etrailer | How to Set Up Your Yakima JetStream Crossbars on a 2024 Ram 1500

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I'm Matt with etrailer. If you have a 2024 Ram 1500 and you want to carry those longer items and you don't want to really use a ladder rack to do that because that's gonna take up some room on your bed, then, the Yakima roof rack is gonna be a great option for you. So let's check it out. Another situation where you might not want to use a ladder rack is if you have a tonneau cover back here and either that's gonna impede you from using it or it's gonna be too much of a hassle to try to get them to work together is gonna be another reason why you might wanna get a roof rack so you can carry those extra long items that can't fit in your bed. But we can take a closer look at this rack today. So it's gonna be made of three parts.

Up top, we're gonna have our 60-inch JetStream crossbars. Beneath that, we're gonna have our BaseLine towers. And under that, beneath that we're gonna have our fit kit. So taking a closer look at that crossbar, we're gonna have this Aero shape to it. That Aero shape's gonna allow it to be more aerodynamic to help reduce that wind noise.

Something else that's gonna help with that is gonna be this weather strip that's built into the crossbar. And what's really nice about that is not only does it reduce wind noise, it also keeps debris from getting in here. And what's nice about this one in particular is it's built in so you don't have to cut it down the size to get the work with your accessories. And a reason why you might want to use a T-channel on these bars is if maybe your clamp-on accessories aren't working with these crossbar, or since we don't have a whole lot of overhang right here, you wanna push something all the way to the edge just so it's a lot easier to access since our roof rack is pretty high up today. That's gonna be another reason to use this T-channel.

We're also gonna have another T-channel underneath. This T-channel though is used for the towers. And if you take this end cap off, you can kinda check out what's happening underneath here. So there's a lot of stuff happening. We've got all our hardware, and this is what gives us this really unique fit today.

What that's why I like these towers is they're really adaptable. They can really contour to our roof. Now, today, our roof doesn't really change that much. It's mostly flat. But in some situations where you do have a lot more extreme like curvatures to your roof, that's where these are really gonna stand out. And if I put this end cap back on, you'll notice we're gonna have this little circle right here, that's just a placeholder. If you wanna get this changed out later on, you can actually put a metal lock core there. That's just going be extra security so no one can come by and take your stuff and you can get this keyed alike with any of the other Yakima accessories. And then beneath that, we're gonna have our fit kit. And our fit kit is what's attaching this to our roof today. And I'm liking the fit pretty okay. It's grabbing onto our gutter, giving us a really secure fit. Something I'm not a huge fan of though is how it sits around this point here. A lot of times, these will have just custom-fit cutouts that will grab onto edges like this. We're really not getting anything like that. It's pretty much sitting flat here, but even when I come by here and really try to pull on this, this doesn't feel like it's going anywhere though. Now, we can get a few measurements just to see how it's gonna live up here. So the first one I'm gonna get is gonna be the distance underneath our crossbars. That's gonna be about three inches. So that's something to really think about when you have more bulky clamps underneath here. You should have enough room for it to sit, but operating 'em might be a little bit tricky. That's just gonna depend on what accessories you have here. Then the next one I'm gonna get is gonna be the overall height it adds, which is gonna be slightly over four inches, which is pretty good, sort of low profile. What I'd recommend though is just taking a total height of your vehicle crossbar. And if you have anything on top of that, include that too so you know what areas you can make it under. The spot to really think about would be a garage. And we are gonna have a fair bit of overhang. So if you have any smaller clamp-on accessories, they should fit around that. So something to think about would be some smaller ski carriers, their straps might fit around here. Now, we don't have a whole lot sticking out, so if you have those more bulky clamp-on accessories or a kayak, that probably isn't go