How To Mount An Awning Without A Roof Rack

But i really don t want to fit a roof rack as i cannot get my truck into the garage with one fitted.

How to mount an awning without a roof rack.

A bit longer than the roof length of the 90 which is 2 1m long. With the awning laid on its front slide the 20 millimetre bolts into the channel along the back of the awning. I am wanting to fit an awning to my 90 in prep for my oz loop. Using a large washer and nut tighten until secure with a socket wrench.

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. 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. Place a stack of washers necessary to compensate for the curvature of the van roof on the bolt. I was looking at this awning from oztent.

But a roof rack also adds expense and our roof mounted panels hold up just fine. Now raise the awning to the brackets and align the bolts with the brackets sliding them through the holes. The nylon nuts can now be wound on a couple of turns to hold the awning in place. 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.

Replace the awning on the metal bar using your newly upgraded longer bolt. Insert the horizontal poles and velcro up. Awning mounting without a roof rack.