Awnings

[jhiace Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close jhiace]

Hey guys,

I am in the market for an awning for the Prado but don't know where to start or what brands are the better ones.

Size wise I am thinking something around 2 - 2.5m. What I was told today is that you must have roof racks on for them to attach too and that's the only sort of mount available for them, my Prado has the roof rails running along it so I thought that the awnings would be able to mount onto those rails instead of needing The roof racks across them.

Can anyone shed any light on the mounting options available for awnings. And are there retractable awnings or are they all walk out/walk in?

Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated as well as brands etc.

Thanks

[croozza Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close croozza]

You can get the awning to attach to your current roof rails, however, you will have to manufacture something up for it to fit. Price wise, could be anthing from $200 upwards, but remember that you will have to make them very strong to hold the awning steady for when you are driving and when you have it set up in strong winds. The best way is to always use a proper roofrack to mount your awning.
What rack to buy?????? depends on the awning you want, some awning manufacturers have their own roof racks, eg, Hannibal Safari, this is my favourite awning, here is the link... http://www.hannibalsafari.com.au/awning.html
You will have to use one of their roof racks, but in the end it looks much better than the cheap chinese ones.

[4wd Supplies Member Find all posts View Profile Close 4wd Supplies]

Hey mate the awnings I sell come with the hardware and roofrails along with enough gear to mount it a number of different ways. It would be no dramas mounting directly to the rails as the bolts come out of the awning and you just need two of the supplied plates on the other side of the rails and tighten them up and your away.

[halfpastfour Member Find all posts View Profile Close halfpastfour]

I've got the Tigerz11 awning and to be honest, I would not recommend it. I have not used it a lot, but I am not expecting it to last too long. It feels weak mainly around the swivel points for the poles. It mounts to Rhino roof bars which are very well made and attach to the standard roof rails. This is on a GXL 150.

[Chewbacca Member Find all posts View Profile Close Chewbacca]

I have an ironman awning and it has been good for quick lunch stops on the beach. Not bad for the price. However just recently it has started to detach from the tracks (after 3 years of ownership). If you are going to be travelling a lot of corrugated tracks I would go something more sturdy like the Hannibal for example.
I have attached mine just by using the L brackets that came with the awning and drilling them in to a cheap set of roof racks (buzz rack) that clamp on to the gxl roof rails.
Cheers Matt!

[jhiace Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close jhiace]

Thanks guys, I do have Toyota roof racks for it but I'm not a huge fan of them..

4wd supplies, they look good but do you have any pictures of what you mean about mounting them to the rails along the roof instead of on racks?

[4wd Supplies Member Find all posts View Profile Close 4wd Supplies]

Dont have any pic's sorry mate but have installed a few that way, its easy. If you are in Adelaide I would be happy to go through it with one of my awnings to show you.

[jhiace Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close jhiace]

Has anyone ever heard of feather-lite awnings? The local OL store has then and they look alright and well priced. http://www.dolium.com.au/Retail_Cata...RT60_item.html

[JeffH Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JeffH]

I've got the feather-lite awning. Haven't used it much but it's done the job well when I have used it. From what I understand most of the awnings on the market come out of the same factory and so are all pretty much similar.

[LostDingo2 Find all posts View Profile Close LostDingo2]

I don't have an awning but interested in the Supa-Peg

[ApatheticEnd Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close ApatheticEnd]

I don't have an awning but interested in the Supa-Peg

Me too looks really well built. More costly than some but looks much better quality than most.

[Chriso57 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Chriso57]

Has anyone ever heard of feather-lite awnings? The local OL store has then and they look alright and well priced. http://www.dolium.com.au/Retail_Cata...RT60_item.html

I've got the ARB that looks as though it came out of the same factory as that one. Used it plenty of times with no dramas. It was mounted on my roof rack on my 95 series and I have transferred it to the factory rails of my 150 GXL. I made up a couple of aly L brackets (bout 8mm thick) and bolted it through the existing bolts that hold the 3 parts of the rail together. Seems plenty strong enough for general use. Would I drive down hundreds of kays of corrogations with it mounted like that? Probably not but I have a dedicated roof rack that will probably be fitted for touring and I'll attach it to that.

Chriso

[craigm Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close craigm]

Me too looks really well built. More costly than some but looks much better quality than most.

And it's Australian! (Made right here in QLD)


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[REV Find all posts View Profile Close REV]

I have a Iron Man 2.5m. It's ok, but I'm waiting for AJ120 to build his version of the Ostrich Wing for me.
That will be the goods, I can assure you.

[jhiace Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close jhiace]

I think I'll go with the one I looked at today.

Do most of you go the 2 or 2.5m long one? I don't really want it to overhang but I'm sure the extra half a meter will come in handy..