1. Attaching the Mounting Rails to the ARB Rooftop Tent
1.1. Direction of Opening
Before you fit your new rooftop tent to your vehicle, you will need to decide whether you wish to have
the rooftop tent open “off the back’” or “off the side” of your vehicle.
“Off the Back”
For most larger size vehicles opening “off the back” is preferable. The advantages of this
orientation are:
- leaves extra roof space for additional storage.
- with the tent open you will gain weather protection from the tent above your head
when accessing the back of your vehicle.
Caution: Some vehicles have tailgates which lift well above their roofline. Opening “off the back” is not
suitable for these vehicles as the tent base may restrict the full range of movement of the tailgate.
To mount the rooftop tent to open off the back, the mounting extrusions need to be cut off at both ends
up to the second pre-drilled hole, prior to being fitted to the base of the rooftop tent. See Diagram 1.
The mounting extrusions are then bolted to the base of the tent at right angles to the roof rack or roof
bars, in the direction of opening (along the length of the tent base).
Cut here
Diagram 1
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Direction of
Travel
Mounting Extrusion
Roof Bars
