Help with awning brackets

mikracer · 02-10-2014, 10:24 PM

Hey everyone...

I'm interested in installing an awning on my SMB and upon doing some research, it looks like the SMB brackets/install isn't the necessarily the best way. Although my SMB didn't come with an awning installed, I recently figured out that the two sets of screws/bolts above the rearward window appears to be for an awning. I checked the passenger door jam and there is a bolt as well.

My question is, if I were to purchase an awning, should I use the existing body mounts, or try to find a set of the "Z brackets"? I'm really not sure what is holding the screws/bolts in place right now since from what I can gather, the device that holds the bracket in is a rubber grommet type thing. Any advice and suggestions are helpful.

Passenger door jam

above rearward window

REF · 02-11-2014, 03:38 AM

It looks like there was once an awning installed on your van, the holes are now probably plugged with silicon holding those bolts in place.......to avoid it looking like a couple of holes just plugged with silicon. I did the same thing to plug the holes left by my rear ladder. I would PM Zeta to see if there is a set of his brackets available.

witoke · 02-11-2014, 08:02 PM

I don't want to take a potential sale away from Z but if he doesn't have a set ready, I never used mine and still have them in the original shipping box. I would like to sell them.

ProfessorPaddle · 02-13-2014, 02:50 PM

Buy a Big Rack, Install on that. Pros: Big Rack , Cons: None

mikracer · 02-13-2014, 03:03 PM

A big rack? Not sure if I've ever see an awning mounted on the penthouse top.

bphin · 02-13-2014, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by witoke

I don't want to take a potential sale away from Z but if he doesn't have a set ready, I never used mine and still have them in the original shipping box. I would like to sell them.

If mikracer isn't interested in the Z brackets I would be. I'll stand in line behind him.

sdwindansea · 02-14-2014, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by mikracer

A big rack? Not sure if I've ever see an awning mounted on the penthouse top.

Only works if you have a fixed top or never put up the awning and the PH at the same time.

surfgeek33 · 02-28-2014, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by mikracer

A big rack? Not sure if I've ever see an awning mounted on the penthouse top.

LenS is the only only one with an awning on the PH that I've seen.