Thule Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Adam: What's going on, everybody Adam here with etrailer. Today we're going to be taking a look at the Thule Gateway 3 bike rack on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta. So if we do have only a need for only two bikes to be hauled to and fro, we have a two bike version available here at etrailer.com.So this is going to be a really good solution for you if you don't want to mess with a roof rack or don't have the capabilities of getting a hitch on your vehicle. If you need to get bikes, this is going to be the way to go. The nice thing about this is it fits really well on our Jetta, but it'll fit on other vehicles too. So if you have multiple vehicles, sometimes you take one, sometimes they take the other, this can work on mostly any vehicle. more
1/14/2021 2:57:16 PM
Hollywood Racks Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Evangeline: Hi, it's Evangeline from etrailer.com and today we are looking at the Hollywood Racks Express Trunk Bike Rack here on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta. So this is a great option, especially if maybe you don't have a hitch on your Jetta and you still want to carry around bike racks. This is also very quick and easy to use. So the way our bike is mounted to this bike rack here are by these straps, so when you do have your bike up there, you want to strap them down to these rubber straps and you can see how they hold them in place just like that. And we have one, two straps at the top. This also comes with this extra strap here that is attached to the bike rack, and this really helps hold the bike in and secure and prevent sway while you're on the road. more
11/30/2020 6:07:21 PM
Saris Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat- Video
Hey everyone. Today, we have a 2014 Volkswagen Passat, and we're going to do a test fit of the Saris Bones EX 3 bike rack. Now this bike rack mounts to the trunk of your vehicle, it allows you to get three of your bikes transported to and from your destination.A benefit of having a trunk mounted rack is that you're not going to have to worry about investing in a hitch mounted rack and if you don't even have a hitch yet, then you have to invest in the hitch as well, or even a roof rack, plus a bike rack to be able to get your bike from point A to point B.With the bike, it's attached at three different points, we're going to have two straps on our top tube right here, securing it into the cradles and we're also going to have an anti-sway cradle securing the seat post too, just taking out a lot of the unnecessary movement. You see, it's still moving a little bit right there, but not near as much as it would without this strap. It's going to help prevent a lot of bike to vehicle contact and bike to bike contact.Now let's go ahead and take the bike off. It's going to be pretty easy to do. more
5/13/2019 2:57:14 PM
Kuat Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Passat we're gonna be doing a test fit on a Kuat Highline Three Bike Trunk Mount Rack. That part number's HIT3S.Now we have the silver installed right now, however it does come in black under part number HIT3B.This is a trunk mounted bike rack that mounts to the trunk of your vehicle, and it can carry up to three bikes. This is gonna be one of the nice hybrid versions of a trunk mount bike rack. It's very light, so it's gonna be very easy to install, but it's also gonna be durable and be able to support your bikes very well.If we look at the bike and how it's attached to the rack, excuse me, we're gonna see we have to ratchet straps on the top of our bike frame securing it into the cradles. We also have a third point with an anti-sway cradle and a strap. Once we secure that, that's gonna prevent our bike from swaying too much while we're traveling. more
9/19/2018 3:58:31 PM
Hollywood Racks Express Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Passat, we're gonna be testing the Hollywood Racks Express three bike carrier. That's gonna be part number HRE3. As you can see, we already have a bike installed, so let's take a look at some of the features.These cradles can pivot left and right, and back and forth, with a little bit of force up and down on the bike rack to provide any type of spacing needs you might have between your bikes, or between your vehicle and bike. Our bike is connected to two different points of contact. We have these rubber straps that are coming around and simply latching onto this little notch right there. The bike rack also does come with a stabilization strap, so when all three bikes are loaded, simply just undo the strap, wrap it around your bikes, and come back to the strap and up and through it. more
8/8/2018 4:07:31 PM
Yakima Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat- Video
Speaker 2: Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Passat, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima Hangout 2 Bike Rack, part number Y02637. As you can see we already have a bike installed, so let's take a look at some of the features.Id we look at these cradles, we can see that they are adjustable side to side and back and forth as needed on the bike rack, so that's going to be pretty nice for any type of spacing you might want between your bikes or any type of frame of bike you might have. Each cradle has has a rubber strap that simply goes around the little notch right there and secures your bike down. If we look at the bike, we see it's connected at three different points of contact. We have two straps on the top. We simply pull the straps over and hang them on the little notches so they're secure. more
