[BRAD]

hi, just wondering if anyone knows if a roof top tent hangs over the sides of a vitara and if it looks weird with one on. thanks

[atari4x4]

roof top tents are around 1200mm X 1400mm x 300mm when packed up, go have a measure.

[Microwire]

Try here.
http://nbs4x4club.com/forum/index.php?topic=13258.0

or here.

http://www.zukiworld.com/forum/build-di ... -sidekick/

[BRAD]

i cant believe i didnt think of that haha, thanks mate

[buzbox]

The other thing you need to think of is if the roof is able to carry the weight of the tent + yourself and if someone else is in there with you + the bouncing you may have with that person.

Sure you can get roof racks rated at XX Kgs but the roof may not be able to carry the weight.

[Microwire]

buzbox wrote:

The other thing you need to think of is if the roof is able to carry the weight of the tent + yourself and if someone else is in there with you + the bouncing you may have with that person.

Sure you can get roof racks rated at XX Kgs but the roof may not be able to carry the weight.

x2

Plus consider your GVM and CoG, there's not that much room for movement. Though i wouldn't expect that they'd weigh to much. If it were me I'd build a little off road trailer with a roof top tent. Check out Joes or some of the other guys trailers.

[Michikins]

Not sure how much different they are strenght wise in the roof, but I have rooftop tent for my Jimny and it works great.

[royce]

roof rack max weights are for moving only, sitting still they can handle a tent and 2 people fine

bodyroll and pushing through teh wind will be interesting though, ive had 60kg on the roof with no swaybar and if was pretty exciting to turn

[BRAD]

yeah the body roll would be abit fun to see haha, i measured it today and a roof tent would cover the whole roof because i got a SWB so its abit of a bummer , i waas looking at getting a small trailer to put the teent on but i can find any that are a 5x4 but ill just keep looking. thanks for the help guyys

[christover1]

5 x 3.5 are easier to get hold of, would suite a zook well.

[atari4x4]

running my roof bag in my basket was terrible on the open road, no top speed & shit house fuel economy hence me going the trailer option.

[Hybrid]

Is that what you call an open road in Adelaide Atari?

When I was looking at the roof top tents they were all around the 45kg mark if that helps.

[FHA57]

my sierra is fine

[FHA57]

my roof rack is mounted off my 6 point cage tho i can also bolt it on or off and have it on with my roof off cant see much difference on a vit its fine on the motorway and general driving been on some ok slopes seems fine wouldnt be doinbg anything hardcore with it on although but great for general camping trips. mine weighs 60kg i do have a post sumwhere with more pictures in it.

[atari4x4]

60kg's is pretty light considering it's a bed/tent for 2 people.

if you set it up so it opened from one side the overall width would be about 200mm less but i guess then you can't set up the annex over the back & open the tail gate under cover.

FHA57 rooftop tent thread http://auszookers.com/index.php?name=Fo ... ic&t=26909

[FHA57]

ill prob build a wind break for the front in time thanks atari i still access mine fron the back so good wen it raining or at night wen in need of a beer and cant sleep

[atari4x4]

yeah thats what i thought, would be nice to have that downstairs room. i'm slapping one on a 5x3.5 trailer so the lower annex part will be pointless for me.

a nice aero package would make a world of difference... no ricer wings tho

[sogone]

You have a ricer tacho too! I'm not so rice that my shift light is hooked on but

[atari4x4]

didn't even see the gauges

it's a tidy looking unit, we need more pics of the passenger please?

[sogone]

He has more gauges then me

Baleno conversion to Fhatz?