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Mazda Roof Rack Installation And Review Videos

  

Rhino Rack Roof Rack Review - 2013 Mazda CX-9- Video

Rhino Rack Roof Rack Review - 2013 Mazda CX-9

Speaker 1: Today on our 2013 Mazda CX9 we'll be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Rhino Rack Roof Rack System. This is going to consist of the Rhino Rack Vortex Arrow Cross Bars, part number RRVA126B-2, and the Rhino Rack 2500 Series Legs, part number RRRLKVA, and the Fit Kit for the CX9, part number DK220. Our cross bars also come in silver, part number RRVA126S-2.The Rhino Rack Roof Rack System is a great solution for carrying your vehicle accessories on your roof, whether those are bike racks, cargo baskets, ski and snowboard carriers, or kayak carriers. We're going to have an aerodynamic shape to our cross bars, which are going to help to reduce wind noise and drag. If we remove our lockable end cap on our cross bar, we can lift up our weather strip. This is easy to remove, easy to cut down and replace so you can use this with channel-mounted accessories. more


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12/21/2017 12:17:17 PM



Rola Sport Series Roof Rack Installation - 2013 Mazda CX-9- Video

Rola Sport Series Roof Rack Installation - 2013 Mazda CX-9

Speaker 1: Today on our 2013 Mazda CX-9, we'll be taking a look at the Rola Sport Extended Series Roof Rack. That part number is: 59715.This roof-rack system is made out of a lightweight aluminum, which will be a perfect solution for carrying your vehicle accessories on your roof, whether those are bike racks, cargo baskets, ski and snowboard carriers or kayak carriers.The aerodynamic shape is going to help to reduce wind, noise and drag. The weatherstrip can easily be removed to add channel-mounted accessories. The rubber portion on the bottom of our roof-rack system is going to prevent any scratches or abrasions from our roof rack onto our vehicle and it'll give a nice flush look. The Rola Roof-Rack System has a 110 pound weight capacity and is easy to install. We'll show you how to do that now.Everything that you see on our table is what's included. more


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12/15/2017 3:12:59 PM



Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2016 Mazda CX-5 y00147- Video

Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2016 Mazda CX-5 y00147

Speaker 1: Today on our 2016 Mazda CX5, we'll be test fitting the Yakima core bar roof rack system consisting of part numbers Y00421, these are the 50" long core bars, and part number Y00147 and these are the timberline towers for the crossbars, particularly for factory raised side rails. The Yakima core bar roof rack system is great for carrying a wide variety of accessories on your roof while freeing up space inside your vehicle. This can carry bike racks, cargo baskets, cargo boxes, ski and snowboard carriers, and kayak carriers. The two bars have a combined carrying capacity of 220 pounds. Although, you always want to double check with your vehicle's manual to make sure your roof can withstand those weights. The bars themselves do have an aerodynamic shape to them, which will cut down wind noise and drag while you're driving. more


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11/8/2017 1:49:01 PM



Yakima Roof Rack Installation - 2016 Mazda CX-5- Video

Yakima Roof Rack Installation - 2016 Mazda CX-5

Speaker 1: Today on our 2016 Mazda CX-5, we'll be test fitting the Yakima JetStream Roof Rack System, consisting of part numbers Y00425. These are the 50 inch aluminum bars, and part number Y00147. These are the TimberLine Towers for the Yakima cross bars, particularly for the race factory side rails.The JetStream Roof Rack System is great for carrying a wide variety of accessories on your roof while freeing up space inside your vehicle. It can carry bike racks, cargo baskets, cargo boxes, ski and snowboard carriers as well as kayak carriers. The two bars have a combined carrying capacity of 165 pounds, although you always want to double check with your vehicle's manual to make sure your roof can withstand that weight.The aerodynamic shape of the bar coupled with the rubber strip both at the top and the bottom will cut down wind noise and drag while you drive. And removing the end cap here, you can also see that this is capable to be used with T-track accessories.The roof rack system is very easy to install. more