8/8/2018 9:27:11 AM
Yakima Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat Y02634- Video
Speaker 1: Today, on our 2014 Volkswagen Passat, we're going to be test-fitting the Yakima Fullback two-bike rack. That's going to be part number Y02634. As you can see, we already have a bike installed, so let's go ahead and take a look at some of the features.Now, starting from the outside and working our way in, we have this integrated cable lock system, which you pull it out, wrap it around the frame of bike and insert it on a little notch right there. Once you're done, you simply stick your key in there, unlock it, and then you're ready to unload your bikes.If you look at these cradles, they can't pivot back and forth or move side to side, but they do have this nice rubber TPE padding. You see these little notches coming up from the padding. That kind of acts as shock absorber for your bike frame during travel. more
8/8/2018 9:17:34 AM
Yakima Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat Y02636- Video
Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Passat, we're going to be testing the Yakima Halfback 2-bike rack, and that's going to be part number Y zero two six three six. As you can see, we already have a bike installed, so let's go ahead and take a look at some of the features.Now, starting from the outside, we see on both of these ends, we have the bottle openers, which are on most Yakima bike racks. If we look at the cradles, we see each cradle comes with a zip strip, that's used to secure your bike down and the cradles have this nice rubber TPE padding. Now, what that means is these little notches that come out from the padding, they're going to act as shock absorbers for the frame of your bike while you're in travel, it's going to protect it from any type of abrasions or scratches.If you come and see how our bike is connected, we see we have two points of contact on top of the frame. We have these two zip strips that come down in and strap it into the cradles. If we look down here, we have a third point of contact, it's this anti-rattle cradle. more
8/8/2018 9:17:14 AM
Yakima Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2017 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Speaker 1: Today with the 2017 Volkswagen Jetta, we're going to be test fitting the Yacama Hangout 2 bike rack. This is going to be part number Y02637. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look here.And this is pretty much more of a kind of a bare bones style bike rack. We're going to have two cradles here and these do move back and forth and side to side as needed for loading and unloading. It's going to hold your bike at three points. more
7/23/2018 7:57:55 AM
Yakima Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2017 Volkswagen Jetta Y02636- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Volkswagen Jetta, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima Halfback, 2 Bike Rack, part number Y02636. We already have the bike installed on the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look, and showoff some of the features. Starting at our end, and working our way inward, at the ends of both of our arms we're going to have the patented Yakima bottle openers. That's a pretty common feature amongst their bike racks. Behind that we have our first set of cradles here. more
7/23/2018 7:57:32 AM
Yakima Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2017 Volkswagen Jetta Y02634- Video
Speaker 1: Today in our 2017 Volkswagen Jetta, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima Fullback two bike rack, part number Y02634. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features.Starting at the end and working our way inward, we have the Yakima bottle opener on one of the ends of the arms here, which is pretty common for most of their products. On the other side, we have this integrated cable lock. That'll reach out and wrap around the rear most bike, attach to this point here, and lock it into place to secure your bikes once they're installed.Moving on to the cradles here. They are stationary, meaning they don't move back and forth or side to side, but they do have this TPE padding at the base here, which is going to act as kind of a shock absorber for your frame while you're traveling to make sure it stays intact and doesn't get any scratches or abrasions on it. more
7/23/2018 7:57:12 AM
Yakima Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2015 Volkswagen Golf SportWagen- Video
Speaker 1: Today in our 2015 Volkswagen Golf Sport Wagon, we're doing a test fit of the Yakima Hatch Back Trunk mount to bike rack. That part number is Y02636. Now, we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you how we secure it in place. On our frame, we're going to have two straps with a total of three holding our bike into place. These two are on our frame and one is our anti-sway strap. more
9/28/2017 8:07:17 AM
Saris Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2015 Volkswagen Golf SportWagen- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2015 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagon we're going to be test fitting the Saris SuperBones 3 Bike Rack, part number SA802. We already have bike installed on the rack, let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. How the bike attaches to the rack, we'll three points of contact. We're going to have two straps up at the top here and then one off to the side and that's going to serve as an anti-sway cradle to keep the bike from moving too far back and forth and possibly make bike to bike contact. The cradles are stationary and I would like to point out we do have a strap around our front tire here and that's just to keep it from making contact with the vehicle. This does not come with the bike rack, we recommend that you have one though, in case you don't want any contact made there.Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. more
