BrightLines Crossbars Roof Racks Replacement for Toyota Highlander XLE XSE Limited Platinum Hybrid with Flush Side Rails 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 for Kayak Luggage ski Bike Carrier

Good quality product, but the absolute best part was the quality of the instructions and ease of installation. It comes with four pages of illustrated, easy to follow installation instructions, and everything is extremely well labeled. There are even removable stickers on the crossbars themselves to indicate the front and rear crossbar, and which side goes towards the front of the vehicle. Pro tip, as I started to remove these stickers, the wife suggested leaving them on, in case we ever need to remove and reinstall. They're unobtrusive, you can see one in the attached photo on the front crossbar. Start to finish, it took no more than 20 minutes. Other comments:- The crossbars are slightly adjustable in length to fit. On our 2018 Toyota Highlander Limited, the required adjustment position was all the way out, as far as it'll go. You'll need an allen wrench (not included) to make the adjustments.- Comes with a wrench to install the bolts to the roof rails. Does not come with a trim removal tool. My one bit of worry before buying was getting the trim tabs off the car's roof rails in order to install this. I'm always paranoid about tearing up the car. I shouldn't have been worried. Like most Toyota products, the trim tabs were well designed and very easily removable, in about 5 seconds using a butter knife. No special tool required.- Confirmed that these do not interfere with the operation of the sunroof. If you notice, these sit a bit higher than some other bars you'll see. That's why.- My one "issue", if you can even call it that, is that the silver color comes from paint, not brushed, polished or clear coated aluminum. When I read these were aluminum bars, "silver in color to match roof side rails", I expected it to be polished or brushed aluminum, with a gloss finish to "match roof side rails", as the description says. It's not. It's painted silver, which doesn't exactly match. I also worry about the long term durability of the paint, sliding a roof carrier on and off. Had I known in advance it was paint and not polished aluminum, I might have bought the black one instead. But no worries, these look nice too. See photo.In summary, these are nice quality, but the absolute best part is the quality of instructions and ease of installation. If you're worried about doing this yourself, don't be. It's easy.

These are excellent! Good quality and great price. I ordered the black set. They work and look just as good as more expensive brands, very solid. Installation is straightforward and only took about 20 minutes.

First, these things are legit sturdy and look great! Second, the folks who have trouble with install must have mechanical challenges or bad/stripped threaded holes on the roof of the vehicle. (You probably should check these before you purchase.) Not only are the instructions easy to follow and well laid out, but the tools provided are all you need. I think the important thing, as described in the instruction sheet, is DONT tighten anything until after the placement on the roof for install completion is done then you can tighten it all down. Heck, the hardest part was using the provided Allen wrench for tightening the bars down at the end because those bolts are on the underside, and its a stretch to even say that wasn't really easy. GERAT VALUE and GREAT PRODUCT!!

Bars mounted easily, look good and performed fine on a 3500 mile trip from OH to SD & back.One thing though (and as mentioned by others), the plastic cover driver’s side front came off somewhere in SD.Any way to get a replacement?

I echo others here -- these are solid and easy to install crossbars. I have not tried them with my luggage carrier yet, so cannot comment on the practical sturdiness, but they feel sold installed. I think they will do the trick. As others noted, it takes about 30 min to install. You can do it on your own, but helps a little to have 2 to line up the cross bars. You do need to adjust the length a bit before tightening the allen wrench screws on the underside of the bar. Adjusting the length helps make the bars fit more easily into the side roof rails. I put them on, adjusted length, then removed and tightened the allen wrench screws before putting them back on the roof and bolting them on.I did not have a plastic trim removal tool to take the plastic tabs off the side roof rails. I used a small screw driver wrapped in a eyeglass cleaning cloth. See picture. Worked great. No damage to plastic parts and they came off easily.The other pictures show that the silver color of these matches nicely with a white car with silver side rails. My vehicle is a 2016 Highlander

This was a perfect fit for my 2018 Toyota Highlander XLE. Very durable and sturdy.

Easy to install and are sturdy to 150lbs.Used on trip for roof bag. No issues.

My GF bought a cargo roof bag for her 2018 Highlander XLE without realizing it would need a roof rack to secure it so I purchased this set of bars to make her world happy again. It went on pretty easily following the instructions. The only note I will add is not to tighten one side before getting the other side started and then alternate tightening the bolts (good engineering practice) until both side are snug. The covers that go over the bolts feel a little thin and I didn’t really feel them lock securely in place but I wasn’t able to pop them off so hopefully they’re on to stay. They look good, like they belong but they are not OEM quality so don’t be expecting that. It’s a good solution to her problem for the money. Fit and finish are good and they feel secure. I read other reviews before I installed them and was careful to make sure I didn’t cross thread the bolts or over tighten.

A breeze to install. I glanced at the installation instructions but didn’t need them. Each piece has orientation directions moulded into them and on top of that there are added stickers to direct you. Only ones that weren’t immediately obvious were the plastic covers. But they have RH and LH moulded into the bottoms of them for right-hand or left-hand. Shorter bar goes up front, and they tell you that with a sticker.It comes pre-assembled so you can see exactly how it should be done. It also comes with an AllenKey and wrench. I installed it in 25 mins.

Overall, quality is excellent. only minor « irritant » 1 screw was different from the other 3 and its head was « rounded » which made it hard to set to the proper tork.

Very handy