Fitting awning to pop

Post by **maximus** » 19 Oct 2006, 18:32

I would like to fit a Fiamma pull out fixed to the side of my lhd westy does any lhd owner have one fitted?? if so does it get in the way of the pop top and how easy/price etc???????

Post by **Westy.Club.Joker** » 19 Oct 2006, 18:58

Depends on which Fiamma awning you`re looking at? I have a roll-out Fiamma (called the Caravan-store I think), simply rolls out of the attached zipped bag which fits in a standard caravan-type alloy awning rail, just slides into rail section.

Open long zipped bag, roll out the awning manually, drop legs down and then two more braces swing up to tension against the `van side. Not actually fitted it yet (have it on another vehicle) but am going to get another length of the alloy awning rail (Fiamma do a standard long piece of the correct section, looks like P section with the top of the P slotted so the awning bag beading slides in as on caravan awnings) and will make up some alloy clamps so it fits to the `van gutter rail, leaving the pop-top free to open up. Fiamma do a specific kit for the T25, but it involves drilling the metal part of the `van roof

NOTE-the larger and heavier wind-out T45 type awnings are too heavy to mount to the gutter, Sukhoi will tell you the pitfalls of that! His awning buckled and bent the gutter on his `van

Post by **maximus** » 19 Oct 2006, 19:44

who sells those joker?

Post by **Bowton Lad** » 19 Oct 2006, 21:56

maximus wrote:who sells those joker?

Camperlands (Agent Fiamma) in Northenden. Discount to club 80-90 members. (5% I think).

Post by **maximus** » 21 Oct 2006, 18:57

Bowton Lad wrote:
maximus wrote:who sells those joker?

Camperlands (Agent Fiamma) in Northenden. Discount to club 80-90 members. (5% I think).

Post by **Popeye- Doyle** » 21 Oct 2006, 19:18

Maximus.

Heres mine. The Awning came with the van so i cant tell you where to get the brackets from. Loads of vans have the roll out Awnings. Some one will know.

Put another thread up ref brackets if you defo want a roll out

Post by **Westy.Club.Joker** » 21 Oct 2006, 20:27

Got mine from Camperlands, if you look on Towsure website they have all the piccies on there. It`s called Caravan Store awning.

You can get the fitting rail from Camperlands as well, take a hacksaw with you and cut it to right size when you get it, as it won`t fit in your bus in one piece !!

www.towsure.com/default.asp?t=5111

The pic above with the bigger wind-out awning will not fit to the pop-top `van without drilling the small area of metal roof between the gutter rail and the pop-top fibreglass. I didn`t fancy drilling holes in my `van roof. If you try and mount that type of heavy awning to your gutter rail than it will buckle and break the gutter, Sukhoi has proof of this with his van

Post by **maximus** » 21 Oct 2006, 20:42

thats the one but sounds to much roy castle drilling etc was in bloody camperlands today as well

might just get one like you said roll out and peg up like a tent??

Post by **Popeye- Doyle** » 21 Oct 2006, 20:50

Westy.Club.Joker wrote:
The pic above with the bigger wind-out awning will not fit to the pop-top `van without drilling the small area of metal roof between the gutter rail and the pop-top fibreglass. I didn`t fancy drilling holes in my `van roof. If you try and mount that type of heavy awning to your gutter rail than it will buckle and break the gutter, Sukhoi has proof of this with his van

Mines only clamped to the guttering and it looks like its been on the van for years. Had no problems so far.

Post by **Westy.Club.Joker** » 21 Oct 2006, 21:09

Just relaying what Sukhoi told me, and have seen the damage on his guttering. I think it depends on the type and weight of the awning, the roll-out one I use is pretty light in comparison, not having a hard case round it or winding mechs etc

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