Cross bar success -Yakima, of course

[Area 51]

Put the two medium duty Yaks on yesterday. Low , medium and high speed testing was a huge success.
No wind noise, no howling at any speed, sky light open or closed.
Very very happy with these.
Not planning on anything like houses tents, bath room up top. Surf pole carrier, traction board mounts, Rotopax storage base are going to be phase 2. I will most likely need to add a third to have the spacing for both type mounting plates i want to use, TBD.
The factory cross bars howled no matter what i did. The bent sheet metal stuff looks like shit and is very unimpressive.
The Yaks look great and more importantly work supremely well.
Lots of experience with Yakima, should have started there. They make much more heavy duty sets and flat arrangements if that is what you want.
5 stars for these.

 

[Madscientist]

Good to hear Yakima has made some quality cross bars for the stock rails- and that they are quieter!

 

[Altitude]

The other advantage with this setup is that those crossbars have T-slots. The universal mounts that come with the Yakima FatCat (for example) raise about 2.5”. The fancy rubber strap-mount quick release clamps raise about 2”. With T-slot mounts you can reduce that to a little less than an inch.

It all adds up and my LC is veeery close in a couple ski garages with the skis on.

Illustrated:

Universal Mounts:

T-Slot Mounts:

 

[Area 51]

Good to hear Yakima has made some quality cross bars for the stock rails- and that they are quieter!

Silent, blew me away, forgot they were there.

 

[chris_in_phx]

Put the two medium duty Yaks on yesterday. Low , medium and high speed testing was a huge success.
No wind noise, no howling at any speed, sky light open or closed.
Very very happy with these.
Not planning on anything like houses tents, bath room up top. Surf pole carrier, traction board mounts, Rotopax storage base are going to be phase 2. I will most likely need to add a third to have the spacing for both type mounting plates i want to use, TBD.
The factory cross bars howled no matter what i did. The bent sheet metal stuff looks like shit and is very unimpressive.
The Yaks look great and more importantly work supremely well.
Lots of experience with Yakima, should have started there. They make much more heavy duty sets and flat arrangements if that is what you want.
5 stars for these.

This is great thank you. Are these the jetstreams?

 

[Onyx]

Put the two medium duty Yaks on yesterday. Low , medium and high speed testing was a huge success.
No wind noise, no howling at any speed, sky light open or closed.
Very very happy with these.
Not planning on anything like houses tents, bath room up top. Surf pole carrier, traction board mounts, Rotopax storage base are going to be phase 2. I will most likely need to add a third to have the spacing for both type mounting plates i want to use, TBD.
The factory cross bars howled no matter what i did. The bent sheet metal stuff looks like shit and is very unimpressive.
The Yaks look great and more importantly work supremely well.
Lots of experience with Yakima, should have started there. They make much more heavy duty sets and flat arrangements if that is what you want.
5 stars for these.

Is there a specific model from Yakima for our LC oem rails?

 

[Area 51]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0171A6FFA?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09HC85Y46?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

Jet Stream with the appropriate mounting gizmo.
They arch ever so slightly as part of the aero design, that needs to be taken into consideration depending what you are going to use them for.

 

[jbtaco2002]

they just sit soooo high....

 

[Brian Lynch]

Is there a cross bar configuration that does not require the oem rails? Like mounts that would sit in the channels?

 

[boisematt]

they just sit soooo high....

That's my gripe, too. OEM and these site way high. Would love to find a way to mount the cross bars such that they are are a similar height as the rails which I like and find to be useful (hand grab, tie down point, etc). Our 06 highlander has OEM cross bars that sit within the rails at the same height. Those cross bars are a touch too low, but would love to see something similar on the LC. Anyone have any thoughts on that?