How To Mount An Awning Without A Roof Rack

Awning mounting without a roof rack.

How to mount an awning without a roof rack.

Unroll your awning all of the way. What we used to mount our awning. I am wanting to fit an awning to my 90 in prep for my oz loop. Insert the horizontal poles and velcro up.

But i really don t want to fit a roof rack as i cannot get my truck into the garage with one fitted. Replace the awning on the metal bar using your newly upgraded longer bolt. Switch out the ladder rack hardware for stainless steel optional step 2. Test fit awning to van and decide where to place the brackets.

Slide the bolt through the newly drilled hole. Here s how we mounted our arb awning to our van s fiberglass high top without a roof rack. Bolt the brackets onto the rain gutter. 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.

The nylon nuts can now be wound on a couple of turns to hold the awning in place. Now raise the awning to the brackets and align the bolts with the brackets sliding them through the holes. It is 2 5m long. I was looking at this awning from oztent.

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. 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. With the awning laid on its front slide the 20 millimetre bolts into the channel along the back of the awning.