9/28/2017 8:07:09 AM
Hollywood Racks Baja Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2015 Volkswagen Golf SportWagen- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2015 Volkswagen Golf SportWagen, we're going to be test fitting the Hollywood Racks Baja 2 Bike Rack, part number HRB2. We already have a bike installed on the rack, so let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. How the bike actually attaches to the rack, we're going to have three points of contact. We're going to have two straps up at the top here and one off to the side here around our anti-sway cradle to keep the bike from moving too far back and forth. I would like to note that it does not come with the strap that we're using today and this is just to keep the bike tires straight up against here so it doesn't, by accident turn and possibly make contact with the vehicle there as well.The cradles are movable back and forth to accommodate loading and unloading and bike spacing. And it also has two reflectors on the end for better visibility at night. more
9/28/2017 7:58:03 AM
Yakima Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Beetle- Video
Today we're 2013 Volkswagen Beetle, we're doing a test it of the Yakima Half Back Trunk Mount 2 Bike Rack, that part number is Y02636. We already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you how we do that. There are two cradles in place with three straps, two on our frame and one is our anti-sway strap from the back. These are also known by Yakima as zip strips. We'll just pinch the two pieces together, pull our straps through, then we can pull our bike off and set it off to the side. more
12/2/2016 4:47:51 AM
Saris Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Beetle- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Beetle we're doing a test fit of the Saris Super Bones trunk-mount 3-bike rack. That part number is SA802. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you how we do that. We have two cradles in place with three straps, two on our frame and one as our anti-sway strap in the back. We're just going to push down on the button and pull those through to release them. more
12/2/2016 4:47:43 AM
Yakima Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Beetle Y02634- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Beetle we're doing a test fit of the Yakima Full-Back Trunk Mount 2-bike rack. That part number is: Y02634. We already have our bike secured down. First we're going to show you how we do that. Two cradles in place with three straps: two on our frame and one as our anti-sway strap in the back. We're going to pinch the two pinch points together and pull that through. These are also known by Yakima as zip strips. more
12/2/2016 4:47:36 AM
Thule Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Beetle- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Beetle we're doing a test fit of the Thule Raceway Pro trunk-mount 2-bike rack. That part number is TH9001PRO. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you how we do that. We have two cradles in place with three straps, two on our frame and one as our anti-sway strap in the back. We're going to pull down and lift up to release those. more
12/2/2016 4:47:30 AM
Thule Archway Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Beetle- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Beetle we're doing a test fit of the Thule Archway XT Trunk Mount 2-Bike Rack. That part number is TH9009XT. Now we already have our bike secured down. First we're going to show you how we do that. We have two cradles in place for three straps. Two on our frame and one is our anti-sway strap in the back. I'm going to pull down and lift up to release those, then we'll be able to pull our bike off and set it off to the side. With that out of the way, we'll take a few measurements. more
12/2/2016 4:47:24 AM
Hollywood Racks Express Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Beetle- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Beetle, we're doing a test fit of the Hollywood Rack Express Trunk Mount 3 Bike Rack. That part number is HRE3. We already have our bike secured down. First, we're going to show you how we do that. We have two cradles in place with two straps, each on our frame here. We're going to start by pulling down and lifting up to release those. Then we can pull our bike off and set it off to the side. more
12/2/2016 4:47:20 AM
Thule Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Beetle TH9006XT- Video
Today on our 2013 Volswagen Beetle we're doing a test fit of the Thule Gateway XT Trunk Mount 2-Bike Rack. That part number is TH9006XT. Now we already have our bike secured down, we're first going to show you how we do that. So we have two cradles in place with three straps, two on our frame and one as our anti-sway strap in the back. We're going to start by pulling down and lifting up to release those. Then we'll be able to pull our bike off and set it off to the side. With our bike out of the way we'll take a few measurements. more
12/2/2016 4:47:13 AM
