Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Thought I would mention that Supercheap are selling awnings to fit on the side of the car for $99.

I will post a review on this topic after I try mine out up at Fraser at the end of the month.

They seem to be pretty good but if you want to leave it on the car for sometime it might be an idea to get a zipper type long bag for it. At the moment it comes with a bag but cannot be rolled out until the bag is removed, which should be OK for occasional trips.

2.44m x 1.75m

It requires 2 guy ropes but these are integrated into the unit.

I was about to make some sort of awning but for $99 I will try this one.

Also, has anyone made an awning?

The ARB ones are very well made and convienient but start at $600! They are also too big for my shorty.

hey that sounds alright I'll be waiting for the review

try it out on the side of your car before you go... Make sure its all there AND works.

I bought a tent from Rays Outdoors once that came with no poles or ropes.. Called Rays, they didnt give a fuck, come pick em up if you like...

Lucky my 4yr old hassled me to try it before we headed to South Aussie.... I would have been happy to be 1200klms from home with no means of sleeping comfortably for days.

YLMV.

its not the "sports shade" is it ???

if so its a fairly crappy piece of gear, legs break off real easy etc.

chinese made by some american religious nutters......

Anyone got a pic off it?? On or off a car

1x Tarp= $30
2x Poles= $20
2x pegs & ropes $5
total = $55 for a awning thats 10 times tuffer and folds away nice and easy!

here's my home made one. one of the first modifications i made to the car a couple of years ago. heavy duty pvc which is hemmed all round. One edge has nylon rope sewn in and an aluminium rail is screwed into the rack for the rope to slide into. Couple of half hitches either end and thats it. The adjustable poles roll into it. I also have velcro on the end if I feel the need to extend it out even more.

$125 gets you this from Rays.
Noting that Dande has a 27% off sale this Friday, Frankston the following friday and Nunawading the friday after that.. so would be real cheap!

bogged wrote:$125 gets you this from Rays.
Noting that Dande has a 27% off sale this Friday, Frankston the following friday and Nunawading the friday after that.. so would be real cheap!

Do I get a further discount if I send the two guys back and just keep the hunge and the girls

love_mud wrote:

bogged wrote:$125 gets you this from Rays.
Noting that Dande has a 27% off sale this Friday, Frankston the following friday and Nunawading the friday after that.. so would be real cheap!

Do I get a further discount if I send the two guys back and just keep the hunge and the girls

they would be the only things you would want, scrap the breadbox and dudes...

it still all looks like cheap crap compared to a $30 silver tarp and 2 $10 tent poles!

As predicted, the awning is crap.
I am embarressed to put it on the car.

Found another one that might be more promising:
http://www.bcf.com.au/index.cfm?fuseact ... &PageID=99

I am still working on my ideal awning. Using a 3mx4m tarp and spreader bars off the back. This makes getting to the back easy and shaded - a side awning is not what I want.

Thinking how to make it as simple and easy to put up as possible, and have all the bits contained in a rollup package on the roofrack.

I find here in Qld a side awning is not big enough for shade on the beach.

Also may be scoring some secondhand sailcloth soon which is nice and light.

what did the super cheap one look like?

id like to find/make one for the soft top zook... but i think its dreaming

I just used a silver tarp some adjustable legs and a sailcloth mounting strip. With the strip you put the edge of the tarp in and then insert the v piece of plastic it comes with into the slot on top of the tarp and it holds it in place nice and tight. All of this is attached to my roof ack. i just roll it all up, poles and all and it is nice and neat out of the way.

Love to see pics Grimbo...

I guess you got the sail rail from a boat place. No problems getting the tarp edge to grab? I thought sails had much bigger edges.

grazza wrote:I guess you got the sail rail from a boat place. No problems getting the tarp edge to grab? I thought sails had much bigger edges.

Go to anyone who makes caravan annexes, even a motor trimmer should have some as it's common way to fix the front edge of tonneau covers.

I had a similar setup as Grimbo.
Had a steel canopy on my old clunker. Ran sailtrack on the back and down both sides so I could stretch it out either side (riveted on and sealed with goop... make sure you rivet this on good and proper as the tarps can catch a lot of wind which pulls against the tracks).
Got an upholsterer near work to sew up some heavier grade canvass and they stitched a rope in on the side that slides into the track. Some poles and a few pegs and ropes..... 3m of shade around 2 sides of the vehicle for around the $190. My only drama was occassionally rubbing up against trees and closing the sailtrack up slightly. Made it harder to slide the rope through.

Cheers,
Ryano

Grazza,

Go to your local Spotlight store, get the outdoor retractable awning. I bought two to mount on my roof racks both sides and they cost $55 each. You can get them in all sort of sizes - Mine is 180cm wide and 240 cm long. Haven't installed it but trying to workout how to install it and make a zipper bag for it

CAMEC at Salisbury (Bris) sells sail track

What about fixing some hooks to the roof rack which are in line with the eyelets on a good quality tarp. Then two poles with lines attached.

My mate has the same setup on his troopy and it works a treat. Worked well because of the troopies long wheel base.

Mad cruiser - good tip thanks! will check them out.

cheers fnq

grazza wrote:As predicted, the awning is crap.
I am embarressed to put it on the car.

Found another one that might be more promising:
http://www.bcf.com.au/index.cfm?fuseact ... &PageID=99

I am still working on my ideal awning. Using a 3mx4m tarp and spreader bars off the back. This makes getting to the back easy and shaded - a side awning is not what I want.

Thinking how to make it as simple and easy to put up as possible, and have all the bits contained in a rollup package on the roofrack.

I find here in Qld a side awning is not big enough for shade on the beach.

Also may be scoring some secondhand sailcloth soon which is nice and light.

Try this for size

http://www.lcool.org/technical/sunshade/sun_shade.html

I'm just brainstorming here, as i've never had an awning or thought about it before....

But what about a large window blind roller? Should be able to get them cheap, in any size, just an old blind.

I mean, take the oiginal blind off, and get a canvas or tarp replacement. Then you have an awning that pulls out easily to any length, and retracts on it's own. For appearance sakes you could just put it in a pvc pipe with a slit or something?

Has this been done before?

I suppose everyone has different needs.

With a SWB 4WD I need shade out the back to cover the rear doors, fridge and have access to the rear, especially on the beach.

No doubt I will come up with something eventually.

Once you get a good, fast, compact awning you use it heaps, and wonder what you would do without one.

thanks for the great ideas