2 Pairs Heavy Duty Kayak Rack-Includes 4 Pcs Ratchet Tie-Mount on Car Roof Top Crossbar-Easy to Carry Kayak Canoe Boat Surf Ski (J-Bar Rack)

This is a well made, nicely finished and priced Kayak Rack kit. As configured out of the box, it may not work for thicker height crossbars on some truck racks because the 8mm carriage bolts supplied are too short (about 2-1/2 inches). I retro fitted mine with 5/16-18, 4 inch long carriage bolts (3-1/2 length would have worked too) to fit the crossbar (approx. 1-3/4 H, 2-3/4 W) on my Vevor branded adjustable height truck rack, which is thicker 'height-wise' than most car rooftop crossbars. The 8mm nuts inside the plastic T-handle wings can be pressed out and replaced with 5/16-18 nuts if you want to reuse them. 5/16-18 nuts are typically 1/2 inch across the flats and might be a little loose inside the T-wings, the 8mm nuts being a little wider across the flats, but a little silicon or glue should secure them. As a sidetone, I could not find any 8 mm carriage bolts locally that were long enough, thus the change. In summary, the ratcheting hook straps supplied work great and the other pull straps included make this a nicely supplied kit.

Shorter than I'd like but I'm sure they'll work

These racks are awesome! We used them last summer for a whole kayaking season. Good for what the price is. Just be wary that they will rust if you constantly leave them on the car. Reccommended to take them off each time, you just really need to put some muscle into it. ***We lost one of our metal plates is it possible to just buy one plate???***

Got tired of tying kayaks to the roof of my SUV. Bought these and going to the lake every summer has been a breeze. They’re sturdy and have survived many trips up the road.

Works just fine, the hardware does rust though but I take them off after use. It is very difficult to get them tight, also I wouldn’t recommend if you’re taking them on and off often.

With a 13mm ratchet wrench AND a deep socket 13mm bit and a drill this was a breeze to build. I tried to show the build process with the actual product and not the blurry drawing of the instructions. NOTE: in the photo of all the parts I forgot to put the washers next to the plastic wingnuts - so don’t forget to add those. I also made a build video for this product, so check that out if you are more of a “in person” video person. I ADDED some 1/8th rubber to go between that steel rectangle that mounts with the bolts and the top of my cargo roof rails to protect the metal to metal contact. (See that video for more on that)OVERALL, I am pleased with the apparent quality of the kayak racks. And since they are able to be dismantled that would make it easy to replace the EVA foam if those ever weathered. That last photo was an attempt to show the gauge of the items compared to a standard Craftsman wrench.

Parts don’t connect well, they are not tightly connected. The directions are minimal, and it was difficult and arduous to assemble.In order to try to rectify, I had to go through Amazon instead of directly through the seller.This was a bad purchase.

I actually bought these as a cheaper alternative to the name brand roof racks for snowboards and skiis. I was able to bring 4 snowboards on these 2 pairs and secured them with the blue locking straps. The drive was about 4.5 hours long through high speeds, wind, rain and snow and this set kept my snowboards secured. No rattling or moving around, easy to install and remove, pretty good material quality.