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This Thule roof rack lets you carry cargo and gear on your vehicle. Aerodynamic crossbars with split rubber strips in top channels work with channel-mount and clamp-on accessories. Installs to fixed mounting points on your vehicle's roof.
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Hi, John with etrailer. Okay, so you have your Telluride, you have the third row seating, and you still need more room. Here's a popular accessory. This is the Thule Roof Rack System. It's going on our 2023 Kia Telluride. One of the reasons I like this system so much is just maybe, for this, you can throw a roof box up here and gain a ton of space inside your vehicle.
A lot of times if you're traveling, your hitch is already gonna be used either towing the trailer or if you have a bike rack or something back there. It's easier to load bikes on the back than up on the roof. But, this system can take a bike rack as well. Can also load kayaks up there. All right, so the crossbars come in black.
They also come in silver, so it's gonna give you a couple of different color choice combinations. They are 53-inch crossbars. They're gonna add approximately 4 inches of height from your rail up to the top up here. If you have T-slot accessories, this is something else I like. You just flip this forward and you have access to the T-slot here.
So another feature that I like is the noise or wind noise. These crossbars are pretty aerodynamic. Everything touching your Telluride is gonna have a rubberized surface, even the coatings down here. Now, if you would prefer to have a little bit more security, we do have lock cords available. So you could actually lock these crossbars to the Telluride.
Now this system is super easy to install. It'll take you maybe 30 minutes. You can do it in your garage. You can do it on your driveway. If you wanna see how we did it, stick around. All right, so to begin the install here, we've already got one of the crossbars installed. So that's gonna be our end result. What we can do right now is show you how to assemble the crossbar. We're gonna have everything here that came in the kit. You have the feet, you've got the crossbar itself, the end caps, then you have the custom fit kit here. Also, this is a torque tool. It's really an Allen head but it'll torque to a specified setting so that we know that our feet are on tight. So to begin with, we can assemble our feet. We're gonna grab one foot here, and this is gonna be the top section. These parts on the fit kit actually are stamped A and then C. So go ahead and grab A. I'm gonna slide that over the tabs, like that. We'll take one of the feet, and then just snap in to the bottom of it, like that. And then you could take part C here. We're gonna go over the hook, and then we'll have the screw exposed there. Then take, you have a threaded end on this nut. And then you have the hex head end, which the tool's gonna insert into. So we'll take the threaded end and just spin this on about two rotations or so. And essentially, this foot's complete. We'll go ahead and repeat that for the other. Now with our feet assembled, we're gonna go ahead and install them on the crossbar. We can take the crossbar. Underneath you'll see that it has a T-slot, and the top of our foot has the metal and the two plastic fittings on top. This will actually just slide in, like that, and it's a good time to go ahead and put our end cap on, (end cap clicks) like that. We'll go ahead and repeat this on the other side. With the crossbar assembled with the feet, we'll go ahead, and we can swing this up and over it. Be good to have an extra set of hands, but these are pretty light and it's not too bad to handle. And we'll set these on our rails. Now, I marked with painter's tape on the car the minimum distance that Thule recommends to have these crossbars set up. We can see how the different widths are gonna affect it. If you have different accessories, you can move 'em back and forth. Just make sure that you don't go any closer than the minimum recommended distance. So once we have it set up here, everything is still loose. You can see the crossbar is able to move left and right. So you'll gonna want to center this. You can get a tape measure or just eyeball it. We're gonna go ahead. Set it in here. This should be pretty good. So once you're satisfied that you're equal both left and right, and forward and backwards, we can go ahead and tighten it down. And this system is pretty good. You'll insert the provided tool, and just start spinning clockwise. Now, this motion is gonna tighten both the clamp at the bottom and the crossbar itself all in one. That's what I really like about it. Once you have it snugged on one side, come around to the other side and just go ahead and do the same thing. You don't wanna fully clamp one side and still have the other side loose. So with both sides snugged, we'll come in for a final torque. And again, this tool is gonna do all the work for you. It will simply just click, kinda like your gas cap when it's reached the recommended torque that Thule wants. (clamp clicks) Now once you have all four feet torque down the specifications, then we can put our end caps on. You'll see that this has a flathead screwdriver and you'll turn it to lock it on like that. So in order to put it in, will be horizontal. Go ahead, match it up there, and give it a quarter turn so that it's vertical and it's locked on. And that was a look at the Thule Roof Rack Kit on our 2023 Kia Telluride.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (302 Customer Reviews)
This Thule roof rack lets you carry cargo and gear on your vehicle. Aerodynamic crossbars with split rubber strips in top channels work with channel-mount and clamp-on accessories. Installs to fixed mounting points on your vehicle's roof.I'm using these Thule Evo Fixpoint Feet #710701 in conjunction with the FitKit #87003 to mount my DropRack XL to the rooftop of my 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Eventually I'll get a Thule Rooftop Cargo Box to transport our RV camping supplies for which we don't have enough room in the Jeep or our Aliner RV camper. For now, I'm also using the setup to transport 4' x 8' plywood sheets for a DIY home project. This is the perfect solution for a multi-use application that'll enable us to accomplish more projects around the house as well as on the road.
Thule product are always top notch. Etrailer always had the best prices..
So far its the best roof rack you can get today! Had no issues when driving through rugged and bumpy terrains all day.
great product, just not long enough for my truck bed (could work fine on the roof, but I already have bars there)
I had to warranty the bars because the rubber strips that seal the attachment channel would not stay attached.
Blew off on the highway. Poor design.
Thule warranty is awesome, They sent me 2 new sets. Still wouldnt attach securely.
Thule sent me a new set of bars.
I already bought some square bars.
