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Need some shade on the trail or maybe some shelter close to the truck that's reliable? After spending weekends in the woods piecing together old tarps and draining off pools of water during heavy storms, a good awning was added to the wish list.
We opted for the Rhino Rack Sunseeker 2.5M Awning after countless hours researching on the internet. It comes with various accessories and we added the Awning Extension for some extra square footage. We'll post some shots of the Sunnseeker and Extension set up on Twitter soon. Unfortunately, the packaged was damaged en route and delivered missing the mounting hardware. Thankfully, persistence over the holidays resulted in new parts.
We had to make some adjustments to mounting because the parts delivered were slightly different from what was supposed to be included per the parts list. We pieced together what was shipped and dug out some old Yakima parts to put it all together.
Since there wasn't much for help on the internet, we're opting to post this short gallery to aid those who want to mount their Sunseeker to a Yakima base rack.
First, locate/purchase some Yakima clamps. These are universal clamps; they'll work just fine.
The Yakima clamps with the supplied mounting bracket from Rhino Rack. Research shows this bracket is a universal bracket purchased as an option from Rhino Rack for mounting various types of awnings.
Just stretch the Yakima clamps over the bar ends.
Two Yakima clamps on the front bar and two on the back.
We opted to use two Yakima clamps to give the extra support for the Sunseeker bracket.
M8 x 1.25 x 50 stainless bolts will proved years of rust free support.
A stainless washer on top and bottom plus a stainless nylon locking nut.
Mounted and ready to be tightened.
Don't over do it. The Yakima clamps have a tight grip. We squeezed them shut enough to match up the plastic channels on the clamps.
Ready for the awning. We actually flipped the clamps over to the drivers's side after this shot.
Insert the supplied channel bolts and move the awning into place.
Stainless washer and nylon locking nut, tighten and you'd read to roll.