How To Mount An Awning Without A Roof Rack

Now raise the awning to the brackets and align the bolts with the brackets sliding them through the holes.

How to mount an awning without a roof rack.

The nylon nuts can now be wound on a couple of turns to hold the awning in place. But i really don t want to fit a roof rack as i cannot get my truck into the garage with one fitted. Awning mounting without a roof rack. Mounting to a roof rack also offer other benefits like the ability to easily remove your solar panels if needed and the ability to mount an awning to them.

I was looking at this awning from oztent. Replace the awning on the metal bar using your newly upgraded longer bolt. Slide the bolt through the newly drilled hole. With the awning laid on its front slide the 20 millimetre bolts into the channel along the back of the awning.

Place a stack of washers necessary to compensate for the curvature of the van roof on the bolt. Using a large washer and nut tighten until secure with a socket wrench. Not to compromise your vehicles aesthetic tried and tested this system has been designed to suit everyone from the outdoorsy family to the wandering traveller and extreme off roader. A bit longer than the roof length of the 90 which is 2 1m long.

As avid campers and 4x4 enthusiasts ourselves we struggled to find a solution in the current marketplace to mount our awning without bulky roof racks. With the vertical poles clear you can unroll your awning fabric all of the way and extend out one vertical leg at a time twisting them to lock their internal locking mechanism to secure them into place making sure one side is slightly lower to allow water run off. It is 2 5m long.