. more

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1/15/2024 4:40:36 PM

Inno Accessories and Parts Review - 2023 Kia Seltos- Video

Hey everyone, it's Evangeline here at etrailer, and today we have the Inno Quick Base Tray for your two inch hitches. And we're gonna take a look at how it fits on our 2023 Kia Seltos. So right off the bat, if you're familiar with the Inno Quick Base System, this is a system that allows you to carry different accessories as long as they have the quick base brackets. So for a quick example of that, we have something that simulates one of the brackets on let's say the Inno gear box. So you fit the cargo box onto the tray and then you just lock it into place with this mount. So depending on your different boxes and your different accessories, this is something that is extremely fast and easy to use. more

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1/12/2024 3:45:43 PM

etrailer Trailer Brake Controller Universal Kit Installation - 2024 Kia Telluride- Video

Hey everyone, Ryan here at Etrailer. Today on our 2024 Kia Telluride, we're gonna be showing you how to install the Etrailer.com Universal Brake Controller Install Kit. But before we get into that, let's take a moment, check it out and make sure it's gonna be what you need. This kit is going to accomplish a couple of different things. One of 'em being it's going to provide us with a seven-way that will give us all of those signals. So you know, it gets all your lighting signals a 12 volt auxiliary power. more

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12/19/2023 9:41:39 AM

Yakima JetStream Crossbars Roof Rack Installation - 2024 Kia Carnival- Video

How's it going, neighbors This is Ed here with etrailer.com. We're taking a look at the Yakima crossbars on our 2024 Kia Carnival. So, why would you want to add crossbars to the top of your vehicle It's a good question. What this can do for you is allow you to free up space on the inside of your vehicle where you can store away bulkier items you may not need access to during a trip, whereas you can keep the things you're gonna go for inside the vehicle. Also, you're making use of a feature you already have on your Carnival, the raised rail. So you're basically making use of space that you already have. more

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12/1/2023 1:06:39 PM

Yakima EXO System Cargo Carrier and Enclosed Cargo Carrier Review - 2023 Kia Telluride- Video

Hi everyone. Aiden here at etrailer. Today, we're gonna be taking a look at the Yakima EXO swing away storage system and seeing how it fits on our 2023 Kia Telluride. Now this is gonna be a very unique hitch-mounted cargo carrier. Everything that you see here is completely modular so you can swap the pieces out, purchase them individually, or, like you see here, get it all as one large kit. Now what this kit consists of is the swing away base and the top shelf, which allows us to mount two accessories. more

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7/3/2023 11:09:07 AM

Yakima EXO Swing Away Ski Snowboard and Enclosed Cargo Carrier Review - 2023 Kia Telluride- Video

Hi everyone, Aiden here with etrailer. Today we're gonna be taking a look at the Yakima EXO system Swing Away Storage and Ski and Snowboard Carrier and seeing how it fits in the back of our 2023 Kia Telluride. This is gonna be a completely modular system. So the whole kit here that you see comes with the Swing Away base, the top shelf that adds the second layer for your accessories, the gear locker box on the bottom and the ski and snowboard carrier up top. And the nice thing about the EXO system is that with it being modular and offering so many different accessories, you can swap things out and get this all individually if you wanted. So in the summer, if we wanna swap out the ski and snowboard carrier for a bike rack, we can do that. more

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7/3/2023 10:59:55 AM

etrailer Trailer Brake Controller 7-Way RV Upgrade Kit Installation - 2023 Kia Telluride- Video

Hey everybody, Ryan here at etrailer. Today on our 2023 Kia Telluride we're gonna be showing you how to install the etrailer.com 7-way upgrade kit. But before we get into that let's just take a couple of minutes, talk about this and make sure it's gonna work for you. There's gonna be a handful of things that this kit is gonna allow you to do. Probably the most popular is allow you to use a wireless type brake controller. So you're going to have existing 4-way wiring on the vehicle that this is gonna hook to. more

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7/3/2023 10:57:53 AM

etrailer Trailer Brake Controller Universal Kit Installation - 2023 Kia Telluride- Video

Hey everybody, Ryan here at etrailer and today on our 2023 Kia Telluride, we're gonna be checking out and showing you how to install the etrailer.com Universal Brake Controller Install Kit. Using this kit is gonna allow you to accomplish a few different things. First and foremost, you're gonna get a seven-way round type connector plug, that way you can plug your trailer into it. And something that I like is it also has a four-way flat connector right next to it. So you have multiple different types of trailers, you don't have to deal with an adapter or anything like that. But this is also gonna come with all the items you're gonna need for the most part to get a brake controller installed. more

