How To Fit An Awning To A Van

Drill straight through the holes you previously marked.

How to fit an awning to a van. All support legs are dropped vertically to reduce the risk of damaging your vehicle. Use the drill bit size recommended in the awning manufacturer s instructions as different awnings may require slightly different sized screws. What we used to mount our awning step 1. So it was time to do the dreaded deed.

Thanks to the thule quick release system the support legs can be released on demand to prevent them from falling during the set up. The kador can be left in place from now on. Link to support poles. Even sika caravan glue came away.

Choose a manual awning with a telescopic hand crank for easy opening. With limited interior space creating a comfortable outdoor space is essential. Wanted to make an awning for my van so i did. Most of the time you will use a 3 16 drill bit for these holes.

Wind the lead bar back in. Switch out the ladder rack hardware for stainless steel optional. We ve really struggled keeping our camper van s awning attached. Drill holes for the mounting bracket screws.

Use the figure 8 sections to attach the. The ladder rack comes with all the necessary. Pitch the drive away awning. Like most parts of a van conversion there s a hundred.

Drive away awning with existing case awning. Bridging the outdoors to the indoors. Suction cups kept coming away using ropes did the same. Wind out the lead bar by a few inches.

Slice one side of the kador strip into the recessed channel on the lead bar. The only thing we didn t try were magnets because we were sick of spending on things that didn t work. Olpro shows you how to use a driveaway kit with a figure of 8 and a kador strip to attach an inflatable campervan awning demonstrating how to get the best f. When the humidity rises to 110 or you re boondocking in the arizona heat there s no worse place to be than inside a parked camper dwelling on that awning you should have installed on your camper van.

Bolt the brackets.