Fitting the Thule Elite Van XT Bike Rack to a Fiat Ducato Van

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A short video of fitting the Thule Elite Van XT Black 2 bike carrier. I also had to remove the dealer decals as they were in the way preventing me from fixing the bottom bar. At the end of the video is a short demonstration of how the bikes load. All in all a good bike rack and the black colour matches the van.

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6 авг 2022

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@HannuPulkkinen49 18 дней назад

Thank you! You didn't show how to make the most difficult purchase. How to attach the bars to the car. The final installation is easy.

@nickharper6436 18 дней назад

Yes sorry I didn’t film that part and realised after that I hadn’t

@HannuPulkkinen49 18 дней назад

@@nickharper6436 Thanks anyway. Your video was helpful. I found a German video where the installation of the strips was explained. I know English better. Happy summer and greetings from Finland.

@jontymo Год назад

Nice one Nick, my rack should arrive this week.

@nickharper6436 Год назад

Cool, enjoy fitting it. It’s a great bike rack!

@sccobyste 10 месяцев назад

Best place to get one and price please mate

@JanineJanssen-ds5qe 3 месяца назад

Hai Nick, where did you buy the cable that ensures that the door cannot open further than 90 degrees?

@nickharper6436 3 месяца назад

Hi Janine, this was fitted to the vehicle from new so it was a fitment by Adria. The Ducato van from new does have a system though. Hope this helps

@liamkelly7668 3 месяца назад

Hey Nick, how tall are you? I'm looking at one of these but it seemed a struggle for yourself and I'm only 5'6!

@pauldavis4583 Месяц назад

Same here 5’7 and i want to be able to put a bike cover on. I was wondering about the disadvantages of using the lowest position for the platform on the Thule - I also have an Adria on a Ducato. I note that all of the reviews seem to have gone for the middle position.

@nickharper6436 Месяц назад

I’m 5’10 but you could buy the carriers at the lower level. I sometimes use a small folding step and that helps especially when putting a cover on.

@nickharper6436 Месяц назад

I would think you could use the lower position without any problem. I use a folding plastic step now which makes it easier. Thanks for the comments.

@pkwentus 3 месяца назад

Nick, great video, we decided to buy this rack for our Promaster in the states. Wondering what rear door windows you have fitted to your van?

@nickharper6436 Месяц назад

Thanks for the comments. The windows were already fitted to the van and I believe they are made by dometic but not 100% sure.

@sccobyste 10 месяцев назад

Reaching out if anyone has fitted the led daylights like your as I have a set and it errors on the dash say check daytime running lights tried coding but as it’s a22 model a bit of a pain

@nickharper6436 10 месяцев назад

Yeh not sure on that to be honest. I’ve just fitted some new bulls, Osram Night Breaker to make the headlights a bit brighter and whiter light. I will post a video soon but hope you get sorted with the error message!

@designedlearnin 4 месяца назад

I really wanted to see the door brackets fitted....in particular what glue do you use? It's not clear from the instructions and no glue was supplied.

@nickharper6436 4 месяца назад

Hi thanks for the comments and sorry the vid didn’t show the fitting of the brackets. I was concentrating on getting it right and forgot the camera 🙈. The glue I used was sikaflex 252 that I got from Amazon. Hope this helps

@lanodramallama 2 месяца назад

@@nickharper6436 Hi Nick, this doesn't particularly help, as it sounds as though you're relying entirely on the Sika 252 to hold up the laden rack! From the video it looks like there are clamps of some kind that slot over each side of the door - can you confirm? Thanks!

@nickharper6436 2 месяца назад

Yes there is clamps at either end of the brackets that are screwed up snug but not too tight to buckle the door edges.

@lanodramallama 2 месяца назад

@@nickharper6436 Thank you for taking the time to reply 😊

@pellegrinolombardi5710 Год назад

Hi Nick, nice video! Would you be so kind and give me the package dimensions and weight of the Elite Van XT, please?

@nickharper6436 Год назад

Thanks for the comments. The weight is 10.5 kg but not sure on the dimensions of the packing box to be honest. The max weight it will hold is 35kg with 2 bikes!

@davidashmore4061 Год назад

More concerned that you own a hairdryer😄👍

@nickharper6436 Год назад

Ha ha ha only you Ginge and at least I have a bit of hair to dry 😂

@nickharper6436 Год назад

Oh and I hope you’ve subscribed 😂

@davidashmore4061 Год назад

Nick, away down south end Sep. GIP is closed. Kit all gone gutted

@nickharper6436 Год назад

That’s terrible Ginge. Take your own kit. I did when I went down and arranged it with the movers. That said I stored it in the iso at GIP. Take a kite down 💪😂