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5/2/2023 3:06:07 PM

Yakima JetStream Crossbars Installation - 2021 Kia K5- Video

Hi, everyone. It's Evangeline here at etrailer. And today we'll be taking a look at the Yakima roof rack with a 50 inch long JetStream crossbars and the custom fit kit for your 2021 Kia K5. So if you wanna carry around more things than usual with your Kia K5 like kayaks, roof mounted bike rack, or a roof box, the first thing you're gonna need is a roof rack. So this is gonna be the option from Yakima where you have heavy duty crossbars, a more aerodynamic style, and more crossbar spread. The downside though is it will take a little bit longer to install, and that's what this video is for where I guide you through that process. more

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2/16/2023 2:48:51 PM

etrailer Trailer Brake Controller Universal Kit Installation - 2022 Kia Telluride- Video

Hi there Kia owners. This is your 2022 Kia Telluride. We're gonna be taking a look at and showing you how to install etrailer's ETBC7 4-way to 7-way upgrade kit. Kit ETBC7 is designed to take your existing flat four trailer connector that you've got at the back of your vehicle and convert it into a fully functioning 7-way connector. You can see our 7-way connector here that comes in your kit. It's a nice 7-way connector because you get your 7-way as well as a 4-way. more

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11/1/2021 9:28:20 AM

etrailer Universal Kit for a Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2021 Kia Telluride- Video

Ryan Hey, everybody. Ryan here at etrailer. Today on our 2021 Kia Telluride, we're gonna be taking a look at and showing you how to install the etrailer.com universal brake controller install kit. These Tellurides, you know, people are using them to do a lot of different things. They're getting real popular. We're seeing a bunch of 'em here at the shop as of late. more

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9/13/2021 12:49:21 PM

etrailer Universal Kit for a Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2018 Kia Sorento- Video

Ryan: Hey everybody, my name's Ryan and here at etrailer, we install, test, fit, review a lot of different parts. That way we can try to answer any questions as of you might have. And that's exactly what we're doing here today on our 2018 Kia Sorento. Where we taking a look at and showing you how to install the etrailer Universal Brake Controller Install Kit. So what's nice about this kit is, it's going to provide you with pretty much, for the most part, everything you need to hook up your brake controller. When you start looking into doing that, things can get pretty confusing pretty quick. more

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1/15/2021 11:19:23 AM

etrailer Trailer Brake Controller 7-Way RV Upgrade Kit Installation - 2020 Kia Telluride- Video

Rob: Hey everybody, Rob here at etrailer.com. Today, we're going to be taking a look at the ETBC7L kit, which is going to give you a seven way and a four way on the back of your Kia Telluride. Now, here we have a 2020 and we already have our ETBC7L installed. Again, this is going to provide us a seven way with a 12 volt power source, along with all the light functions so we can tow our trailer safely down the road. Not only is it going to give us that seven way, but we're also going to be able to keep or use the four way as well. That way if you have multiple different trailers in your family that you tow, or if you just tow a few different trailers along the way, we'll have a seven way and a four way since those are both the two most common trailer connectors out there.Now what's going to make this kit different than other seven way installation kits, is this kit is going to give us all the sliding functions and a 12 volt power source. more

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6/10/2020 9:07:07 AM

Roadmaster Universal Diode Wiring Kit Installation - 2015 Kia Soul- Video

Speaker 1: Today on our 2015 Kia Soul we're gonna be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Roadmaster Universal high powered diode wiring kit, part number RM-152. Now to help us with our install we're gonna be using the Roadmaster seven wire to six wire Flexo-Coil Kit, part number RM-146-7.Here's what our wiring looks like installed, it is gonna include an umbilical cord to connect our RV to our vehicle and the wiring is gonna allow us to use our factory lights and accept the signals from our RV so that people can know whether we're going down the road with our taillights on, brake lights, and our turn signals. This is gonna take away the need for the magnetic lights you see a lot on towed vehicles and it's gonna use our factory lights and it's gonna have some diodes that are gonna tap into our factory wiring preventing any kind of feedback coming from our RV and damaging our factory wiring.Now that we know how our wiring is gonna work let's show you how to get it installed. With our baseplate torqued down and everything in place now would be a good time if you are doing wiring to go ahead and at least bring your wires while the fascia's off, making it a little bit easier to get where we need to go. I'm just gonna take my wiring, I'm actually just gonna loop it around these posts right here, just leave it right there with a little loop so I have plenty to work with. I'm gonna start routing it towards the engine and once we get it up passed everything I'm just gonna come up behind my headlight here and I'm gonna leave it up in the engine bay for now.With our fascia back on I'm gonna slightly pull my wire out just a little bit. more

