ARB Awning

davevickery · Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2014 3:18 pm Post subject:

Is there a best price place to get these? I googled and the prices are all within $10-15 bucks of each other for the 2500. For some reason I was thinking they were cheaper than they are. I was seeing close to $300. Then add brackets. I thnbk most sites offer free shipping.

Did they go up or something?

I was leaning toward one of the fiammas but I don't like 35 or 45 for various reasons including cost.

Home Team Van · Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2014 6:36 pm Post subject:

Autoanything.com is $246 shipped with 15% off code = cheers
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davevickery · Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2014 8:39 pm Post subject:

Thanks, I guess I should have looked one page back where two others just said the same thing. $200-250 is what I was remembering but that must have been the older model that didn't extend out as far. $246 seems like a great price.

Funny, I was looking at the Autoanything site around Black Friday and they only had the small ones.

Home Team Van · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2015 1:58 pm Post subject:

Go Westy says their brackets don't work with '80 and some '81-'84 Vanagons due to the difference in the rain gutters. Anyone run into the problem of their gutters being the old style? If so how did you mount your ARB? Thanks.
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BlueGrasser · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2015 2:40 pm Post subject:

Wow, AutoAnything has a 20% off promo code right now AND free shipping. Wish I was ready to buy one!
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RichBenn · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2015 2:44 pm Post subject:

tarandusVDub · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2015 3:10 pm Post subject:

I have a really early '84 and they work fine.
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OhChit · Samba Member Joined: January 29, 2004 Posts: 271

BlueGrasser wrote:

Wow, AutoAnything has a 20% off promo code right now AND free shipping. Wish I was ready to buy one!

Hate to break the News but after seeing the 20% off Thing-a-ma-gig I almost squeezed the trigger on this item, but found that the 20% off doesn't apply to ARB products.. Sad

Regardless still a good buy though, especially with the free shipping. Very Happy

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BlueGrasser · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2015 3:59 pm Post subject:

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ledogboy · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 2:38 pm Post subject:

Has anyone had issues with the Gowesty Fiamma bracket interfering with the poptop? I feel like an idiot here, but I just can't get the thing to sit such that there isn't a problem. I did cut off the excess threads flush with the nut, but I still need more clearance. Any ideas before I try to find a way to bend these things?

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Corwyn · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 4:40 pm Post subject:

Move your awning mounts so they don't sit right under the bracket mounts
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WandS · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 4:44 pm Post subject:

I have the same issue with mine. As i am pulling my van apart for paint, i am going to try and find hardware to reverse the mounting somehow. Nut on inside of awning rail and head of the bolt on the outside of the bracket.
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ledogboy · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 4:57 pm Post subject:

redeyeksc · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 5:18 pm Post subject:

Mount the awning at the top of the bracket use spacers for the bottom bolt, you won't have any problems. The higher you mount it the further the bolts end up being from interfering with the pop top.
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austinindian · Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 7:12 pm Post subject:

I'm about to install my 2500 ARB awning using GW's brackets. I've drilled three holes in each bracket. I should be installing the brackets on the van first before installing the ARB awning to the brackets, correct?

kourt · Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 7:21 pm Post subject:

I, too had a problem with the GW brackets and the awning mount hardware interfering with the poptop seal.

I solved the problem by doing the following:

1. replace the awning mounting bolts (M6 with large conventional hex heads) with a M6 button head bolt of very precise length for this application:

2. swap the fastener positions so that the lower profile button head bolt is on the outside of the ARB awning channel, and the nylon insert M6 nut is on the inside of the ARB awning channel. The nut in the channel is captive, so it's easy to tighten.

3. increase the total number of fasteners per GW bracket to four, just in case the button head bolts are somehow less sturdy than conventional hex head bolts.

This worked for me.

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kourt · Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 7:36 pm Post subject:

gastonomicus_fantz · Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 6:52 am Post subject:

Go Westy says their brackets don't work with '80 and some '81-'84 Vanagons due to the difference in the rain gutters. Anyone run into the problem of their gutters being the old style? If so how did you mount your ARB? Thanks.

GoWesty brackets did not work on my 82. I could not figure out a way to modify them to work -- so I sent them back. Has anyone figured out a way to mount the ARB awning when GoWesty brackets don't fit your gutters?
I have an ARB awning sitting in the garage that wants to be mounted!
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