How To Fit Awning Rail To Motorhome

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How to fit awning rail to motorhome.

If your motorhome is not fitted with an awning rail you can purchase either a c rail or j rail and attach it to your motorhome. Here is a detailed guide demonstrating how to attach your driveaway campervan motorhome awning to your vehicle using a fiamma step by step. The only thing we didn t try were magnets because we were sick of spending on things that didn t work. Drill holes in the van.

They still use a drive away motorhome awning these have a tunnel piece which is attached to one side othe drive away awning and the other side is what you would normally attach to a rail on the motorhome or throw the guy ropes over the top of the motorhome and secure with straps thus pulling the far edge of the tunnel part tight up against the motorhome side. However we have looked at u tube and have the general drift of how it will go. So it was time to do the dreaded deed. Pitch the drive away awning.

Wind out the lead bar by a few inches. Wind the lead bar back in. Even sika caravan glue came away. We are going to fit an awning rail to my sons vwt5 but the rail he has bought has no instructions.

Slice one side of the kador strip into the recessed channel on the lead bar. Awning rails are relatively simple to install however the process does require drilling into the side of the motorhome so you may wish to have an awning rail fitted by a professional. A couple of questions we are considering are 1. Lay the c channel rail either flat in front of the roof gulley or vertically on the outside edge of the roof gully in front of the hinge and gas strut as close to the rear door s as the closed roof will allow.

We ve really struggled keeping our camper van s awning attached. We are going to fix with adhesive and a few stainless self tappers. The kador can be left in place from now on.