Attaching awning to original LR roof bars

**loanrangie** · 16th October 2020, 03:00 PM

Originally Posted by hiker

The R-Rack dealer wants me to buy these - assuring me that they will fit and slide along the LR factory rails.

Has anybody fitted these and had success (or story!)

Thanks

I have 6 of the rhino legs which are the RLTP , the threaded nut is a few mm too small but still work ok.

**scarry** · 16th October 2020, 10:25 PM

Originally Posted by hiker

The R-Rack dealer wants me to buy these - assuring me that they will fit and slide along the LR factory rails.

Has anybody fitted these and had success (or story!)

Thanks

i had those,but they fitted into a Rhino track,which i fitted to the roof myself.It is a very good system,but i don't know if the factory track is the same.Same legs as above post.

I used two roof bars on the higher section of roof,had the roof top tent on as well as Foxwing.Rails were 40mm HD style.

If you go to somewhere such as Autobarn,they will have the legs in stock and may let you try to see if they fit your factory tracks.

**loanrangie** · 17th October 2020, 10:25 AM

The legs came with a short length of track but the hex nuts dont fit in the track so not sure what it was used for, they otherwise fit the rails perfectly but the hex nuts need to be about 3-4mm wider to grip properly.
Wouldn't be hard to make some which is what i had planned to do but got a 3/4 length rack instead.

**hiker** · 22nd October 2020, 07:51 AM

thanks for the input - went to 2 AutoOne's but sadly little or no stock carried - order in only - 5 days minimum from Melb!

Have temporarily gone back to original legs (from my old D3) and managed to find the old M6 30x25mm nuts with some new M6 bolts from Bunnings (they'll be doing roof racks next!)

**hiker** · 22nd October 2020, 09:24 AM

Originally Posted by loanrangie

I have 6 of the rhino legs which are the RLTP , the threaded nut is a few mm too small but still work ok.

thanks - just ordered 4 from Roof Rack Store - with the 30 x 25 M6 nuts

**hiker** · 22nd October 2020, 12:40 PM

Originally Posted by Macadamia

my roof racks are currently off the car because I'm replacing the rubber insert and haven't gotten around to measuring and cutting it to fit my snowboard carrier. Anyway... here ya go. It's not an ideal way to fit the awning but it works...

This is the OEM roof rack bars I have.
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unlock the end and open it up
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take the plastic cover out to expose the channel
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take the T bolt from the awning
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and position it in the channel where you need it. it may take some trial and error and adjusting the height and orientation of the awning to get it to work with these type of bars.
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You may also need to cut the rubber insert and keep a small piece removed.

The roof rack bars I had on my old car had a better system where the rubber insert pushes down into the channel. No cutting and removing necessary. Lately I've been debating getting a platform instead.

Thanks for the pics Macadamia - trying some brackets on the LR racks - found the length required to push the awning to the edge of the D4 is 200mm so with another 150mm or so to provide lateral strength makes it a 350mm bracket - can't find a 350 x 120mm bracket so will go with the RR load rails which extend to the edge of the roof.

Cheers!

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