I dont even want to use the wing bars. I want aerodynamic profile not the rubber strips.
53” Thule bars fit our 2021 RAV4 Hybrid! Most people appear to be using 47” bars for the 2021 RAV4 with flush roof rails, but that’s smaller than I wanted. I sometimes carry a sheet of plywood, or a kayak plus a cargo box, and wanted a wider rack for that. I had heard that upsizing to the 53” bar was potentially not possible because the mounting slots on the bottom of the bar may not accommodate the rail locations relative to the bar length. ETrailer helped me out with some dimensions, so I bought the 53” bar knowing it would be close. There is only about a quarter inch of play on either side on the rear bar, but it fit (the front bar had more play, since the towers are a bit further apart at the front).
I’m SO happy with the result! Now I can carry what I want on the rack, and have room to spare! It looks pretty good too!
I've always trusted Thule bars. I have an old Xsporter on my truck that works really well and it has held up over time. I needed to get a Thule rack for my Jeep Grand Cherokee and found that etrailer had all the parts I needed specified for my model. That was one of my favorite things about the site. No need to search around for the different parts to attached onto the factory rails. Once I received the rack and components, it was really easy to install. I pretty much watched the etrailer videos before hand.
I have the older Hullavator 897XT to haul my kayak in. With the WingBar Evo, I found I needed to get a slightly longer bolt (6-1.00 x 30), which I got from the local Ace hardware store, to attached the Hullavator support bracket to the WingBar. Once I got those bolts set up, I was on the water with the kayak the next day.
Talked to the customer service a few times and they are great friendly people. And I can understand what they are saying.
Got exactly what I needed! Perfect fit on the 2024 Q7.
Install was pretty straight forward. I did have to drill holes on the roof gutters for the fixed point bolts (2024 Mazda 3 5dr). Shipping was delayed by a month but it was not due to etrailers fault.
Great product, but even better customer service from etrailer.com. Kaylyn went to a lot of effort to help me get what we needed in a very difficult time for availability & logistics
The bars are strong and fairly quiet, especially considering that I mount them on the main cab of my pickup truck and not on top of the canopy. My biggest concern is that the rubber strip that runs the length of the bar to reduce wind noise was badly damaged when I slid my canoe up on to the bars. Given the weight of the canoe, I'm accustomed to getting one end on a bar and sliding it back into position. Given the sensitivity of the rubber, is started pulling away from the bar and shredding when sliding the gunwales over the top of the bar. I'll try to be more careful, but a roof rack needs to be more utilitarian in my humble opinion.
Thule is an excellent product and the fit on my 2017 Chevrolet Colorado is perfect. The good people at etrailer were super helpful in getting the correct fit parts to me as quickly as possible, especially during a tough year for all. I’ve found my Thule racks to be the perfect tool to take our kayaks on our adventures!
I’ve been searching for a set of crossbars for my 2021 Crosstrek. After looking at several different companys,, I decided to go with etrailer.com and get the Thule Wingbar Evo Crossbars and Evo Raised feet. Ordering was quick and shipping was even faster! Installed them in about an hour with no issues. I love the way they look, and the construction is solid. Shout out to the staff for doing a great job and for the great communication from placing the order, confirmation, updates and shipping the order. You will not be disappointed!
Absolutely great product
I feel that the service I've received from e-trailer was superb. They made excellent suggestions and I'm looking forward to getting the new rack installed ... again, with their video help!!
The feet are very sturdy and nice to put a strap around. The instructions didn't match the picture of what I was buying because they had a 28in gap between the front and the back feet but I actually needed more like 4 ft. so you can see I used something more like what the picture of a Leaf setup was on the etrailer website. The instructions were a little bit unclear about how the ridge on the bottom of the feet are to sit in the channels on top of the car but on the back rail I had to set the feet way outside the channels anyway. Still seems to be pretty solid
Cross bars have been working very well. No issues with them
Overall solid product. The little rubber strips that fit into the top bar are relatively fragile, I installed them, pulled one out to trim about 1/8 inches of excess length and the strip deformed such that it never went back in correctly. Fortunately etrailer had replacement strips.
Items arrived later than expected despite cancelling an month long order due to waiting stock on a different set up that was in stock. Once it arrived the box was all torn up and the person that delivered it just dropped it in the garage with the boxes spilling out of the bigger box. Love Thule products, etailer and the shipping supplier not so much,
These bars are light weight and easy to set up. However, the measurements in the directions were not right to fit them to my vehicle, and they were really difficult to adjust once the bars were on the roof. They seem to be snug on the roof and working well, I did a test drive yesterday at varying speeds and they are secure. They don't cause any unpleasant noise - you'd forget they were on there.
Arrived on time. The product was well packaged. These crossbars are just what I was looking for and look great on my Renegade.
It is great. I love appearance of the Thule roof rack that I install today.
Easy to install and hold crossbars very securely.
I bought the Thule Evo Roof Rack to transport my kayak on my Lexus 300H. Thule will advise you on their website that his particular rack is not right for a Lexus 300H (i.e., they don't make a roof rack for a Lexus 300H); it is really for a Camry, but etrailer told me that is worked, I trusted them and they were correct. After all, a Lexus sedan is really a fancy Camry, but Thule will not acknowledge this point. It works great. Thule makes a solid product.
The package was shipped in its OEM box with no additional protection. As such the Thule Aero wing cross bars were both dented on one side. Not sure if I received a return or if the product was dented in shipping as there was a significant amount of packing tape on the dented side. Either way, the end caps wouldn’t fit into the dented cross bars until I cut away plastic from the end caps. For $XXX+ dollars you think that would buy more shipping protection. Unbelievable, really.
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