Yakima Ditch Mount Roof Racks

For those of you looking for a roof rack that you can easily remove, I would suggest the Yakima Skyline.

Each tower fastens to the factory installed roof ditch mounts and they feel rock solid when fully installed.

Yakima install directions are very good; hence, no reason to recreate the wheel with a detailed pictorial of the install.

I did not go with Rhino, as I was not keen on drilling holes into my roof and relying on rivets to holds the rack in place, per Rhino install instructions.

I did install cylinder locks to prevent theft and to insure they stayed engaged during travel.

About 2 hours for a solo install.

 

Part Numbers available ?

 

3rd Gen may be different, but the Rhino rack on my 2nd Gen uses bolts in the factory holes in addition to the rivets.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/install-rhino-rack-vortex-rlt600-roof-rack.624050/

 

Chazmen,
Landing Pad 24
Yakima Skyline Towers
Yakima 50" JetStream bars
Yakima SKS lock cores

Ordered from REI

 

Sig45,
Both the track and the ditch mount require drilling for Rhino on the 3rd Gen Taco, which would be the cheaper option of the two. This was the route I was going until I downloaded the installation instructions, which have no bolts connecting to the existing ditch mounts.

I noticed the the spacing between the towers narrowed by an half inch front to back, which may be why.

 

Interesting and surprised that it's different on the 3rd Gen.

 

Thanks, WalksOnOne