Fiamma F45 Awning With Poptop. Why I use THULE Brackets and no RAIL on my Transporter 

Lovely job! I love my thule awning for all the reasons you said Have a great camping trip 🤙

thanks for the vid! getting poptop fitted to my van soon and ordered awning. Then thought OH NO it will not fit!!! for the problems you have just resolved. many thanks, Subscribed to your channel 👍

Top work as always mate 👊

Top man, really well explained. Super useful

Great video as always

5 mins in and thought you had more spotlights fitted to the roof until I realised it’s your sprinter behind 😂

Nice job!, noticed the roof rails on pop top and wondered if you have a video on installing them, had a look but couldn’t find any.

Came over from Adz, gave you a like and subscribed. Your channel seems interesting.

Hi, thanks for the great video. Do you have a video going into detail on how to drill the holes and prepare them before installing the brackets?

Another great video !! Interested if you will solve the issue of raining falling between awning and the side door !!

Top job, I was being a smart arse and had my Fiamma brackets powder coated before fitting them 👍🏻 but then I didn’t key up the powder coating and now the adhesive doesn’t stick so I need to do it all again 😂. I also bought a cheap rubber self adhesive strip for £5 on eBay to prevent the water running off the van when opening the sliding door, a lot cheaper than the Fiamma purpose made gutter for £80😮

always use M5 hex or Torq engineering screws with Nyloc nuts to secure awning to mount plates, never rely on self tappers, I took a van out on a test drive hit the brakes and watched the awning shoot off down the road , they had used self tappers!. Second camper I owned also self tappers so I changed them, on the older F45 fitting diagram they specified 12mm M5 with Nyloc nuts. I use M6 15mm with Nyloc nuts

Wanting to fit one to my Toyota Regius that im converting into a bit of a multi-purpose use van for family weekends away and also to use to take my motorbikes to trackdays etc! Would have been super helpful if you showed the actual process of putting on the brackets with the rivnuts etc.

Great video, very good job I like that solution can you remeber the part number of that Thule brackets??

Watched umpteenth videos and then yours umpteenth/twenty times - so - just ordered the parts - including rivnut gun and glue/sealant - although we have a left hand drive van! Caveat I have self converted before (Citroen Relay) and fitted an awning with the help of a couple of ex-plumbers :-)

Best option that bud those rails look terrible. Need the same for Sprinter.

Nice one , strange why Fiamma don’t do black brackets 🤷🏻 I’ve put an F80s on a crafter and luckily they are well hidden only due to height 👍🏻

Hi mate, great video as always - just rewatched this one recently as I am looking at fitting an awning to my van. I didnt know who else or where else to ask but, I've seen on videos that people are preparing drilled/cut holes with etch primer that is applied with what looks like cotton wool swab on a stick/handle - can this be bought like this or is this a home setup that people are making and then dipping into primer? Cheers

I’d be interested to know if you can still get under the 2m height barriers with the awning? Cheers.

Any reason you went for the fiamma over the Thule? Both seemed similar when I looked, not sure on pricing. Looking at getting one before spring 👍🏻

Can I ask what size rivit nut is used on the top? I need to get a rivit tool. Is it bigger than M8?

Just about to do this exact job I have the thule brackets but I'm confused as to which fiamma f45s awning to buy I have a poptop and it lwb please help

Great video been looking for a solution to fit a fiamma awning to my t5 without having to remove them roof bars.. do you know if the Fiamma has a awning rail on the front to attach driveway awning. Cheers,🌄👍

Fiamma vs Thule awning? Which are better? I’m a big Thule fan boy so naturally want a Thule one. But would go fiamma if they’re better.

what are them brackets fro the bar light dude ? want some.

But how do you add a tent awning to the side of your van? - is one or the other?

Do you know what brackets you used so i could order please

Does any water get down the back I can see daylight or am I imaging it lol

What actual mounds did you use?

Why did you go for fiamma over Thule if the Thule bracket is perfect.

Why use the fiamma awning with the Thule brackets.?...I have used both over many years and would honestly say that the Thule awnings are significantly better made. But that's just my opinion😉😉. Its a while since I fitted an awning to a transporter, but as you have done, get the back position sorted first, as this is the end that will need to be snug to the pop top. One thing that I found useful as I was often fitting the brackets on my own. In order to get the front and rear level and parallel (to avoid the awning twisting) I used a length of aluminium profile to bolt the 2 brackets to . Then mark the appropriate holes with both brackets held level and parallel and fit the rivnuts. Then bed them down on sikaflex and tighten up the bolts but only to the point where the first part of the bracket touched down. By leaving it overnight with the joining strip holding everything level, the following day it was perfect and solid. As I am writing this it sound like a right pain in the arse😂😂😂....but definitely better than finding out the front bracket is 5 degrees out from the rear and then trying to adjust it.

Is it one or the other

Why not fit the Thule awning then..? Is the FIamma that much better as an awning than Thule?

Torx screws are pathetic easily taken out and awning stolen! What could you use instead of Thule's crap screws on expensive awning?