RMS Fit Tips
101
Pl
ace top cl
ip
s i
n
the gap at the front edge of the to
p of the trunk,
hatch or d
oor.
102
Pl
ace l
ower c
lip
s i
n
the bottom edge of t
runk or hatch.
103
S
et l
ower c
lip
s/hooks i
n
to
vehi
cl
e's
le
ft
and ri
ght tow l
oops under the rear of the vehi
cl
e.
104
S
et l
ower c
lip
s/hooks i
n
to
tow l
oop on the ri
ght and frame hol
e on the l
eft.
105
S
et l
ower c
lip
s i
n
to bottom edge of i
n
ternal
metal
bumper.
106
S
et l
ower c
lip
s/hooks i
n
to
frame hol
es.
107
S
et l
ower c
lip
s i
n
to bottom edge of rear
doors.
108
S
et l
ower c
lip
s i
n
to frame
hol
es in back of bumper.
109
S
et l
ower c
lip
s onto bottom edge of bu
mper.
110
S
et l
ower c
lip
/hook onto edge of struct
ural
bumper located b
ehi
nd pl
asti
c bumper.
111
Frame hol
es are l
ocated up hi
gh on the
backsi
de of bumper.
112
S
et l
ower c
lip
/hooks i
n
to
frame hol
es in
chassi
s behi
nd bumper.
114
Chafe guards
requi
red.
115
To
mi
ni
mi
ze
c
on
ta
ct betw
een
ca
rr
ie
r to
w ho
ok
s
an
d
th
e bum
per
, sl
id
e th
e s
tra
p th
ro
ug
h
on
ly
on
e en
d
of
th
e
ch
af
e gu
ar
d
le
avi
ng t
he
other
end
free to res
t
between th
e
tow hook and the bumper.
116
Cauti
on: Bumper cover may deform wi
th the use
of
thi
s carri
er.
Remove carri
er when not i
n
use.
117
The upp
er arm of the carri
er,
between the rubber p
ads,
may come
i
n
contac
t wi
th the ce
nter ri
dge i
n
the trunk li
d
when carr
ie
r is
fu
lly mo
u
n
te
d
.
118
Cauti
on: Lower arm of the carri
er will
mount agai
nst the
license pl
ate and the li
ghts to the l
eft and ri
g
h
t of
it
.
121
Cauti
on: Rear wi
per can not be used w
h
en carri
er i
s mounted.
122
Offset carri
er to the ri
ght.
124
Cauti
on: Rear wi
per must
be posi
ti
oned through the upper arm of carri
er.
125
Important: A
lways check to make sure there i
s no c
ontact betwe
en the l
ower
straps and th
e muffl
er and
/or exhaust pi
pe.
126
Cauti
on: The
trunk
lid
may deform sli
g
htl
y
wi
th the
use of thi
s carri
er.
Remove carri
er when not i
n
use.
127
Route top str
ap under the
spoi
le
r on top of the hatch.
128
Lower arm of carri
er should be posi
ti
oned on upper t
ier of bumper.
129
Rubber wea
ther stri
ppi
ng at the top of door/hatch will
deform
over ti
me wi
th
the use of this carri
er.
Remove carri
er
when n
ot i
n
use.
130
S
et l
ower c
lip
s/hooks i
n
to
frame hol
es
in bumper l
ocated by the ri
ght and l
eft bumper strut.
131
S
et l
ower c
lip
s/hooks i
n
to
tow l
oop on the ri
ght and
edg
e of bumper,
by the b
u
mper strut,
on the l
eft.
132
Thul
e cannot recommend
the use of 3-bi
ke carri
ers
on thi
s vehi
cl
e.
133
Carri
er
is
not recommend
ed bec
ause,
lower straps c
an not be mounted i
n
a safe pl
ace.
134
Carri
er
is
not recommend
ed bec
ause,
top straps sho
u
ld
not be
mounted di
rect
ly
to g
lass or pl
asti
c tri
m
coveri
ng gl
as
s.
135
Carri
er
is
not recommend
ed bec
ause,
the vehi
cl
e
is
unabl
e to support the wei
g
ht at the po
in
t where the
carri
er must be pl
ac
ed.
136
Carri
er
is
not recommend
ed bec
ause,
upper arm of carri
er coul
d
damage trun
k li
d.
137
Carri
er
is
not recommend
ed bec
ause,
top straps can
not be mounted i
n
a safe
pl
ace.
138
Lower arm of carri
er will
rest i
n
the bottom of the li
ce
nse pl
ate wel
l.
139
Lower arm of carri
er will
rest above l
ic
ense pl
ate wel
l.
140
Lower arm of carri
er will
rest at bottom
of trunk
lip.
141
V
ehi
cl
e not avail
abl
e at time of testi
n
g.
Pl
ease call
Thul
e at 1-80
0-23
8-23
88 f
or update.
R
efer to RMS
introducti
on page fo
r c
ar
ri
er
mo
u
n
tin
g
g
u
id
el
in
es
.
142
S
et l
ower c
lip
s/hooks on top edg
e of the metal
bumper struts.
143
Fi
t requi
res the use of versa cli
p
.
144
V
ehi
cl
e can have an externall
y mounte
d
spare ti
re p
rohi
b
it
in
g the
use of any s
trap rack.
Check other sec
ti
ons for poss
ib
le
fi
ts.
145
S
et l
ower c
lip
s/hooks i
n
to
tow l
oop on the l
eft and frame hol
e on
the ri
ght.
146
Carri
er
is
not recommend
ed bec
ause i
t cannot be i
n
stal
le
d wi
thout unwanted contact.
147
S
et l
ower c
lip
s/hooks i
n
to the tow l
oop
l
ocated
in
the center of the vehi
cl
e behi
nd the bumper.
148
Pl
ease veri
fy
that your bi
cy
cl
es overall
l
ength i
s shorter than your trucks cargo area pri
or to purchase.
