Gutter Mount Brackets for Awning

[Casper2001]

Hey all, new to the forums.

Bought a 2022 JLU Willy's (loving it so far) and am planning on building a budget overlander.

Coming into the camping section, I'm looking to buy a roof rack in the future, but it's not in my budget currently.

I'm looking at getting an awning for its perks while camping, but I cannot for the life of me find any sort of gutter-only brackets for any awnings, and looking to see if anyone has some ideas for this.

Thanks

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[dpike]

I'd mount an awning to a set of crossbars or roof rack rather than directly to the gutter rails.

 

[ChuckQue]

I'd mount an awning to a set of crossbars or roof rack rather than directly to the gutter rails.

This. I already searched high and low for something similar and determined it must not exist and for good reason. Maybe try and buy a used set of crossbars?

 

[Casper2001]

Yeah, I kinda figured if I couldn't find it then it wasn't around, not 100% sure if a 30-or-so pound awning would create that much stress on the gutter, but I don't think I want to be the one to find out.

Thanks.

 

[AndrewHW]

I'm currently looking for shade options as well and don't want a roof rack. Haven't really found what I'm looking for that seems efficient and worth it.

 

[four low]

I have the Thule low profile clamp on roof racks ; handy for lumber and kayaks. The clamp on feet are excellent for securing a simple light awning. The roof bar is plenty strong enough, as the far side clamp is taking part of the lateral pull that might result from wind. Easy to remove too.

 

[AMT]

Check this out:

https://trailgearoasis.com/

Rear canopy / shade and doubles as a rain fly. Kinda pricey but very cool

 

[dpike]

that is pricy.

i had this one for a bit and it worked great. good size and it went up quick.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZKYSCOM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

 

[Jreycnc]

I'm a little late to the game here but I wonder if you could install the rhino back bone system and then mount the awning mounts directly to the pads that are on the top instead of putting crossbars on.

EDIT: Here's a pic of the pads I'm talking about:

 

[MeefZah]

I found this thread while searching around for a awning solution that would allow mounting independent of a roof rack to the gutter.

I couldn't find anything that blew my skirt up, either.



I ended up just mounting the awning to ARB brackets:

https://www.etrailer.com/Accessories-and-Parts/ARB/ARB57FR.html

and the brackets to Inno crossbars (cut down to correct width after install):

https://www.etrailer.com/Roof_Rack/Inno/IN434.html

and 5 1/2" tall Inno gutter mount towers:

https://www.etrailer.com/Roof_Rack/Inno/IN72FR.html

I initially had the mounts set up as seen above and on the top of the below image, but they overhung too far IMO. I removed the middle bolt and flipped the mounts so the awning sits a bit higher than I would personally like but it is closer in to the center of the Jeep, as seen in the below image bottom.

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