Thule Passage Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Beetle- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Beetle we're doing a test fit of the Thule Passage trunk-mount 2-bike rack. That part number is TH910XT. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you how we do that. We have two cradles in place with three straps, two on our frame and one as our anti-sway strap in the back. We're going to pull down and lift up to release those. more
12/2/2016 4:47:06 AM
Thule Passage Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2009 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2009 Volkswagen Jetta, we're doing a test fit of Thule Passage trunk mount 2 bike rack. That part number is TH910XT. Now we already have our bike secured down. First we're going to show you how we do that. We have 2 cradles in place with 3 straps, 2 on our frame and 1 as our anti-sway strap in the back. We're going to start by pulling down and lifting up to release those. more
11/4/2016 8:13:36 AM
Thule Passage Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2015 Volkswagen Golf- Video
Today on our 2015 Volkswagen Golf, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Passage 2-bike rack, part number TH910XT. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. The cradles themselves are adjustable along the length of the arms. This is going to make it easier for installing 2 bikes to give you a little bit of adjustability there. It grabs the bike at 3 points. We have 2 straps up at the top too, 1 off to the side here, and that's going to serve as an anti-sway strap to keep the bike from moving too far back and forth, possibly hitting the bike in front of it. more
9/20/2016 10:16:26 AM
Yakima Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2016 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on this 2016 Volkswagen Jetta, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima HalfBack 2 Bike Rack, Part Number Y02636. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. We're going to have 3 points of contact on the bike when you actually attach this. There's going to be 2 zip strips up at the top here and 1 off to the side, which is going to act as an anti-sway strap to keep it from going too far back and forth, possibly hitting the bike in front of it or the bike rack itself. Let's go ahead and take that off and set it aside. more
4/7/2016 11:38:24 AM
Thule Archway Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2016 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on this 2016 Volkswagon Jetta, we're going to be test-fitting the Thule Archway XT 2-Bike Rack, part number TH9009XT. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. How the bike is actually attached to the rack, we're going to have three points of contact with the bike's frame. We're going to have two straps up at the top here. One off to the side here, and that's going to serve as an anti-sway strap to keep the bike from moving too far back and forth possibly hitting the bikes in front of it or the bike rack itself. Also at the front here, we have integrated cable lock, which you can install the lock core here, wrap it around the front bike, attach to this point for additional security. more
4/7/2016 11:38:00 AM
Thule Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2016 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on this 2016 Volkswagen Jetta, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Gateway XT 2-bike rack, Part Number TH9006XT. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. There's going to be three points of contact with your bike's frame to attach this. We're going to have two straps up at the top here and one off to the side which is going to serve as an anti-sway strap to keep the bike from moving too far back and forth, possibly hitting the bike in front of it. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. I'm going to go ahead and put the straps back into position. more
4/7/2016 11:37:47 AM
Thule Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2016 Volkswagen Jetta th9001pro- Video
Today on this 2016 Volkswagen Jetta we're going to be test fitting the Thule raceway pro II bike rack, part #TH9001PRO. We already have bike installed on the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. How the bike actually attaches to the rack you're going to have 3 points of contact with your bikes frame. We're going to have 2 straps up at the top here and 1 off to the side here and that's going to act as an anti-sway strap to keep the bike from moving too far back and forth possibly hitting the bikes in front of it. We also have an integrated cable lock up at the front here. You wrap it around the bike in the front and it will attach to this point here and it will come with a lock and key. more
4/7/2016 11:37:32 AM
Thule Passage Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2016 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on this 2016 Volkswagen Jetta we're going to be test fitting the Thule passage two bike rack, part number TH910XT. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. How the bike actually attaches to the rack, we're going to have three points of contact with the bike's frame. We're going to have two straps up at the top here, one off to the side here, and that's going to act as an anti sway strap to keep the bike from moving too far back and forth, possibly hitting the bikes in front of it or the bike rack itself. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. It's a good habit to put the straps back in place once you've removed them so that they're not lost on the road. Now with the bike rack in this position, measuring from the bumper we've added about 20 inches to the rear of our vehicle. more
