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Today, on our 2011 Kia Soul, we will be test fitting the Pro Series Q-Slot platform style
2-bike carrier for both 1-1/4 and 2 inch hitches, part number PS63134. Now, to begin our test
fit, we will simply slide our bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole
and install our hitch pin, which will secure our bike rack to the vehicle. We can now go
ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is 13 inches
and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is 8 inches. We
will now go ahead and unfold the bike rack platform and open up our cargo door. And as
you can see, we can gain full access to the cargo area, opening the door completely with
this bike rack. We are now almost ready to load our bike.
We will need only to make sure that the straps at the wheel loops are undone and out of the
way and that our vertical bar clamp is fully extended. We can then place the bike into
our vertical wheel loops and bring our vertical bar up, remembering to install the pin, holding
the bar in place. With the vertical bar up, we will bring the top bar clamp down over
the top bar of our bike. We can then move back down to the wheel loop where we will
put the strap through the wheel and secure it on the other side.