Thule Evo WingBars Rubber Strip Installation 

Thanks for this, just spent the last half hour trying to work out how to fit these, would never have thought to tear them in two.

I'm technically educated and not stupid, but I probably wouldn't have discovered this for a long time. Thank you !

Spent about half an hour pondering how to fit these and concluding that 'surely they must pull apart' but needed more than just a gentle tug! Why oh why did the Thule box or instructions not indicate this!!!? Thanks for confirming, I've put my Stanley knife away!

So glad you done this video as I brought this last year ago and took me hours as the poxy instructions didn’t say cut it in half.. but through frustration I pulled it apart and voila it worked.. really done my head in, we’ll done fella 👏🏻

BIG THANK YOU! Thule manual totally sucks! I was being frustrated And wanted to return. You saved our holiday 👍👍

Thank you! I'm so amazing that most everything Thule does not include instructions or minimal instructions that still make installation more complicated then need be. So thankful for people who take the time to share their secrets.

Thanks so much! I was trying to work this out for 45 minutes, who’d have thought it. Top man. Owe you a beer.

Thanks dude! Spent hours tearing my hair out trying to work out how the hell it fits!

Bought one second hand and was whistling. Suspected he had installed rubber strip backwards. Confirmed. Thanks 😊

Well done. My hubby was very stressed trying to fit these.

Djeeeeezzzz, I was almost as far as hurrling the whole collection of Thule parts out of the window and cancelling my holliday, just because of these rubber strips from Hell. Only to find out you needed to split these. Thule should give you a livetime supply of roofracks.

I RU-vid’d it approx 3 min after looking at it because I thought I was sent the wrong one and wanted to see a video of a different rubber piece…come to find out…you rip it in half….mind blown.

It defies belief that the instructions don’t tell you to split in 2?? Thanks for your video - Thule customer service need to write you a cheque!

I had been told by the dealer (who also told me it took them a long time to working out the ripping apart), still helpful as the actual fitting is explained. Many thanks for reducing my stress level.

This was so helpful! Thanks!

Saved my day, redy to give up driving

Fantastic! Thank you!! Why Thule don’t split the rubber strips before sending them makes no sense to me but thank you for explaining 🙂

thanks so much! our directions didn’t mention tearing them into two strips!

super helpful! thanks for making this video

thanks you make my job faster

Thank you for the video! The question now arises to me, if I want to insert, for example my vertical supports or my loading aid to the kayak transport in the T-slot profile from the sides: Would I remove the rubbers again? And if I only need the base support, reinstall the rubbers? They fit so tight and don't look like they could be taken out and in anytime. But, with the rubbers in the profile, the other metal parts cannot be attached in the T-Nut. Does anyone have experience with this and could give me a tip? Glad about answers!

Ty for this …it’s a pain to install, especially if there’s a tiny kink in the strips. I can’t get it perfectly in / flush. There’s NO REASON why Thule can pre-assemble this …other than cost and logistics.

Mine keep flying off the bars…any advice how to keep these on????

Just want to know if this rubber strip compatible with my aeroblade? Or is it only for wingbar?

Thank you so much!!

Mine already have the rubber straps in them(wingbar evo) and have two ~15 inch pieces of rubber. The instructions say "cut the rubber pieces to the length of the bar, but those rubber pieces are already there. Thule instructions could not be less helfpul.

Is "Thule" Norwegian for "idiot?" Because only an idiot would think it's OK to omit the all-important Step One from the instructions. Thanks for the video! If not for your help, I'd still be trying to figure out how to install the rubber strips. (I can only imagine what important steps they have omitted from the rest of the instructions...)

The fact that I need to look for this video demonstrate how terrible Thule instruction manual were!

Jesus is it so hard to add in the instructions to rip the thing down the center I was gonna break something

Thank you!!! Thule instructions are a joke.