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TJ101
Member Since: 06 Feb 2007
Location: Taunton Somerset UK
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| G4 Roof Tent / Side Awnings ,,,, Ideas Please |
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Have just spent a few hours, looking at various ways people have done this, inc Penguin's pictures etc
Have swapped the G4 Sport for a 08 G4 D3, and looking at way of fitting the Maggiolina roof tent i have, along with a side awning,,
The Roof tent will fit, without taking the side rails off, and give some storage underneath as well if left on !!
The awning i have already, off the 110 is too long at 3m, so need one at about 2-2.2m to fit the side,,
Has anyone fitted one, that works well ???
Tia RR TDV8 Vog SE, RRS G4 (Gone) D4 HSE (Gone) D3 G4 (Gone) 110 CSW TDCi XS
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 4th Apr 2009 11:53 am |
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130SW
Member Since: 05 Apr 2009
Location: Romford
Posts: 6
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Hi, new to the forum having lurked for a number of months!
Have you thought about an Oz tent as an awning? I have attached awning rail to the lid of my maggiolina and attached an Oz tent caravan connector to this. I then attach the OZtent to the maggiolina which gives me a substantial awning area and some enclosed tent space. It also means that if it rains I can get out of the maggiolina without getting soaked!
If you are interested I will see if I can find some photos.
Cheers
Andy
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| 5th Apr 2009 7:25 pm |
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ELD70
Member Since: 28 Jan 2008
Location: Romford.
Posts: 901
 
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Welcome to the forum 130SW, another Romford member like me  . Get your sticker and get spotted!!
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| 5th Apr 2009 11:16 pm |
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Discoeast
Member Since: 19 Feb 2008
Location: Boksburg
Posts: 800
 
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TJ101 I have 2 x awnings fitted @ 2.5 m long on the expo
RR, and has worked fine for me. You can look in my gallery to see
the brackets I made to mount it. They are mounted below the top
RR rail, level with the rear door edge and protrude to the start of
the windscreen @ the roof. D3 bullbar-spots-roof rack with spots-ladder-long range tank-swing out spare wheel carrier- upgraded tow bar-dash console-internal water tank-duel awnings-drawer system & T T.
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| 6th Apr 2009 8:47 am |
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Wex
Member Since: 16 Apr 2007
Location: Knackeragua
Posts: 5173
 
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Hi TJ , if you contact Tanters he has an awning on his expo rack aswell.Sorry I can't remember the make.
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| 6th Apr 2009 8:53 am |
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130SW
Member Since: 05 Apr 2009
Location: Romford
Posts: 6
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Thanks for the welcome ELD70.
Not sure whether I am allowed a disco3.co.uk sticker, I am diffbender owner not a disco3 owner!
Not difficult to spot though, being a green 130 station wagon with a white maggot liner roof tent on the top!
Will keep an eye out for you in the wilds of Romford though!
TJ101, will dig out some photos and see if I can work out how to post them!
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| 6th Apr 2009 10:13 am |
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Discoeast
Member Since: 19 Feb 2008
Location: Boksburg
Posts: 800
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TJ,
They are Howling Moon Ali Awn, not the Safari Awn
all the legs etc are contained the the housing, and is easy to erect .
If you were to convert it into a tent as I did, the back wall section is
not a stock item, it would have to be made to suit. I don't think the
awning was ever designed to be a tent, but it did suit my purpose.
As there main line is tents, roof tents and trailer tents. I must say
I had to go through the agent to get the rear wall sets made, me
being in Johannesburg and the manufacturer in Durban, I was
sorted in a week . In hind site, there are some things
I would like to change, but all in all I am a happy chappy, still
a 3 M one  would suit me better. D3 bullbar-spots-roof rack with spots-ladder-long range tank-swing out spare wheel carrier- upgraded tow bar-dash console-internal water tank-duel awnings-drawer system & T T.
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| 6th Apr 2009 10:39 pm |
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