4/7/2016 11:37:20 AM
Yakima Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta, we're doing a test fit of the Yakima HalfBack 3 trunk mount bike rack. That part number Y02635. Now, we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you have we do that and then we'll go over some features. We have two cradles in place with three points of contact with our zip strips. There's going to be two on our frame here and one as our anti-sway strip in the back. more
4/4/2016 1:56:43 PM
Yakima Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta Y02633- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta, we're doing a test fit of the Yakima Fullback 3 trunk mount bike rack. That part number is Y02633. Now, we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you how we do that. We have two cradles in place with three zip strips. That's what Yakima is going to call their straps here. more
3/28/2016 10:26:58 AM
Yakima Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta Y02636- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta, we're doing a test fit of the Yakuma Half Back 2 Trunk Mount Bike Rack. That part number is Y02636. Now, we already have our bike secured down, first we're going to show you how we do that. We have 2 cradles in place with 3 zip strips, 2 on our frame here at the top and one as our anti-sway in the back. We will push down on the tabs on either side and pull our strip out to release our bike . We'll hang on to those so we can take our bike off of our rack and set it off to the side .. Then, with our bike out of the way, I always suggest you replace your strips so you don't lose our damage them ... more
3/22/2016 7:07:12 AM
Yakima Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta Y02634- Video
Today marks 2013 Volkswagen Jetta, Were doing a test of the Yakima full back 2 trunk mount 2 bike rack. That part number is Y02634. Now we already have our bike secured down, first going to show you how we do that. We have two cradles in place with three straps. Two on our frame and one as our anti-sway. Now according to Yakima, these are thier zip strips. To release those strips, we're just going to push on the sides here and pull them out and we'll save this one here for last. more
3/17/2016 2:26:06 PM
Thule Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today, on our two0one3 Volkswagen Jetta, we're doing a test fit of the Thule Raceway Pro trunk-mount two bike rack. That part number is TH900onePRO. We already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you how we do that, and then we'll go over some features. We have two cradles in place with 3 straps. two on our frame, and one as our anti-sway strap, in the back. more
2/12/2016 10:27:01 AM
Thule Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2015 Volkswagen Passat- Video
Today on our 2015 Volkswagen Passat, we're test fitting the Thule Raceway Pro. It's a two bike rack, trunk mounted bike rack, and the part number for that is TH9001PRO. We do already have our bike on the rack, we're going to show you how we strapped the bike down, and then also some features of the rack, and how it's connected to your vehicle. We've got two cradles holding down the frame of the vehicle here. We've got three straps, two frame straps and one anti-sway. That's going to keep that bike from swinging back and forth, and possibly damaging your vehicle while you're driving down the road. The first thing we'll do, it we'll take off our frame straps here. more
9/21/2015 8:56:36 AM
Thule Passage Trunk Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Jetta, we'll be test fitting the Thule Passage trunk mounted 2-bike rack, part #TH910XT. With the fit dial to #7 according to the included instructions we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's trunk. The bottom part of the bike rack should rest on the upper tier of the rear bumper. We'll now take the top clips and hook them to the top part of the trunk, the side clips to side part of the trunk and the bottom clips to the bottom part of the trunk. We'll then loosely tighten them down to get them in place. Once the straps are in place and the bike rack can support itself, we'll fully tighten them down securing the bike rack to the trunk. After the securing the excess slack, we're ready to load up our bike. With the cradle straps already undone we'll simply place our bike into the frame cradles, bring the rubber coated straps around the frame and secure them. And with our bike all loaded up that will complete today's test fit for the Thule Passage, part #TH910XT, on our 2014 Volkswagen Jetta. more
2/18/2014 12:14:57 PM
Thule Gateway Trunk Mount Bike Rack Review - 2014 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today, on our 2014 Volkswagen Jetta, we'll be test-fitting the Thule Gateway trunk mounted 2 bike rack, part number TH9006XT. With the fit dial set to number seven, according to the included instructions, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's trunk. The bottom portion will rest on the upper tier of the bumper. We'll then take the top clips and hook them to the top part of the trunk, the side clips to the side part of the trunk, and the bottom clips to the bottom part of the trunk. We'll then tighten down the blue straps to secure the clips to the vehicle. Once everything is all tightened down and secure, we'll go ahead and secure the excess strap with the included hook-and-loop fasteners. With this done and our bike rack secure, we're ready to load up our bike. more
2/18/2014 12:13:11 PM
