Roof Rack System Fit Kits

I installed racks for an outdoor store for several years, both Yakima and Thule. The fix-points found in some car models make this process much easier, and Thule's Fit Kits allow their different rack feet (460, 460R, etc) to mount to those fix-point systems. Thule's website specified the 3080 Fit Kit for our 2010 Mazda5, so I ordered it here even though I knew the stock photo Amazon was using could not be correct as the bracket shown would never fit the Mazda5. I was right, as the 3080 Fit Kit I received looked different from the photo but fit the car perfectly. Installation literally took 15 minutes from the time I opened the boxes. To Install: -Slide the 460 Podium Feet onto the bars -Attach the Thule Fit Kit brackets to their bases (they just click in) -Attach the Thule Fit Kit brackets to the Podium Feet with the supplied screws, but do not tighten -Screw the supplied Fix Point screws into your vehicles Fix Points (follow Thule's directions) -Set the Podium Feet over the Fix Point screws -Adjust the crossbars so they stick out evenly on both sides, then fully tighten the Fit Kit screws to the Podium Feet -Put the supplied hardware (lock washer and nut in my case) onto the Fix Point screw, and fully tighten -Place the locks into the Podium Feet covers and lock them onto the Podium Feet, pop the end caps onto the bars This system eliminates a TON of measuring and making the minute adjustments that racks such as Yakima's Q-towers require. Of course your vehicle needs the Fix Point attachments to make use of this system, but it's a very solid system and makes rack installation very easy.

Full Set 3068 Podium Pack mounted directly on factory mount points 460R Rapid Podium Foot pack to Aeroblade 47" roof bars. On a 2014 Hyundai Elantra GT Hatchback Kuat TRIO Bike Rack First off, I did not get everything on amazon, I found a big discount on the Aeroblade roof bars because someone else had purchased the wrong size. It looks amazing on the vehicle, the edges of the bars line up perfectly with the edges of the roof. Anyway, the reason I am writing this review is last night there were a huge batch of storms to run across the Midwest. 60 mph winds up to 80 straight line winds. Trees knocked down, semis rolled over in the road (2). Absolutely crazy. And I was at highway speeds going south and the winds were directly out of the west my bike was so securely to the roof that when the winds picked up to shift the bike it pulled the wheel instead. When I got the bike down still in the storm all the bolts were tight, rack wasn't moved an inch, and the bike mount fit amazing. Couldn't be happier with any of the products and they made me a customer for life.

I have a 2022 Mini 5 door without roof rails and needed a rack. I went with Thule because all of the other options had lots of 1 star reviews, which went something like - destroyed roof, paint job, leaked the whole trip. The Thule worked very well. Locks onto the roof very cleanly and so far, no perceptible harm to the vehicle. I do take it off after each use however. One last note, a lot of other reviewers complained about the difficulty of installation. It is multi-step, but there is a good video on line which walks you through everything.

I was able to modify these for use with Thule 460R feet and EVO Wing Bars on my 2023 EUV. They bolt directly to the factory roof rails, but I had to bend them so the tab that rises above the rail was vertical instead of angled in or out. I did this by placing them in my vice and using a pair of adjustable wrenches to do the bending. The 460R caps don’t fit perfectly into the rubber spacer, they can be modified by removing some material to fit better but I was able to muscle them Into place and close them. Also fits 2019 Chevrolet Bolt, no modifications needed.

