Getting Pole Less Awnings onto Toyota Land Cruiser 200 & 300 vehicles
Poleless wing awnings and the 200/300 Series Toyota
BEFORE YOU BUY Any roof rack that you intend to fit an Awning too on a 200 or 300 SERIES -
BEWARE - The Rear wind Fairing (200 &300) and the aerial (300) foul on almost all awnings preventing opening the rear door... Read on we have a solution.
If your wanting to fit a Pole Less wing awning to your Roof rack On the 200 series toyota There is typically not enough space between the opening tailgate wind fairing as the awnings last arm cannot fit between the tiny gap between the rack and the rear wind spoiler. If you buy the wrong roof rack and awning combination - you must install the awning with an UP mount Bracket system - ie one that sits ON TOP of the rack adding the height of the awnings back plate to the roof rack (usually 180mm more height)
To Mount awnings lower than this - (Beside the rack) We'e addressed this problem with a dedicated
'Tough Touring 200 series Touring Platform rack" ,
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and a Tough Touring 300 Series Touring Platform
as well as a dedicated " Roof top tent racks " for both vehicles.
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and the 300 series RTT Rack here
If you want your awning to sit as low as possible, Tough Touring Bracket systems can be installed with exact forward positioning of our Platform and roof tent racks combined with an OSTRICH WING AWNING for the lowest and best results possible on these trucks.
- Please note that for the 200 and 300 series with ANY other rack or awning combination , you always have to choose the "UP" bracket option to get awnings up over that wind fairing.
BEST CHOICE for the 200 and 300 series - Ostrich Wing Awning:
If your after a quality awning for your 200 or 300 series - The awning that can be fitted lowest and provide quality shelter with minimum fouling is the Ostrich Wing 270 . It is the preferred Wing awning for the 200 and 300 series as its last swinging arm finishes on the high side of its hinge - giving it the best clearance over the Lc200 and lc 300 series Wind fairing without putting the awning itself to high to reach for set up.
We've been able to measure and test fit this awning countless times to get the last arm to sit in the gap between our rack and the rear wind fairing, allowing us to mount it lower than any other awning.
The Ostrich features a 100% canvas construction and trussed arms in aluminium keep it light and strong. It takes 4 panels via huge zippers to all sides, and can be used as a wind shelter with its (Optional) wall kit being a heavy duty effective shelter... Its a top quality unit at poor mans prices - More on these here - 'Ostrich'
These are our Favorite awning for the 200 series to date - We stock them, pre - purchasing them directly from South africa en-masse to avoid wait times. We build a range of bracket systems to fit these awnings to the 200 -
see more on Bracket systems to fit this awning to your 200 series on our awning to rack brackets page here
All awnings pictured here are fitted to the rack using Tough Touring Awning to rack brackets. Our Latest cuts of the Up Mounts are Slotted to fit directly to Rhino Pioneer rack, Front runner Slimline 2 and ARB Base racks with Simple BOLT UP fitting using the racks slots...
If your going to be installing a Roof top tent to your 200 or 300 series, see more on this here
