Diy Clamshell Roof Top Tent

I ve been putting off making this video for way too.

Diy clamshell roof top tent. Finally showing the finished product. 100 give it 4 stars or more the lightest rooftop tent that even solo adventurers can deploy. Front runner roof top tent total expert score. 94 100 consumer score.

Diy roof top tent a frame. You will feel crazy about this creative diy build of the diy roof top tent. It s wide enough to veyr comfortably fit two adults and with the windows on each side of the unit breathability and air. I can see a roof top that sits on frame that holds the poles to lift the topper off the car and lowers to the ground.

Slide the car under attach and go. The tentbox hardshell is a very good hard top tent with a fiberglass shell a classic box like design and a very thick mattress. Also a clamshell opening allows for a higher peak roof height of 45 inches. Roof top tent parts after cutting and bending at home depot.

The diy roof top tent will pop up to provide a camp on the top of your vehicle roof so no pain to install a separate tent and it really budget friendly to leave home depot canopy tent. Rooftop tent portability fast set up under 1 min off ground away from varmits. 410 expeditions started by contracting a local fabricator to pre cut and bend aluminum for both the top and bottom of the tent then he got a friend to weld the hinges and gas springs onto the tent. Those things i do andriy determined that plywood might not be the best platform for a comfortable night s sleep and the needed foam pads drove the price up to 170 still about a fourth of the cost of the cheapest model of rooftop tent available for his vehicle.

1 8 inch memory foam mattress open dimensions. Sides fold into clamshell tent top is secured with 2 cords over the top. Advantages include a sleeker design and quick setup and if you re not running it on a compact car more remaining roof real estate than other hardshell models allow. 82 x 57 x 45 h in.

This is the homemade hardshell rooftop tent that i built last year.