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  1. #1
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    Yakima is easy, just to to the website, type in your vehicle and it tells you what to get depending on what you want to carry.

    **be sure to call customer service to verify the M numbers for installation.

    Installing the towers is a two person job but it's easy enough if you can read and follow directions.

  2. #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by Irulan View Post
    Yakima is easy, just go to the website, type in your vehicle and it tells you what to get depending on what you want to carry.

    Installing the towers is a two person job but it's easy enough if you can read and follow directions.
    I installed my Yakima roof rack on my Civic by myself. You have to go back and forth from one side of the car to the other and make adjustments to be sure things are even, but it can be done by one person.

    As Irulan said, though, it is very easy to go through their website to find out what you need for your year/make of car, and then to follow the directions for each set of parts. Trust me, if I can do it, you can do it. Just take your time and methodically do all the measurements and follow the directions.
    "How about if we all just try to follow these very simple rules of the road? Drive like the person ahead on the bike is your son/daughter. Ride like the cars are ambulances carrying your loved ones to the emergency room. This should cover everything, unless you are a complete sociopath."
    David Desautels, in a letter to velonews.com

    Random babblings and some stuff to look at.

  3. #3
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    I've had Yakima racks on a late-model Subaru Outback and years ago, on a mid-80s Plymouth Duster hatchback, and mounting the racks was a one-person job on both of these. A second person makes it go a little quicker, but is not at all necessary.
    Speed comes from what you put behind you. - Judi Ketteler

  4. #4
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    well I"m relatively anal, and I wanted to get each pair of towers exactly the same amount of tension, so having another pair of hands ( one on each side) made easy work of it.

 

 

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