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Fitted: Arb Touring Awning to OEM roof bars.

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JayLC

Member Since: 23 Oct 2018
Location: Oxfordshire
Posts: 37

2013 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Lux Auto Havana

Fitted: Arb Touring Awning to OEM roof bars.

After playing around with different ideas I decided to fit an ARB 2.0m x 2.5m Touring awning. I chose this as others were only 1.8m off the side of the vehicle and I wanted as much cover as I could get. I also bought a side and front walls.

The awning basically came with six T-Track nuts/bolts a couple of pegs/tie downs. Brackets are sold separately. I also wanted a quick release system for extra security. ARB do all the stuff needed so I hit the inter-web and got ordering.

These are the brackets from ARB.

As there are no fixings I went and got these. I also got the Dremel out and cut a slot into the ends. This was to help installation and to show that they were in the right direction.

I’m sure you all know what the bar looks like.

I lined up the bracket and cut our the rubber insert to length.

I wasn’t completely happy with how it sat on the plastic trim so added a washer.

Bolted it all up. Slots came in very useful.

Next was the ARB quick release kit. It came with some silver bolts that I didn’t end up using. I chose to use some T-Track ones. A 12mm spanner held them in place whilst I bolted them up.

Should end up looking like this.

Just the job of measuring the distances and attaching the other side of the quick release to the awning. As I said earlier the awning comes with six nuts/bolts and standard T-Track bolts won’t fit. As it turns out I could have used anymore bolts anyway. I used two on the top edge and one on each bottom edge for the best support.

And that’s it. Feels really secure when bolted on and I can remove it in under a minute.

Last edited by JayLC on 2nd Jul 2019 8:08 pm. Edited 1 time in total

2nd Jul 2019 7:18 pm

Andy Foster

Member Since: 27 Dec 2009
Location: Liverpool
Posts: 6551

2015 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 SE Tech Auto Santorini Black

Nice right up and a good job. Any photos of it deployed

Andy D4 MY15 SE TECH
D3 gone but never forgotten.

2nd Jul 2019 7:42 pm

jamez79

Member Since: 03 Sep 2018
Location: Staffordshire
Posts: 595

2012 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 XS Auto Indus Silver

Looks a very tidy install. I fancy something like this for the odd day trip etc.

I'd also like to see it deployed.

3rd Jul 2019 8:31 am

scraig

Member Since: 06 Feb 2011
Location: Langley, BC
Posts: 100

That looks great - thanks for that

Stewart

8th Jul 2019 7:33 pm

JayLC

Member Since: 23 Oct 2018
Location: Oxfordshire
Posts: 37

Andy Foster wrote:
Nice right up and a good job. Any photos of it deployed

Andy

Just got back from a camping trip. The awning was very handy. It rained heavily as we turned up so all my kit was stored under it until the tent was up. The pitch came with a bench so stuck that under the awning for some afternoon drinking and F1.

10th Aug 2019 9:10 pm

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