Remove Roof Rack Cross Bars On Rav4

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Remove roof rack cross bars on rav4.

Not everyone wants to keep the roof rack attached especially if you won t be carrying additional weight on the roof. Can the cross bars be removed without messing with the rails. Removing the roof rack s crossbars can decrease wind noise particularly at highway speeds. In this video i will show you how to install roof racks cross bars on 2019 toyota rav4 model.

This is my first post to this forum and they don t allow first posts to have links. This is part number. The toyota model rav4 comes with a roof rack for carrying extra luggage. You can use the cross bars that come with your rav4 or even use aftermarket add ons.

To clarify my question i just want to remove the cross bars not the roof rails because i may want to install the cross bars later. This is the kind of cross bars i have. The rav4 like its competition features a prominent roof rack allowing for increased cargo versatility. If you go to youtube and search for this you ll see the kind of cross bars i have.

The roof rack s crossbars create resistance increasing aerodynamic drag and wind noise. In reading other posts on the subject all i could get was info on removing the entire roof rack not just the cross bars.