The Bush company 270 XT Install onto ARB base rack 

Thanks mate. Yeah it worked well. As long as you are gentle I can’t see a problem.

Haha before I started I was wondering how I was going to do it. Luckily I had something to hang the straps from.

Thanks mate, hope it helps take some of the guess work out of it

Yeah it is built bloody solid hey. And it’s one where I couldn’t really find any problems with them failing online. Super stoked with mine and will be doing a 1+ year review on it.

Thanks man 👊🏽 hopefully it helps a few people

Haha yeah fair enough. Wasn’t too hard just a few steps to follow. But yeah definitely easier getting someone else to do it 😂

It’s all about the weights hey. So tricky.

Haha he was useless 😜

Yeah that is true.

Cheers mate. Yeah that could also be a good way to do it 👌🏽

@@seanwatson3790 Hey bud Yeah I get what you’re saying. I guess the good thing about that is that you are more flexible on how and where you mount it and aren’t limited to where they have the studs coming out for you. Not sure how the other one came when you had it but with the way I fitted mine and on the Arb system the brackets can only go in very specific spots so the studs for the awning would have to be in the correct spot. And to be honest it wasn’t really that hard and didn’t take too long. The filming of it made it take a lot longer.

@@TravelExplore4x4 I had to use the universal ones it came with because they were flat enough to fit underneath where I have my tent mounted. Don't have a lot of clearance. Which is worrying me about this one a bit cuz the brackets aren't as thin as I might be needing them to be to fit under the tent to my rack

I’m pretty sure there is an option to choose between 2 or 3 when you order them. I chose to go with 3 as preferred to have the added strength. There is a heap of load that gets put on to those brackets with free standing awnings.

They do look good, but I still think the bush company would have it strength wise. I have still never had to put a leg out. I put a single rope out once when it was getting really windy, but that’s it.

Hahah I know right 🤣 they are my harmless neighbours, they were probably looking at me thinking why I’m talking to myself 😝

Thanks Craig. Yep I put it into position and then tighten the bolts where they needed to be and then got the bag into place. Then used the hammer to punch the holes out and took the bag off, took the nuts off and fitted the bag over the now loose bolts. The holes will locate the bolts into the correct position

Hi mate. If you watch the video you can see how they are mounted to the rack. I did a video on my side lights and put a link in the description of the ones I bought.

Hey frank Yeah I think I needed to aswell. You will just have to make sure that they grab properly.one all still grabbed into the nylock

It depends if you want the awning hanging on the passenger side or drivers side. Mine is on passenger side.

Hey David, Yeah it’s bloody awesome mate. I use it all the time because it’s so quick and easy to use. Very sturdy still even when it’s windy.

@TravelExplore4x4 thank you for your quick response. Thankyou for your content .

@@daviddare8769 thanks for that mate. Glad it’s helped you out a bit. Hopefully I have time to get some more videos out

Hey Ross Thanks mate, appreciate that. Depends how high your car is and what car you have. This awning does affect the opening of the rear tail gate. Do the lower you go the the lower the tail gate will be. But if I didn’t have the tail gate I would have gone lower with it.

Hey bud Apologies I didn’t see your comment come through. If you check on page I have a video on the lights that I fitted. I also have links in the description for the ones that’s I have

Hey mate Apologies I must have missed your comment. Did you end up finding out the height? Do you have a live and what size tyres.

@@TravelExplore4x4 I don’t have a measurement confirmed yet. We hopefully take delivery in the next month or so, plan is to keep standard height and tyres so just needed to confirm the height increase once the rack goes on. Do you have measurements at the front, middle and rear of the rack above the roof? Cheers

Hey mate, I bought it from midland 4wd centre in canningvale. They have them in stock there normally

Hmm most rooftop tents I have seen are usually same width as roof rack or wider. What type do you have? The the XT I think you only need 2 brackets technically, so you may be able to fit it in the middle. If you go the whole bush company setup the awning can actually mount to the roof top tent. It’s not a cheap exercise though