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Yakima Base Roof Racks For Vehicles With Rain Gutters

1A HiRise and regular 1A Towers    Even though Yakima only produces two sizes of rain gutter towers (while Thule produces five), their rain gutter mounted racks will fit almost any vehicle with rain gutters. They even have you covered if you don't have rain gutters! If you can use a drill (or you know someone who can) you can mount artificial rain gutter plates on your truck, cap, or campershell.



Installation Instructions/Tips
   Yakima only has 2 different complete rain gutter roof rack options: the  Yakima 0101 1A Rain Gutter Towers, which fit standard rain gutter mounts; and the Yakima 0104 1A HiRise Rain Gutter Towers, which fit rain gutter applications that need more roof top clearance. Installing these two Rain Gutter racks is very similar and easily done. The Yakima Rain Gutter Towers come with clip spacers, which are used to help keep the towers vertical. Use the clip spacers if they fit with your application. Otherwise, they’re not needed. They also come with a rubber boot for the bottom portion of the towers. The rubber boot is used to create more friction. The rule on using the boot is “if the boot fits, wear it.” Otherwise, this component is not needed. When assembling the rack simply loosen the shear block bolts, which are located on the back portion of the tower. Once the bolt has been loosened slide the Yakima round bars through the shear block. To keep the towers from sliding off the crossbars install the crossbar end caps. Keep the shear block loose until you find where you want to mount the crossbar on your vehicle. Make sure that the towers rest on the inside of the rain gutter and the clips rest on the outside. After locating the mounting point, adjust the crossbar so that the bar is evenly distributed on both sides. It is also allowable to put the bars "off center," just make sure you have about one inch of bar minimum on the outside of each tower. Next, tighten the shear block bolts with the included wrench. This will prevent the crossbars from sliding through the towers. The last step would be to tighten the handwheels into the threaded holes in all four towers. (The handwheels are the four lock housings with the bolt built onto the backside.) When you tighten the handwheels this will tighten the clips to your rain gutter, which will secure the rack to you vehicle.

Test The Installation
Push up on the end of bar to test the installation. Also, grab the bar near the towers and pull back and forth. If the tower slides or crossbar can rotate, check tower for tightness and retighten.

    The Yakima 1A Complete Rain Gutter Mounted Roof Rack is specifically designed to fit vehicles with rain gutters or installed artificial rain gutters. This complete rack includes 3 components: 4 of the Yakima 0101 1A Rain Gutter Towers, 1 Pair of Yakima Round bars for Car Roof Racks, and 4 End Caps. The bottom of the Yakima round bar is 5.5” inches above the rain gutter. In most cases Yakima's recommended round bar length will be supplied unless otherwise specified. Yakima 7204 4 Pack SKS Lock Cores are sold separately.

    Although we don't currently offer a complete Yakima 1A HiRise Rain Gutter Mounted Rack as a single item purchase, we do carry all the components necessary to rack your vehicle. For a complete rack you'll need the Yakima 0104 1A HI Rise Rain Gutter Towers (which includes all four towers and 4 Round Bar End Caps) and a pair of Yakima Round Bars. The bottom of the Yakima round bar is about 9” inches above the bottom of the Yakima HiRise Rain Gutter Tower. SKS Lock cores are recommended and are sold separately. If you're not sure what size crossbar you'll need, check your vehicle out in the Yakima Fit Guide, or call us toll-free at 1 800 272 5362. We'll be happy to discuss all the available options with you.

    If you already have Yakima's 1A Rain Gutter Towers, but find you need taller towers, we've got a great solution. You can convert your existing 1A Raingutter Towers into 1A HiRise Towers with the Yakima 1101 1A Hi Rise Spacers. These spacers attach to 1A Rain Gutter Towers to raise the overall height of the rack 3.5", providing additional roof clearance. Primarily used on rain gutter vehicles with domed rooflines or factory installed roof racks. Set includes 4 Hi Rise Spacers and all necessary hardware.

    The Yakima 8005 Bolt Top Loader Artificial Rain Gutter Brackets are designed to be bolted to the top of your fiberglass truck cap or sheet metal roof. They provide a stable platform for 1A Rain gutter Towers and are sold in pairs.

    The Yakima 8002 Side Loader artificial rain gutter brackets bolt to the side of your fiberglass pick up truck cap or metal roof, providing a stable platform for 1A Rain Gutter Towers. Side Loader brackets are sold in pairs.

    Yakima's 8001 Wide Body artificial rain gutter brackets bolt to the side of your fiberglass pick-up truck cap providing extra space for the inward lean of 1A Towers. Wide Body Artificial Rain Gutters are designed for 1A Rain Gutter Towers and are sold in pairs.

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