Diy Roof Top Tent Hinge

Westfalia poptop roof hinges pair stainless steel replacements for the original pop top hinges.

Diy roof top tent hinge.

A guy from the sportsmobile forum found an old vw pop top mechanism at the junk yard. Slide the car under attach and go. Vw t3 camper cargo trailer camper camper beds cargo trailer conversion shasta camper popup camper cargo trailers truck camper roof rack tent. Tricky bit i think will be sewing and sealing the canvass to the lid base.

410 expeditions started by contracting a local fabricator to pre cut and bend aluminum for both the top and bottom of the tent then he got a friend to weld the hinges and gas springs onto the tent. Given the price of pop top installation from the companies above you could save some serious money by installing your own top. 1x4 s on the back where continuous hinge will attach 4. Discussion in new members started by marco221.

60 lb struts extended length 36 compressed 20 5 did some trigonometry to ensure struts would be fully closed when top was down. Roof top tent diy build. A few of these projects are listed below. Vw poptop on a ford.

Rooftop tent build series the top frame duration. Roof top tent parts after cutting and bending at home depot. Bottom of tent already had 2. Those things i do andriy determined that plywood might not be the best platform for a comfortable night s sleep and the needed foam pads drove the price up to 170 still about a fourth of the cost of the cheapest model of rooftop tent available for his vehicle.

Diy roof top tent i am struggling to find a good 2nd hand clam shell type rtt in my budget about r9k so am toying with the idea of having a crack at one myself. Mellon camp does a 30 second roof top. Diy roof top tent a frame. I can see a roof top that sits on frame that holds the poles to lift the topper off the car and lowers to the ground.

Marco r 14 350 views. For commercial poptop installers please read the main pop tops page. In this video 410 expeditions shows us project pytheas a homemade hard shell rooftop tent. Top frame perimeter assembled out of 1x3 s.

Diy roof top tent installed hinge gas struts duration. Patrick remington 60 323 views. The rear just attach the platform load with gear and go. Then add a marine ply base hinge on the lid and gas struts.