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3/16/2018 5:03:19 PM

Roadmaster Tow Bar High-Low Adapter Installation - 2015 Kia Soul- Video

Speaker 1: Today on our 2015 Kia Soul we're gonna be taking a look at the Roadmaster high-low adapter for tow bars, part number RM-070.So here's what our high-low adapter looks like when it's fully installed. The main purpose is to take up the difference in height between our hitch on our motor home and our base plate on our vehicle. Here we have it in the drop position, and this is gonna provide us with four inches of drop, or we can flip it over and it'll provide us with four inches of rise. Now with it in the drop position this is gonna be perfect for our Kia, because the base plate does sit very low on the vehicle. Now our adapter is made out of steel, but the hollow shank is gonna make it nice and lightweight, easier to handle, and the black powder coat finish is gonna resist rust and corrosion.Now to give you a few measurements, from the center of our hitch pin to the angled brace right here, it's gonna be about six inches. From the center of our hitch pin hole to the other center of our hitch pin hole, it's gonna be right about 10 1/4 inches. more

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2/26/2018 3:58:37 PM

Universal Kit for a Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2012 Kia Soul- Video

Speaker 1: Today on our 2012 Kia Soul, we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install universal installation kit for trailer brake controllers. Part number ETBC7. This is what our seven and four way look like when it's installed, it's going to give you all the proper lighting for your trailer, it's also going to give the option if you have a trailer with only a four pole, that you can hook up just to the four pole. This is going to be for vehicles that are not equipped with a tow package.What we'll do is, you have a spring loaded lid here, it's going to help keep in the moisture and stuff, the elements out from your connections. It's going to have a little tab and it's going to lock your plug into place so it won't pull out while you're driving. We can use this with trailers that have brakes on them, however you would need a brake controller. more

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7/28/2017 7:17:10 AM

Universal Kit for a Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2016 Kia Sorento- Video

Today on our 2016 Kia Sorento, we're going to be taking a look at, and installing the universal installation kit for trailer brake controllers, part number ETBC7. Here's what our ETBC7 looks like fully installed. It's going to give you a bracket to mount our 7-way, and it's also going to have a 4-pole flat on the end of our connector as well. Now, this is going to allow us to wire up most brake controllers. In our application we installed a Hopkins INSIGHT Flex Mount, but it's going to work with most traditional style brake controllers as well. In order to install this, you're going to need to already have a 4-pole flat installed on your vehicle. Comes with all the necessarily hardware to get it in place, and let's show you how we get it installed. We're going to start by mounting our 7-way bracket. more

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5/1/2017 1:27:24 PM

Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2017 Kia Soul Y00148- Video

Today on our 2017 Kia Soul, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima Skyline Roof Rack System consisting of part numbers Y00408. These are the round 48" CrossBars. Part number Y00148, these are the SkyLine Towers. Part number Y03536, and this is the RoundBar SL Adapter for the Yakima Skyline Towers. Part number Y00233, and these are the Landing Pads for the Yakima Control Towers. The Yakima Skyline Roof Rack is great for carrying accessories on your roof and potentially freeing up space in your vehicle. more

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1/17/2017 9:48:55 AM

Firestone Coil-Rite Air Helper Springs Installation - 2009 Kia Sedona- Video

Today on our 2009 Kia Sedona, we'll be installing the Firestone Coil-Rite Air Helper Springs, part number F4138. We'll need to lower the rear control arm to remove the coil spring. There are two way to lower the control arm. One, by removing the wheel and the outer control arm bolt from the knuckle, and then slowly lowering the arm to release the spring tension, and then remove the spring; or to remove the inner control arm bolt, loosen the outer bolt, and allow a jack to slowly lower the control arm to release the tension on the spring, and then remove it. We're going to go with option 2 of removing the inner bolt and loosening the outer one. To start, we're going to go ahead and loosen the outer bolt. We'll just need to back it off a little bit, so that it will free up the arm and allow it to swing down. more

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12/18/2014 12:42:12 PM

Yakima Roof Rack Fairing Review - 2013 Kia Optima- Video

Today on our 2013 Kia Optima we'll be test fitting the forty-four inch fairing for the Yakima Roof Rack Cross Bars, part number Y07048. With the Yakima Round Bar Roof Rack system assembled onto our vehicle we'll begin our test fit by taking our fairing and placing it onto our front cross bar. We want to make sure that the center clips go around our cross bar and then we can undo the wing nuts on the side, remove the bolt, and take the end clamps and place them around our cross bar as well. Then we'll center the fairing inline with our vehicle, drop the bolts back through the end brackets, and secure it in place with the wing nuts. With everything tight and secure our fairing is set and we're ready to go. That completes today's test fit for the forty-four inch fairing for Yakima Roof Rack Cross Bars, part number Y07048, on our 2013 Kia Optima. more