Thule Archway Trunk Mount Bike Rack Review - 2014 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today, on our 2014 Volkswagen Jetta, we'll be test fitting a Thule Archway trunk mounted 2 bike rake, part number TH9009XT.With the fit dial set to number 7, according to the included instructions, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bottom part of the bike rack on the upper tier of the rear bumper. This will allow the top portion of the bike rack to rest on the top part of the trunk.We'll now take the top clips and hook them on the top part of the trunk, the side clips to the side part of the trunk, and the bottom clips to the bottom part of the trunk. We'll then tighten down the straps to secure the bike rack to the vehicle.With the bike rack secured, we'll go ahead and secure the excess strap with the included hook and loop fasteners. Now with this done, we're ready to load up our bike. We'll flip out the gray levers on the left and right hand side of the bike rack to swing out our cradle arms.Keep in mind, the cradle arms do need to be level or slightly angled up. With the cradle arms in position, we'll simply snap down the gray levers. more
2/18/2014 12:08:59 PM
Hollywood Racks Expedition Trunk Bike Rack Review - 2014 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Jetta we will be test fitting the Hollywood Racks Expedition trunk-mounted 2-bike rack, part #HRS6-2. We will begin our test fit by placing the bottom part of the bike rack onto the upper tier of the rear bumper. Next, we'll flip out the black levers on the left and right hand corner of the bike rack. This will allow us to position the top portion of the bike rack onto the top portion of the trunk. With it in position, we'll clamp down the levers and we're ready to go. We'll take the top clips to the top part of the trunk, the side clips to the side part of the trunk, and the bottom clips to the bottom of the trunk. We'll then tighten down the straps to secure the bike rack to the vehicle's trunk. more
1/31/2014 9:39:30 AM
Hollywood Racks Baja 2 Trunk Bike Rack Review - 2014 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Jetta, we'll be test fitting the Hollywood Racks Baja trunk mounted 2 bike rack, part number HRB2. We'll begin our test fit by placing the bottom part of the bike rack onto the upper tier of the rear bumper. We'll then flip out the levers on the upper left and right hand corner of the bike rack to swing out our dual arms and position the top part of the bike rack on the top part of the trunk. Keep in mind, the cradle arms do need to be level or slightly angled up. Once we've established this position, we can clamp down the black plastic levers. We'll now take the top clips and hook them to the top part of the trunk, the side clips to the side part of the trunk, and the bottom clips to the bottom part of the trunk. We'll then tighten down the straps to secure the bike rack to the vehicle. Once everything is all tightened down and secured, we'll go ahead and secure the excess strap. With this done, we're ready to load up our bike. more
1/31/2014 9:30:01 AM
Saris Bones RS 3 Bike Rack Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta, we will be test fitting the Saris Bones RS Trunk Mounted 3 Bike Rack, part number SA851B. To begin our test fit, we will place our lower hooks under the lip of our trunk. In some fits, you may need to open the trunk lid to get these hooks under. We will then line up our rubber bumpers, extend our ratchet straps out by pulling the yellow handle, and hook them on to the leading edge of our trunk lid. A lever inside of the mechanism will allow you to change the position of the bumpers, moving them up and down to get the best fit for your vehicle. With those secure, we'll pull the yellow levers at the top of the rack, pushing our arms towards the middle, moving them up, and then sliding them back out to lock them into place with the yellow lever. You will want to make sure that these arms are sitting level, or slightly inclined. We'll go ahead and open up our cradle straps, grab our bike, place it in the cradles, and secure it with our straps. more
1/30/2014 2:57:00 PM
Saris Bones Trunk Mount 3 Bike Rack Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta, we will be test fitting the Saris Bones Adjustable Arm Trunk Mount 3 Bike Rack, part number SA801. To begin our test fit, we will place our bike rack directly onto our trunk, making sure that our lower pads are resting directly on the top of our rear bumper. Our upper and lower arms are adjustable, to give us the best fit for our vehicle. To secure it, we will first hook the upper straps to the upper part, the side straps to the side, and the bottom straps to the bottom. We will now secure our excess strap. One of the great features of the Saris Bones are the cradle arms that are fully adjustable, allowing you to tuck them down to be in the stored position, or up in the loaded position. When setting our cradle arms for the loading position, we will want to make sure they are either level, or slightly inclined. We will now undo our cradle straps, grab our bike, place it into our cradles, and secure it by tightening the straps. With everything secure, we're ready for the road. more
1/30/2014 2:56:55 PM
Thule Passage Trunk Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta, we will be test fitting the Thule Passage 2 Bike Rack, part number TH910XT. We have set our fit dial to 7, according to the Thule fit guide, to match our car. We'll place the rack directly on the trunk, being sure that the bottom of the rack rests directly on top of the rear bumper. We'll put the top hooks at the top of the trunk, the side hooks on the side part of the trunk, and the bottom hooks on the bottom part of the trunk. We will then tighten the straps, to secure our rack to our vehicle. We'll then secure our access straps. By squeezing the push pin, we can rotate our arms into the loading position. more
