A westfalia style pop up tent on top of an 80 to sleep two comfortably.
Roof top tent cut hole in bottom for access.
Cutting out joists for top frame skin.
The mounting extrusions need to be cut off at both ends up to the second pre drilled hole prior to being fitted to the base of the rooftop tent.
Scissor hinge mount at.
The main lifting roof behind.
Below are some of the more common roof rack styles and mounting techniques.
Carefully lay the box down on its side.
Ikamper s skycamp is an innovative expandable hard shell rooftop tent that sets up in 1 minute and sleeps 4 people.
Pluck the plastic coating and carefully peel it back to reveal your shiny rooftop tent.
Black powder coated 3cr12 stainless steel.
A short fixed windguard piece just in front of the sunroof hole.
After notching out for the cross members the composite joists snapped under moderate pressure.
This diagram shows the rooftop tent clamped.
That being said roof top tents are quite complex pieces of gear.
The mounting extrusions are then bolted to the base of the tent at right angles to the roof rack or roof bars in the direction of opening along the length of the tent base.
Most rooftop tents come with hefty straps so you might need a sturdy pair of scissors or a sharp knife.
These shorter brackets match the slimline ii roof rack s low profile.
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The manner in which your luxury rooftop tent can be attached depends on the type of roof rack roof bars fitted to your vehicle.
Corrected mistake and replaced everything with plywood 6.
Here is what it looks like sorry i don t have any intermediate pictures.
There s a lot of technology that goes into building a quality roof top tent.
Access is through the sunroof hole so no major holes to to cut and you even keep the headliner slide to seal it off.
Bundutecusa in raymond ia is a trusted company that manufactures custom made truck camper rooftop tents and awnings.
Lower mounting brackets to match the slimline roof rack s low profile 30mm h.
Use tent bottom as a template.
When you have a roof top tent your car or truck is your campsite.
Used jigsaw to shape and cut out excess.
This will be the power cable for the tent.
Was trying to use as much of my scrap as possible hence the 1 plywood and 2 composite joists.
Whether it s the aerodynamic double layered hard shell the aluminum honeycomb panels or the custom molds ikamper focuses on quality.
For bigger rooftop tents you will need help from a friend.
A roof top tent is one of the best ways to enjoy life on the open road without having to look for a campsite at night.
This diagram shows the rooftop tent clamped to a cross bar using clamp plate and bolts provided.
The end that you just cut then can have a female terminal crimped on to it and can be run out of the hinge flap out of the tent along with the ground wire.
Unboxing a roof top tent cut off all the straps.
You are done with the wiring in the tent then and it can be folded up.