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11/6/2017 12:17:22 PM



Thule Roof Rack Review - 2016 Mazda CX-5- Video

Thule Roof Rack Review - 2016 Mazda CX-5

Speaker 1: Today in our 2016 Mazda CX5 we'll be test fitting the Thule Aero Blade Roof Rack System consisting of part numbers THARB53 using the aluminum aero blade load bars with 53 inches long, and part number TH450R, and these are the Thule Rapid Crossroad Mounting Foot Packs that you'll be using for your factory rate side rails. These also come in black as part number THARB53B. The Thule Aero Blade Roof Rack System is great for carrying a wide variety of accessories on your roof while freeing up space inside your vehicle for you and your family. This can carry bike racks, cargo baskets, cargo boxes, skis and snowboard carriers, as well as kayak carriers. It has a combined carrying capacity of 165 pounds, and the bars have an aerodynamic shape to them, and that coupled with the rubber strip at the top will cut down wind noise, and drag while you drive.With the Aero Blade bars you can open up the end cap here, and you can see this slot here, which you can fit your T-Slot accessories into your bars to attach them and secure them down. These new feature integrated tightening tools ... more


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11/6/2017 12:17:13 PM



Thule Roof Rack Review - 2012 Mazda 3- Video

Thule  Roof Rack Review - 2012 Mazda 3

Today on our 2012 Mazda 3 we're doing a test fit of the Thule roof rack kit. These are our Aero-Blade crossbars with part number THARB47. Our foot pack is TH460R. Our fit kit, using the fixed mounting points on our hatchback version of the Mazda 3, it's going to be part number THKIT3069. Now we already have our front bar in place. We've gone ahead and removed all of our covers. more


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11/21/2016 4:02:57 PM



Rhino Rack Roof Rack Review - 2012 Mazda 3- Video

Rhino Rack  Roof Rack Review - 2012 Mazda 3

Today on our 2012 Mazda 3 we're doing a test test of the Rhino Rack Roof Rack Kit. This is consisting of 3 part numbers. The first is our Vortex Aero cross bars, part number RRVA118B-2. Our 2,500 series Legs for our Vortex Aero cross bars using RRRLKVA and our fit kit for our Mazda 3, part number DK289. Now we already have our front bar on, we've taken out our spacers here at the top and installed these bolts. This is where we're going to attach our cross bars. These are simple to remove, we just use a flat blade screwdriver, pushed it back, it popped right out, and then tighten those down. We do have that front cross bar installed, we've got part of our back bar installed as well. We're going to show you how to put the last kit together and then how to install it onto our vehicle. Everything that you see here is included with our kit. more


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11/21/2016 4:02:42 PM



Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2013 Mazda CX-5- Video

Yakima  Roof Rack Review - 2013 Mazda CX-5

Today on our 2013 Mazda CX-5, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima CoreBar Roof Rack System consisting of part numbers y00421. These are the Yakima CoreBar cross bars, 50 inches long, part number y00148. These are the SkyLine Towers for the Yakima cross bars for fixed mounting points, part number y00233. These are the landing pads which the SkyLine Towers will sit on. Now we already have the front one installed. The bars themselves have a nice aerodynamic shape to them and that's going to cut down wind noise and drag while you're driving. more


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9/28/2016 10:46:09 AM



Thule Roof Rack Review - 2012 Mazda 3 TH7602-TH7602- Video

Thule  Roof Rack Review - 2012 Mazda 3 TH7602-TH7602

Today on our 2012 Mazda 3 we're doing a test fit of the Thule AeroBlade Edge Crossbars. The part number for our crossbars today is TH7602-TH7602. Then the part number for our fit kit for this is THKIT3069. We already have our front bar put together. We're going to show you how we put our back bar together, mostly with the last foot pack, and then how we'll mount it onto our vehicle. We're going to start out with everything that you see here. All of this is included with the kit, except for our wrench here. more


