Thread: Rooftop tent for D2

I'd advise Kings (cop that Rick!), its not the best quality available, but I reckon it's the best value. Kings are good with warranty claims and modifications to overcome design flaws.
Another beauty with Kings, is it is an inexpensive was of deciding what you want. e.g. if you buy a soft rooftop tent and don't like it, you can resell it without losing much money, you can then purchase a different model.
Anything you put on the roof will affect off road abilities, regardless of brand or model. Apart from raising the centre of gravity, it will also restrict clearance. That said, I've done thousands of miles touring, both on and off road, without issues, but I don't do hard core, car breaking off roading.

The D2's roof rating is pretty poor 50kg on road, 30kg off road. Not that the roof collapses but it's quite noticeable with an empty disco and 100kg's on the roof how much more it want's to tip.

We travel fully loaded with around 75-80kg with a Oztent and a double and single kayak spread across 3 cross bars on the original extended roof rails.

Never noticed tipping at all, but do have ACE.

Originally Posted by admiralranga

The D2's roof rating is pretty poor 50kg on road, 30kg off road. Not that the roof collapses but it's quite noticeable with an empty disco and 100kg's on the roof how much more it want's to tip.

Run the kings hardtop on the D2, initially just got bars to get the thing home and mates commented on the first trip how much the thing swayed on the tracks. Then onto the full rack on the roof and this has now gone - went the smaller supports as well which are very tight on the standard roof bars but this is not a huge one for me.

Combined with the 270 Darche, the packing and unpacking is unbeatable.
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There has been no noticeable feeling on tracks or road of instability with the RTT and the convinience of it is great compared to the swag. The swag by the way was so big that fitting it across the back seat required quite a shove to close the door.

Originally Posted by RRT

Run the kings hardtop on the D2
There has been no noticeable feeling on tracks or road of instability with the RTT and the convinience of it is great compared to the swag. The swag by the way was so big that fitting it across the back seat required quite a shove to close the door.

Thanks, i didnt see the kings hardtop - it looks like it has quite a discount available. Glad to hear you have found it good. I have gone with the soft shell kings - will see how that goes?

Hopefully it'll be fine

I wanted to reduce the weight on the roof as much as possible and this way it does leave me a bit of wiggle room to upgrade in the future if I feel the urge to get a hard top