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9/10/2013 1:10:27 PM

Yakima Roof Rack Fairing Review - 2010 Kia Forte Koup- Video

Today on our 2010 Kia Forte Koup, we'll be test fitting our 44" fairing for Yakima roof racks, part number Y07048. With the Yakima round bar roof rack system assembled onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing our fairing directly around our front crossbar. There's four clamps on this fairing, so we need to make sure that all four go around our front crossbar. We'll feed our bolt through the clamps on the end of the fairing, and use the wing nut to tighten it down. We'll do this for both sides of our 44" fairing. Once we have those tight, we're ready to go. more

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7/16/2013 12:39:54 PM

Convert-A-Ball Cushioned Weight Distribution Shank Review - 2013 Kia Sorento- Video

Today on our 2013 Kia Sorento, we'll be test fitting the Convert-A-Ball cushioned weight distribution shank for 2" hitches, rated at 10,000 lbs., part number AMAC1. To begin our test fit, we'll go ahead and get our hitch height. This is the measurement from the ground to the inside top edge of our receiver tube. We have a hitch height of 13-1/2". We'll take our weight distribution shank, slide it into our receiver tube, line up the pin holes, and install our pin and clip. With it in the dropped position, it's unlikely that you will use it on some of its lowest settings. more

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7/8/2013 6:12:37 AM

Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2003 Kia Sedona- Video

Today on our 2003 Kia Sedona well be installing the ETBC7 brake controller install kit and our Tekonsha Prodigy P3 brake controller, part number 90195. Well first need to disassemble the interior of the vehicle to gain access to the wiring. Our first step will be removing the rear threshold. To do this well remove the fastener caps. Once we have the fastener caps out of the way we can then go ahead and remove the Phillips screws fastening the rear threshold. Once we have those out of the way well go ahead and set the threshold aside for reinstallation later. more

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1/28/2013 8:40:40 PM

Yakima Roof Rack Fairing Review - 2013 Kia Rio- Video

Today on this 2013 Kia Rio, well be test fitting the Yakima Fairing, part number Y07048.To begin our test fit, well take the fairing and snap the black clips around the crossbar then well set up the fairing and secure it down with the pinning clip. Well secure the fairing with the bolt and wing nut.That concludes todays test fit for the Yakima Fairing, part number Y0748 on this 2013 Kia Rio. . more

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11/26/2012 2:48:46 PM

Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2008 Kia Sedona- Video

Today, on our 2008 Kia Sedona, well be installing the Draw-Tite Brake Controller, part number 5100. Well be connecting with our ETBC-7 install kit. Well also be using the Tow-Ready Universal Mounting Bracket, part number 18136. Our first step will be assembling the 7-pole mounting bracket to the 7-pole connector. Well be using the hardware provided with our install kit. With that completed, we can now go ahead and connect the 7-pole bracket to the tow ready universal mounting bracket. more

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8/28/2012 5:10:59 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2006 Kia Sorento- Video

Today we are going to install part number 118307 from Tow Ready, and we are going to install this T-1 connector on a 2006 Kia Sorento. We are also going to be using part number 118144, 4-pole bracket, as part of this install. First we will install our bracket, and we will just install a couple of simple screws that come with the package. And then we will install our T-1 connector 4-pole harness into that. All right, the Sorento already has a port installed from the factory, so it is a simple matter of plugging the T-1 harness into this port right here. So you push down this button on top, and then take a screwdriver to catch the edge of it. It helps kind of get it started where you can pull it out. more

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6/1/2009 5:58:34 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2006 Kia Sedona 20036- Video

Today were going to show you a popular upgrade. We have here a four pole flat that has been installed on a vehicle. The owner has a boat trailer now and it has a five wire flat. So were going to convert that four wire to a five wire flat. We will show you how to deal with part number 20036 which is the adapter itself, and the bracket which is part number 20046. Our first step we need to do is take off the four pole and then well uninstall the bracket and put in the new bracket. It may take some force, but you have to pull to get this out of here. We actually used a rubber mallet to tap it a little bit, now this bracket can come off which we have previously loosened up. Now well install our new bracket and it will go in the same spot as before. What were going to do next is get our four pole ready which we have cleaned out with WD-40 and then were going to put in some dielectric grease. Well put that inside here and then were going to attach our four pole from our adapter inside there. more

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8/7/2008 6:43:48 PM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2007 Kia Rondo- Video

Today we are going to do an install with part number 118431 from Tow Ready. We are going to install this T-One Connector on a 2007 Kia Rondo. Our first couple steps are to open up the trunk and we need to remove both tail lights. This is the point right here where the T1 will make the connection. Now we will just take it apart so we can take the light off. We are going to go ahead and do this for the other side also. We will go ahead and make our connection point on the driver side then we will push the rest of this down through the opening and come out down towards the bottom. We will go ahead next and install our ground wire here. At this point we can actually reconnect our light on the drivers side. more

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7/24/2008 6:29:57 AM

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