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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 16857   
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I ended up fabricating custom mounts to fit my Foxwing to my Patriot rack, which I imagine was a vaguely similar problem.
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22nd Jun 2020 9:09pm |
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| Fawkey01 Member Since: 22 Jun 2020 Location: Cheshire Posts: 13  
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Many thanks Blackwolf. I’ve been scratching my head and messing about with my old meccano set trying to work out how to do it. I suspect you are right though and I’ll need custom mounts.
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22nd Jun 2020 9:16pm |
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| jst Member Since: 14 Jan 2008 Location: Taunton Posts: 7682 
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Can you post a pic of the problem please.
I didn't use any mountings with mine. Fox wing and patriot rack on 110. I just used bolts in the lower channel (3 bolts) and drilled through the side of the rack. Top of foxing level with top of luggage rail. Cheers James 110 XS Utility 130 Puma Station wagon/camper (in the making) 90 Puma Hardtop |
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22nd Jun 2020 9:54pm |
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| bear100 Member Since: 22 Mar 2010 Location: South Wales Posts: 1867  
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As James said a pic would help, I have a flatdog rack and flatdog have made a bespoke bracket for the Foxwing 2016 Range Rover Autobiography 4.4 TDV8
2010 110 XS Utility 2.4TDCI 2010 Range Rover Sport TDV8 (gone) 2007 Discovery HSE TDV6 (gone) 1993 110 csw 200 tdi (gone) 1994 90 HT 300 tdi (gone) 1994 discovery 300tdi (gone) 90 hybrid 3.5 v8 (gone) Range rover bobtail 3.5 v8 (gone) |
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22nd Jun 2020 10:18pm |
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| Fawkey01 Member Since: 22 Jun 2020 Location: Cheshire Posts: 13
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Thanks for this. I’ll post a pic tomorrow. I’ve seen the flat dog mount and I’m not not sure that would work (but would be delighted to be proved wrong because that mount is about £11)
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22nd Jun 2020 11:19pm |
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| Fawkey01 Member Since: 22 Jun 2020 Location: Cheshire Posts: 13
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Right. Attached (hopefully) are a couple of pictures of my roof rack (Safety Devices G4 expedition rack, and very similar to the LR expedition rack). From my research, the problem I have is the luggage rail. The majority of the awning mounts I have seen are L shaped, and designed to fit to a flat section of the roof rack, and with the upright part of the L being the bit you bolt the awning to. The uprights on my luggage rail block that part of the mounting. I am trying to avoid drilling into the structure of the rack if at all possible. |
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23rd Jun 2020 9:19am |
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| jst Member Since: 14 Jan 2008 Location: Taunton Posts: 7682
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why cant the L come out off the rack bar (not the luggage rail bar) and point down to hold the awning? Cheers
James 110 XS Utility 130 Puma Station wagon/camper (in the making) 90 Puma Hardtop |
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23rd Jun 2020 9:42am |
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| bear100 Member Since: 22 Mar 2010 Location: South Wales Posts: 1867
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Have you seen this thread?
https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic67822.html There a million types of tube clamps out there. Hilti have a great range 2016 Range Rover Autobiography 4.4 TDV8 2010 110 XS Utility 2.4TDCI 2010 Range Rover Sport TDV8 (gone) 2007 Discovery HSE TDV6 (gone) 1993 110 csw 200 tdi (gone) 1994 90 HT 300 tdi (gone) 1994 discovery 300tdi (gone) 90 hybrid 3.5 v8 (gone) Range rover bobtail 3.5 v8 (gone) |
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23rd Jun 2020 9:44am |
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| Fawkey01 Member Since: 22 Jun 2020 Location: Cheshire Posts: 13
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Many thanks Gents - appreciate the responses.
JST - apologies. I am a bit confused as I thought each of the rack bars end with a vertical luggage rail bar, so you cant hang anything down because the luggage rail upright blocks it? I think I have misunderstood what you mean. Bear1000 - I have not seen that thread. Apologies. Someone has asked the same question I mine already! |
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23rd Jun 2020 10:09am |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11240 
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I think the thread that Bear100 has linked to will answer your question but when I had an SD rack some years ago, I fitted all sorts of things to it with either large 'P' clips, stainless saddle clamps or U bolts and various strips of 2mm or 3mm thick aluminium. You just have to be a bit inventive. Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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23rd Jun 2020 10:41am |
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| Fawkey01 Member Since: 22 Jun 2020 Location: Cheshire Posts: 13
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LandRoverAnorak. I think that you are quite right. Thanks to all of you for your comments/responses. It looks like P clips and U bolts are the way forward!
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23rd Jun 2020 11:33am |
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| Fawkey01 Member Since: 22 Jun 2020 Location: Cheshire Posts: 13
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Just by way of 'closure' on this thread (and in case anyone is interested), I did manage to fit the awning by using a mix of P/U bolts. However, the only place you could really mount it this way was on the luggage rail, and I found that meant that the awning was just a couple of inches too high for ease of use.
Instead, I got a fabricator to make me up L shaped brackets out of 4mm aluminium. I have fixed these to the side of the luggage rail to create a series of flat panels. The awning attaches to the panels. It is just the right height now, and I have to say that the flat surface on the top of the brackets is pretty good additional storage space. Picture below. |
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10th Jul 2020 2:56pm |
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| Fawkey01 Member Since: 22 Jun 2020 Location: Cheshire Posts: 13
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10th Jul 2020 2:57pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 16857
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I like that, a very neat solution.
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10th Jul 2020 3:40pm |
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