Foxwing + modified G4 expidition rack + prospeed = multi storey carpark entranc

[herrBlick]

I need to enter a 2 meter high muti story car park .....
What are my chances 6425064251

[jonesy63]

Slim, to Buckleys! :D

I just moved the UHF antenna off my roofracks and onto the bullbar, so I can go into undercover car parks again. First one was yesterday - 1.90m high car park- got in locked at access height with the crossbars still on.

[herrBlick]

Aha Mr jones how do you fancy my chances now...
These prospeed brackets are the business
I can't recommend them enough really really well made definitely going for the sliders and roof rack
I just hope I get into my car park ...I pay monthly
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[Guppy]

Aha Mr jones how do you fancy my chances now...
These prospeed brackets are the business
I can't recommend them enough really really well made definitely going for the sliders and roof rack
I just hope I get into my car park ...I pay monthly
6425642575

Please elaborate? I have the same set up so same issue. What are the brackets Herr Blick and where did you acquire them ?

Thanks

Gup

[herrBlick]

They are from a company in the UK called prospeed, they seem to operate out of the Facebook page,
The brackets cost about 180 including post if I remember,,, actually here is my receipt and there details

ProSpeed Group
Bell Hall
Escrick
York
YO19 6HL

01904 728112
www.prospeed-group.co.uk
info@prospeed-group.co.uk
64267

[herrBlick]

I mean this guy is never getting in to a car par64270k

[BMKal]

It has always had be beat why people mount their awnings above their roofracks. Apart from the obvoius clearance problems, it looks bloody ridiculous in my opinion.

If mine was mounted above the rack like some that I see, I could still get in under the apartment building that I stay in while in Perth, but could definitely not get in under our office block (I have about 3 inches clearance with the suspension at access height).

Simple job to mount an awning either alongside the roofrack, or slightly lower than the roofrack as shown below.

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[herrBlick]

Yes indeed, but the title of this topic explains that this is about the OEM expedition rack and joys of having a roof rack that is flush to the roof, so you can't get brackets underneath, point taken though. I successfully got in the car park this morning...... GREAT STUFF

[herrBlick]

Also the fox wing is a different beast altogether. It has to be completely vertical or it won't work

[BMKal]

Yes indeed, but the title of this topic explains that this is about the OEM expedition rack and joys of having a roof rack that is flush to the roof, so you can't get brackets underneath, point taken though. I successfully got in the car park this morning...... GREAT STUFF


Also the fox wing is a different beast altogether. It has to be completely vertical or it won't work

Can't say that I've ever seen an OEM Expedition rack. But I assume that the brackets for the awning must bolt to the top of it somehow. So I can't understand why you can't simply turn those brackets upside down so that they hang down the side of the roofrack, and the awning is then mounted at the same height as the roofrack. If the brackets supplied with the awning are not capable of this - it would be a simple matter to make some which will.

I made up my own brackets for my D2 to get the awning where I wanted it - used a couple of Rhino Rack legs and then made adaptor plates to allow the top of these to be bolted to the Rola roof rails that were installed on the vehicle - then made brackets that mounted to this arrangement and hung down the side of the Rhino legs so that I could secure the awning at exactly the height that I wanted it.

I have a mate who has a Foxwing awning (mounted vertically as you have stated) and positioned in exactly the same position as mine, with the top of the Foxwing awning level with the top of his roofrack (slightly below actually so that the roofrack protects the awning). He has used brackets very similar to what I have, and has simply turned them to hang down rather than stand up above the roofrack. His brackets are actually mounted to the top of his roofrack rails as there is no provision on his roofrack to attach the brackets to the bottom of the rails. Mine is only slightly different mounting to his, as the Frontrunner rack on mine has provision to attach things either above or below the rails.

Anyway, good to hear that you got into the car park. :D

Just don't do what I did one day arriving at work - I accidentally hit the suspension raise button instead of the lower button as I was approaching the building. :o It's a good thing that the Frontrunner rack is steel and a pretty solid bit of gear. Took a decent chunk of concrete out of the building, but not a mark on the roofrack. :angel:

[Guppy]

I have a mate who has a Foxwing awning (mounted vertically as you have stated) and positioned in exactly the same position as mine, with the top of the Foxwing awning level with the top of his roofrack (slightly below actually so that the roofrack protects the awning). He has used brackets very similar to what I have, and has simply turned them to hang down rather than stand up above the roofrack. His brackets are actually mounted to the top of his roofrack rails as there is no provision on his roofrack to attach the brackets to the bottom of the rails.

Any pics or more info on the brackets your mate has? I like the sound of the Foxwing level with the racks

Thanks

Gup

[BMKal]

Any pics or more info on the brackets your mate has? I like the sound of the Foxwing level with the racks

Thanks

Gup

Haven't got any pics of his, and I'm a few hundred km's away from where his vehicle is at the moment - but the brackets are just "L" shaped steel angle brackets, the same as I have on mine. They're a fairly solid bracket, with one section of the "L" being about 3 inches long and the other slightly longer. Mine are stainless steel and were supplied by a local 4WD accessory store when they installed my roofrack and awning - I have since adjusted the positioning of them slightly.

The short length of the "L" bolts either to the top or the bottom of a roof rail, so that the longer length of the "L" is away from the edge of the rack and points down - the awning bolts to the longer length of the "L".

Two or three of these brackets along the length of your roofrack (I'd recommend 3 for a Foxwing) and it's simple. You can probably find brackets that would do the job at Bunnings. If I needed some and couldn't find any suitable for sale - I'd simply make up what I needed in my shed, as I had to do to mount an awning on my D2 a while back.