This is a copy of the review I posted for the Thule 460 foot pack. As an update, about a month later, and after sending a copy of my review directly to Thule, I have not received any sort of reply from Thule. Something tells me they don't really care. Horrible to install March 12, 2019 This review is about the combination of the Thule 460 foot pack and the 3160 fit kit on a 2016 Mazda CX-9 using the Mazda factory installed rails and the square bar option. While the equipment itself looks like it will be solid once you get it on, installing this set of foot packs and fit kit is a nightmare, thus the one-star rating. I am a fairly smart and handy person, but I spent over 8 hours trying to get this setup installed. There are many problems with the installation process. First, the directions are horrible. They are all indecipherable pictures with no text and no hints or tips as to orientation of the parts, etc. Second, the allen wrench tool they provide to bolt the foot packs onto the car rails is useless. It is too long on both the short and long ends. The short end which goes into the bolt head is too long to fit into the curvature of the roofline, which is sloping toward the sides of the car roof and meets the roof rails in a "V". It is worse on the back feet than the front because the slope is more severe by the rear mounting points. I wound up cutting a same-sized Allen wrench to where the short side was about 3/4" and the long side was about 3". This helped and finally allowed me to complete my installation but it is ridiculous that that's the best tool that Thule could provide. Third and worst of all, to mount this setup, the mounting holes that accept the mounting bolts face toward the center of the car. This means that you have to get on a ladder so you can somehow look back toward yourself in order to see the mounting holes. Complicating things further, the foot packs themselves obscure your view of the mounting holes so that you are trying to catch a thread of your 8 mounting bolts virtually BLIND, while using a tool that will not fit in the space. This took over 8 hours of time and frustration - an average of over one hour per bolt to finally catch a bolt thread so that I could tighten them down and secure the foot to the rail. I thought it would get easier the farther I got, having started with the front ones, but it only got worse when trying to do the more cramped back ones. I would have stopped and returned this setup after installing the first one if I didn't realize that it would be as difficult to disassemble as it was to assemble. So, I would NOT recommend trying to install this yourself. I think even for the pros it would be very difficult. I didn't check how much someplace like Rack and Road would charge to install -- I would guess +/- $100. Overall, I'm not sure this whole setup is worth the hassle. Another factor is that the crossbars for this car are only about 30" apart, which doesn't give you a very stable rack for larger items. I believe this a very poorly designed setup at least as far as installation is concerned. I realize that Thule has to deal with the setup that Mazda gives them and adapt their product to the constraints that Mazda gives them, but Jeez, it seems like they should have been able to do better than this. This is a horror show. As an aside, also having to do with Thule, I decided to take my old Thule square bars off another vehicle and put them on this new one. However, they had been on for about 35 years and I had lost the key to the locks. I was able to pick 2 of them to get them off, but it was taking too much time so I decided to call Thule to ask if they had a key that I could buy. I gave them the lock number stamped on the cylinder and the customer support woman said that these couldn't be Thule locks because their lock numbers only go from 0 to 200. There is no question that these were Thule locks, but maybe they were just too old for this person to be familiar with. She kept insisting and I finally gave up and went to a local locksmith. While I waited for them to make a key, I was able to pick the other 2 locks and therefore save myself about $75. So I'm not happy with Thule. I think they put out a product that is very difficult to install and they offered very little assistance in the way of instructions, tools, or support. Again, I would return this product if it wasn't going to be as difficult to uninstall as it was to install. Maybe other styles (like the Aero) are easier to install. All I know is this one is a bear. Thule needs to create better directions, this time with words. And an installation video. And better tools. The best install video I found was done by a woman working for a reseller who was very cheery about how you just "start the bolts with your fingers and then use the magic allen wrench to finish tightening them down". I'm not believing this. Her smaller hands MAY have allowed her to start those bolts more easily, but my guess is, because of the obvious editing of the video, she probably spent about as much time as I did trying to get those bolts in. And I know she didn't have an allen wrench that Thule supplied that allowed her to finish tightening them down. Theirs simply doesn't fit. My solution (cutting a shorter allen wrench) worked, but it still was FAR from easy. So good luck. I hope other people have had better luck than I did. If you did, I'd be curious about how you did it.

Thule, it just works very well. Add on kit for roof bars, easy to attach and fit the roof rails perfectly (Volvo XC60)

Le kit 145010 fit parfaitement sur golf r 2019 !! - Très solide - Facile d’installation - Fit avec rack et clamp Evo

Great fit Astra K 2019

Que es muy resistente y esta muy bien elaborado perfecto

Thule é sinonimo di affidabilità e sicurezza. Spedizione Amazon super veloce