How To Install the Tesla Model 3 Roof Rack Crossbars 

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Can confirm that this video is still helpful after a year from when it was uploaded. Thank you!

Thank you SO MUCH. I’ve been staring at my roof rack in the garage for four months now - just waiting for a guy in my family to come help me install it. I finally 54321 (thanks Mel Robinson) decided to do it myself today! Your instructions were perfect and easy to understand. I did it myself quickly and easily!! Thank you so much!

Thanks mate. I appreciate it. I ordered mine yesterday and wanted to check what to expect. Perfect video. Will be checking your store.

Big thank you! The hint for lifting the rubber gasket was perfect (I used a toothpick, that also worked well)!

Thank You! That really helped as I’m putting my rack system on today!!!

Good job, it's rare to find good informative video on youtube!

Thank you! Great simple video.. really helped me in installing this... including nuances like front wing nuts are harder to tighten. Also - really found your links helpful as I'm now shopping for what fits with this rack system. Thank you!

Very nice, clear instructional video. Thank you for making it!

It is definitely NOT 5 nm for tightening the bolts. I got up to 3 and i heard crackling of the glass. DO NOT tighten the bolts past 3 nm. The manual now says 2.5-3.5.

Very clear and helpful instructions. Thanks for posting.

Excellent video; thanks man!

thank you. that was helpful! subbed!

This is the best instructional video of anything I’ve ever watched. Thanks.

Great Video! Thanks!

Thanks for the help 👍

Thank you from Italy Florence have used this video very accurate, ciao!

Great vid!

Outstanding video. Very concise, yet thorough instructions. Well done.

Great video! Just used it to flawlessly install my roof rack just now and you made it really easy! Just some constructive criticism, the manual says 2.5-3.5 Nm of tightening. I think 5-6 would be too much. Thanks again!

Simply excellent. Great job.

Thank you, so helpful!

Thank you so much!

Thx!

Great video, my rack comes in today from Tesla and now I feel confident about the installation. Can you suggest a cargo carrier that you think is best for the 3? The Thule boxes connect the easiest it appears, but you mentioned the Tesla rack is manufactured by Yakima so is there a better box?

Great video and information concerning the glass

Thank you.

Fantastic video!

Super cool of you to make this video, especially since you don’t actually sell this product. QUESTION: Can you please recommend some affordable torque wrench/driver tools like the one you used? I’m having trouble finding wrenches that go as low as 5Nm... thanks!

thank you ,help me out a lot

Dudes....thank you!

Great Video!

Can you mount the cargo box to this rack system? Do you have a link for Tesla Model S 2020 glass roof? Thanks

Please tell us what is the exact part number of the pictured rack system. When I go to the Yakima website it shows a "naked roof" rack system with a hook that goes under the window frame. Doesn't look like the one featured in this video. Thanks.

Very intuitive design by Tesla! Great instructional video! Many thanks for the extra tip with the plastic pry tool to gently lift rubber.

Well done. Can the keys be used to unlock and remove the bars or are they just to lock the nut in place. Also, that Tesla 3 is so smooth everywhere, where can you anchor straps on the car to carry a canoe?

i believe this is an original accessory (OEM) i'm in Mexico and due to the dollar conversion the original bars are way too expensive and need to go get them to a PO BOX at the USA. Are there any cheaper non-original Tesla bars that you can recommend? It is for a Model 3 2024. Thanks!

What size hex driver does this use?

Do not tighten to 5 to 6 Nm! The manual says 2.5 to 3.5!

Fast, Easy Set Up

I hand tightened all of them, no wiggle at all.

Thanks for the video - well done! Installed mine today but I had a question - is it normal that the front bar is lower than the rear? I would have expected both to be aligned but with I put a level, you can clearly see the front one is lower... just wanted to make sure all is good.

Is it normal to hear what sounds like glass cracking!?

I did the install myself but honestly, if I had to do it over again, I would pay Tesla to do it (I hear it's ~US$100). I spent several hours working on it, to make sure everything was exactly right, starting with applying the stickers without bubbles. Time is money. And I read in other online postings that the rubber feet should not be touching the glass at all (although they might very close). One of my 4 feet was indeed barely touching. I was not comfortable with this (chance of cracking glass) so I created my own spacer from a ~2mm thick piece of dense foam rubber, placing this between the 3M stickers and the black rubber foot of the rack. I believe the reason I had one foot touching the glass is because the glass on my 2018 model 3 is not completely even and sticks up a bit in one corner. My car is out of warranty so I don't expect I could get Tesla to fix that. But I suppose if I had paid them to install the rack, then they would have been responsible for making sure my glass doesn't crack.

Have you run a Tesla 3 through a car wash with the roof rack installed or is that not advisable? Thank you!

Hello, I got my model 3 roof rack but I failed to install the sticker, do you think is there a problem is install without the sticker? Thanks a lot

My manual says to tighten to 2.5-3.5nm.

Nice video .can we help u to create a new experience video of Tesla accessories for ur followers ？

Hi, few questions: 1. is these 'official' rack system sold by tesla (same manufacturer)? 2. in my country, unfortunately i cannot order official rack system (no tesla shop, they only sell cars :(... Israel...), can you recommend same or simmilar system i could order? 3. does it support putting 2 adult bycicles on top of it? (like Thule has special bars for bikes....) thanx

It would be great if you had a close up of the where the tape measure is located otherwise an excellent video.

What single bike carrier do you recommend for it?

Does the Yakima rails work as well. Tesla is out of the Tesla 3 racks...

I’m missing the key would I be able to get a replacement somewhere?

Just installed mine. Nice rack but it really annoys me that there so little threading on the front bar. I makes me a bit nervous because it's barely in the nut.

Link for the torque wrench used ?

My installation manual says 8 +/- 1 nm. Where did you see 5? For model 3 Tesla OEM rack?

Is it normal that when you put a long object on the top such as a ladder or thule cargo box there is a decline - i.e. the horizontal is not at 180 degree level.

what is that spatula like tool he used at the 1:56 mark to insert the tesla provided specialty tool?

Do the plastic covers come off easily?

How is the sound with the rack on?

Did you use the Tesla roof rack? Or an after-market rack?

Why is the spacing so close, that’s madness

What size hex tool is it and which torque wrench is that?

and where is the link to actual roof rack? 😒

Great for multiple KID bikes

Why not install the hook under the metal instead of the glass?

I guess I'm too strong hand tight and start to hear cracks

Looks like easy breaking..

You forgot to slap it and say "that's not going anywhere".

Vi

😂 You will be disappointing when you see your roof is crack when you tie the roof rack because 60% is happening already the metal attack into the glass and not attack in the frame body that’s why it broke

Keep torquing until you hear a little crackle....then you're golden!