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4/4/2016 10:36:17 AM



Rhino Rack Roof Rack Review - 2012 Mazda CX-7- Video

Rhino Rack  Roof Rack Review - 2012 Mazda CX-7

Today on our 2012 Mazda CX-7 we're doing a test fit of the Rhino-Rack Vortex Aero Crossbars. The part number for our crossbars today is RRVA126B-2. For the foot pack that we're using along with that it's RRRLKVA, and for our fit kit we're using DK220. We already have our front crossbar on and in place. We've got a portion of our back crossbar together, so we're going to show you how to put that last foot pack together, and then how we load it up on our vehicle. We're going to start by taking our foot pack here. I've gone ahead and taken our rubber bottom that comes with our fit kit, and I've fit it on that plastic piece here, that's our foot for the bottom of our foot pack. more


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3/8/2016 12:27:27 PM



Rhino Rack Roof Rack Review - 2008 Mazda 3- Video

Rhino Rack  Roof Rack Review - 2008 Mazda 3

Today on our 2008 Mazda 3, we're doing a test fit of the Rhino-Rack Vortex Aero Crossbar Roof Rack. The crossbar numbers are RRVA118B-2, the Rhino-Rack 25 Series Legs are RRRLKVA, and the clamps and pads are DK041. Now we have he first one already on our vehicle, I'm just going to show you how we should install the second one. Here in the table is everything you get. You have your crossbar, you have your 2500 Series Leg with the covers. This is the clamp and the pad, and this is our end cap, and the two tools that also come with it. more


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1/6/2016 7:31:30 AM



Inno Roof Rack Review - 2015 Mazda CX-5- Video

Inno  Roof Rack Review - 2015 Mazda CX-5

Today on our 2015 Mazda CX5, we're going to do a test fit of the N.O. Aero Crossbar Roof Rack. The crossbar's part number is INXB108-2. The flush feet are INXS200. And the fit kit is INK658. I have the first one already on. more


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1/5/2016 11:26:06 AM



Thule Roof Rack Review - 2015 Mazda 5- Video

Thule  Roof Rack Review - 2015 Mazda 5

Today on our 2015 Mazda5, we'll be doing a test fit of the Thule Aero Blade Podium Roof Rack System, using part numbers THARB47 for the 47 inch aero blades, part number TH460R for the Thule Podium foot pack, part number THKIT3080 for the Thule Fit Kit here. As you can see, I've already got the front installed on the Mazda5 here. Let's go ahead and do the rear together. We'll come over here to our little white table, and I'm going to put the foot pad and the fit kit together on our aero blade. First thing we'll do is, let's go ahead and remove the end cap here on our aero blade. We'll just turn that over to get set up when we get that put together. Let's go ahead and grab our plate and our pad. more


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8/18/2015 9:02:24 AM



Rhino Rack Roof Rack Review - 2010 Mazda CX-7- Video

Rhino Rack  Roof Rack Review - 2010 Mazda CX-7

Today on our 2010 Mazda Cx7, we're going to be doing a test fit on the Rhino-Rack Vortex Aero Roof Rack System. We're using the 49-inch crossbars. That part number is RRVA126F-2. That's also available in black. The foot packs themselves, part number RRVALKVA .. RRLKVA, I'm sorry, RRLKVA and the clips and foot pads, DK220. more


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12/30/2014 1:48:54 PM



Yakima Control Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2013 Mazda 5- Video

Yakima Control Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2013 Mazda 5

Today in our 2013 Mazda 5 we are going to be testing the Yakima control tower roof rack system with the 58-inch bar, part number Y00409, Y00214, Y00233 and Y00233 again. To begin our test fit we remove the black cover over our fixed mounting points and check the threads to be sure they are clean. We'll not take one of foot packs and place it by each of the four mounting locations. We'll now grab our four bolts on these bolts we'll want 3 regular washers and one black rubber washer. The rounded part will be facing down. We'll place it down through the foot of our rack, and thread it in to our fixed mounted locations. We'll snag it down to be sure we have no movement but we won't fully tightened it yet. more


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5/27/2014 11:01:29 AM



Yakima Control Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2013 Mazda 5 Y00214- Video

