Thule WingBar Evo 108cm V19 Silver

What can I say, yet another excellent Thule product. Let’s not confuse improper installation with a poor quality product. For those reading all the reviews, I too experienced a loud whistling after installation. But then I put my thinking cap on and concluded that there’s no way Thule would put out a product that would be so loud. And wouldn’t you know it, I found these rubber strips that were meant to go under the bars to fill the gaps between the bar and the rack clamps. 5 minutes later, some simple measurements and cutting and easy installation and voila! Problem solved.This is a great system that is easy to install and works great with a ski box and kayak racks. Highly recommend. We’ve had ours for 4 years and it is extraordinary!

The products are all top quality and no issues there. The Thule YouTube only video for installation is downright wrong and I wish I had ignored it and just followed the instructions. For example sliding in the rubber sleeves on the top will just bust your knuckles like I did. You just need to press it in.As for the Keys, they suggest you buy keys when you purchase the product, but don't say how many. I bought 2 keys thinking for two racks, but I needed 4, one for each rack attachment. Next it suggested I get locking straps, makes sense cause then it'll all be the same key to unlock them. There were no options to select what lock # i'd be getting so I wrongfully assumed for how much money these are they would send matching locks. They didn't. So I wound up with x2 ... MoreThe products are all top quality and no issues there. The Thule YouTube only video for installation is downright wrong and I wish I had ignored it and just followed the instructions. For example sliding in the rubber sleeves on the top will just bust your knuckles like I did. You just need to press it in.As for the Keys, they suggest you buy keys when you purchase the product, but don't say how many. I bought 2 keys thinking for two racks, but I needed 4, one for each rack attachment. Next it suggested I get locking straps, makes sense cause then it'll all be the same key to unlock them. There were no options to select what lock # i'd be getting so I wrongfully assumed for how much money these are they would send matching locks. They didn't. So I wound up with x2 keys in one number, and another set of keys for the straps that didn't match.At this point, in anger, I called customer service to rectify it, but they said nope, this is how it is. There is no way to know what keys to order to match the straps until after the straps arrived. So when they did I wrote down those key #'s and had to order x4 matching keys individually at such a markup compared to the random key # set I previously purchased.It all seemed obviously confusing and needless at the end of the day because there is zero way in hindsight I could have got a matching set of keys from the get go, yet they suggested I buy them up front.Like I said, the product is great, but this experience left me hating the company.

I've owned/had on my car multiple generations of Thule crossbars. Sqare, Aeroblade and now the WingBar Evo. WingBar Evo is a huge upgrade! The installation process has been made so simple - I was able to do it while holding my 18th old daughter. (Well not the the time, but she helped). I love the new method for attaching the foot pack to the bar, its a simple press mechanism that allows you to easily line up the foot pack to the included span measurement tools that are included. The clamping and roof pad attachments improvements are great as well, no longer do you need a wrench and Allen key, simply push them into place and they click when properly installed. Finally, the included 3mn torque wrench with a new oversized handle made the finally step a easy - twist ... MoreI've owned/had on my car multiple generations of Thule crossbars. Sqare, Aeroblade and now the WingBar Evo. WingBar Evo is a huge upgrade! The installation process has been made so simple - I was able to do it while holding my 18th old daughter. (Well not the the time, but she helped). I love the new method for attaching the foot pack to the bar, its a simple press mechanism that allows you to easily line up the foot pack to the included span measurement tools that are included. The clamping and roof pad attachments improvements are great as well, no longer do you need a wrench and Allen key, simply push them into place and they click when properly installed. Finally, the included 3mn torque wrench with a new oversized handle made the finally step a easy - twist until you hear the click and you know you did it right.Other nice updates are the tslot rubber strip with QuickAccess. On the aeroblade, you had to cut the rubber to add in any carriers, the new set up splits the rubber strip in half so you can easily slide in the t-bolts to add my bike carriers.The product team at Thule nailed this new version.