1/30/2014 1:13:59 PM
Thule Gateway Trunk Mount Bike Rack Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta we will be test fitting the Thule Gateway Trunk Mount 2 Bike Rack, part number TH9006XT. We will refer to the Thule fit guide to see what number our dial needs to be set at. On our Jetta we need to have our dial set at 7. We'll begin the test fit by placing the rack directly onto the trunk lid and we will want to be sure that our bottom pad is resting directly on the top of our bumper. We'll go ahead and place our hooks into position, putting the top hooks on first to help us hold the rack, then we'll move to the bottom and the side hooks. We'll make our way around tightening down each one. Now with all of our straps secure we'll go ahead and secure our excess. more
1/30/2014 1:13:19 PM
Thule Archway Trunk Mount Bike Rack Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta, we will be test fitting the Thule Archway 2-bike rack, part number TH9009XT.Well place our fit dial at number 7 according to the instructions, and well place the bike rack directly onto our trunk. We will be sure that our bike rack is resting on the upper tier of our bumper. We will then place our top hooks on the leading edge of our trunk. Well place the side hooks on the side of our trunk, and our bottom hooks on the bottom. Well then tighten each strap to secure our rack to our car.With all of our straps tight, well go ahead and secure the excess strap. Now, we will undo the levers on the side of our bike rack, allowing our dual arms to swing out. more
1/29/2014 12:10:22 PM
Hollywood Racks Express 3 Bike Rack Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta we will be test fitting the Hollywood Racks Express Trunk Mount 3-bike Carrier. Part number HRE3. We'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack directly on the trunk of our Jetta. We will want to be sure that the bottom bar of our rack fits into the lower well of our license plate. We will then secure the top strap to the top of the trunk. The side strap to the side of the trunk and the bottom strap to the bottom of the trunk. more
1/29/2014 10:01:43 AM
Hollywood Racks Expedition Trunk Bike Rack Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta we will be test fitting the Hollywood Racks Expedition Trunk Mounted 2-Bike Carrier Part Number HRF6-2. To begin our test fit we will place our rack directly onto the trunk of our vehicle. We'll adjust it by using the black levers here on the side. We will then hook the top straps to the top part of the trunk, side straps to the side part of the trunk, and the bottom straps to the bottom of our trunk. We will then evenly tighten our straps to secure our rack to our Jetta. We will now secure our excess strap. Now we'll flip out the lower set of black levers to swing the cradle arms out. more
1/29/2014 9:58:22 AM
Hollywood Racks Baja 2 Trunk Bike Rack Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta, we will be test fitting the Hollywood Racks Baja Trunk Mount Two-Bike Rack, Part#HRB2.Well begin the test fit by placing our bike rack directly on our trunk. When positioning our rack, we want to be sure that its sitting directly on top of our rear bumper, and well use the two levers on the side to adjust our cradle arm to make sure they are level or slightly inclined.Well now close our levers to secure our arms in place. Well now place our top straps on the top of our trunk. Well place our side straps on the side and our bottom straps on the bottom. With our hooks in position, we can tighten each strap to secure our rack to our vehicle. We will now secure our excess strap and undo our cradle straps to expose our cradles.We will now grab our bike, placing it directly on to our cradles and securing it with the cradle straps. more
1/29/2014 9:50:33 AM
Thule Gateway Trunk Mount Bike Rack Review - 2010 Volkswagen Golf- Video
Today on our 2010 Volkswagen Golf we'll be test fitting the Thule Gateway 2 Bike Rack, part number THN006XT. Please be aware that with this bike rack installed you'll be unable to use your rear wiper. To begin our test fit we'll go ahead and move our rack towards the rear end of our vehicle. We'll want to set our dial to fit #8. We can do this by clamping the levers on the ends and raising up on our upper bar. The lower arm of our bike rack should be resting on the upper tier of our bumper. We'll place the top clips in the gap at the front edge of the top of the hatch and we'll place the side clips on the side of our rear hatch underneath our tail lights. more
9/16/2013 8:15:29 AM
Thule Archway Trunk Mount Bike Rack Review - 2010 Volkswagen Golf- Video
Today on our 2010 Volkswagen Golf, we'll be tested in the Tule Archway two-bike rack, part number th9009 XT. We'll begin our test fit by placing our archway on the rear of our vehicle. We need to make sure that our dial is set at number 8, and that the lower arm of our bike rack sits on the upper tier of our bumper. The upper arm has bumper pads on it that will rest on the window of our rear hatch. We'll take our top clips and slide them into the gap at the top of our rear hatch. We'll take our lower clips and set them at the very base of our rear hatch door. more
9/13/2013 12:07:23 PM
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