Yakima Control Tower Roof Rack Installation - 2013 Mazda 5 Y00214

Today on our 2013 Mazda5 we're going to be test fitting the Yakima Control Towers Roof Rack System using the 48" round bars, part numbers Y00408, Y00214, Y00233, and Y00233 again. To begin our test fit we'll remove the black covers over our fixed mounting points and check the threads to be sure they're clean. We'll now take one of our foot packs and place it by each of our four mounting locations. We'll now grab our four bolts. On these bolts we'll want three regular washers and one black rubber washer. The rounded part will be facing down. more


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5/27/2014 11:00:26 AM



Thule Podium Roof Rack Installation - 2013 Mazda 5- Video

Thule Podium Roof Rack Installation - 2013 Mazda 5

Speaker: Today on our 2013 Mazda5, were going to be test fitting the Thule Podium Roof Rack System using the 50 inch square bars. Well use part numbers THLB50, TH460 and THKIT3080. With our rack assembled according to the manufacturers instructions, well begin our test fit by removing the black plastic covers located over our fixed mounting points and thread in one of the silver studs. Well do this on all 4 locations. Well then take our 3 mm Allen bolt and tighten them down. Well then grab the front half of our rack and place it over our studs. I want to be sure that they go through the center of our foot pack and come out of the top. more


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5/21/2014 12:31:02 PM



Thule AeroBlade Podium Roof Rack Installation - 2013 Mazda 5- Video

Thule AeroBlade Podium Roof Rack Installation - 2013 Mazda 5

Today on our 2013 Mazda5, we'll be test fitting the Thule Podium Roof Rack System using part numbers THARB47, TH460R, and THKIT3080. We'll begin our test fit by removing the black plastic tabs that cover up our mounting locations. We'll take our bolts from our fit kit and screw them into the fixed mounted holes. As we do this, we can go ahead and place the spacer over each bolt and tighten each one down using an Allen key. With out roof rack assembled according to the instructions, we'll go ahead and place the podium feet over top of our bolts. We'll secure those in place by installing our nuts and tighten them down using the included wrench. We'll grab our front load bar and place it onto the front part of our roof. In doing this, we want to go ahead and make sure that we have even bar overhang on each side of the vehicle. more


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5/21/2014 12:30:10 PM



Whispbar Through Bar Roof Rack Installation - 2011 Mazda 3- Video

Whispbar Through Bar Roof Rack Installation - 2011 Mazda 3

Today on our 2011 Mazda 3, were going to be test fitting the Yakima Whispbar System using the three bars, part number WB-S16 and the Fit Kit for this vehicle, WB-K451. The first thing we need to do is remove the fix-point covers. There are two on each side of the vehicle. Next we need to install our grub screws. On this Mazda, well be using the 60mm grub screws. These are the shorter ones included with the fit kit. more


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10/30/2012 9:59:59 AM



Thule Podium Roof Rack Installation - 2006 Mazda 5- Video

Thule Podium Roof Rack Installation - 2006 Mazda 5

Alright, today on this 2006 Mazda 5 we're going to do a test fit of Thule Roof Rack System. We're using the Thule Podium Roof-mounted Foot Pack and Thule Square Load bars part no. THLB50, TH460, THKIT3080. Okay to start off our test fit we're going to remove the covers for the 6 points that are on the roof. They basically just slide and we pop them up out of the way. Next we'll go ahead and start the threaded rod that comes with the fit kit from Thule into to the provided threaded holes in the roof. more


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2/28/2012 3:02:37 PM



Thule AeroBlade Podium Roof Rack Installation - 2006 Mazda 5- Video

Thule AeroBlade Podium Roof Rack Installation - 2006 Mazda 5

Today, on a 2006 Mazda 5, were going to do a test fit of a Thule Roof Rack System using the Thule Aeroblades part numbers THARB47, TH460R, THKIT3080. OK, were start off our test fit by getting the roof for the vehicle ready, were going to remove the caps that go on to the fixed points that are built into the roof . Basically they just slide them back and we can pop them up with a screw driver. Alright well go ahead and install the threaded rod that goes into the threaded fittings on the roof and also add the sleeve to it. With the Thule Roof Rack, loosely assembled according to instructions, were going to place it onto pins we just installed onto the roof. Now well go ahead and make sure that the bars are even from left to right. more


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2/28/2012 3:01:45 PM



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