How To Mount An Awning Without A Roof Rack

Replace the awning on the metal bar using your newly upgraded longer bolt.

How to mount an awning without a roof rack.

It is 2 5m long. Now raise the awning to the brackets and align the bolts with the brackets sliding them through the holes. 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. 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.

Using a large washer and nut tighten until secure with a socket wrench. With the awning laid on its front slide the 20 millimetre bolts into the channel along the back of the awning. 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. But a roof rack also adds expense and our roof mounted panels hold up just fine.

I was looking at this awning from oztent. A bit longer than the roof length of the 90 which is 2 1m long. Awning mounting without a roof rack. Slide the bolt through the newly drilled hole.

Place a stack of washers necessary to compensate for the curvature of the van roof on the bolt. 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. Insert the horizontal poles and velcro up.