Making A Car Roof Top Tent

Ikamper s skycamp is an innovative expandable hard shell rooftop tent that sets up in 1 minute and sleeps 4 people.

Making a car roof top tent.

This rooftop tent from raptor series is simple yet sturdy and effective and costs well under 1000 making it a budget minded camper s dream. When you get to site you can drop your camp and drive the car off just like a camper trailer. Setup of this tent is about as easy as it gets. Building this diy roof top tent will simply cost you 100.

I ve been putting off making this video for way too. First you need to create a larger platform at the top of your vehicle using particle board and 2x4s and then mount this to the roof rack. Finally showing the finished product. The ranger overland does and.

Slide the car under attach and go. University of colorado at boulder student andriy wybaczynsky decided on a whim to design and build his own diy version of a vehicle rooftop tent. Tepui now owned by thule has made a name for itself making bombproof rooftop tents. It was during finals week and he set aside just 8 days for the initial design and build.

A quality rooftop tent is a serious investment and we put these tents through extensive field testing to bring you a comprehensive breakdown of options across a range of price points. Just remove the pvc driving cover pull the deployment strings to erect the tent attach two hooks to your vehicle and bingo your comfortable two. Check out the height of diy creativity here get the plan here to build your car rooftop tent. The rear just attach the platform load with gear and go.

Whether it s the aerodynamic double layered hard shell the aluminum honeycomb panels or the custom molds ikamper focuses on quality. 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. Build the base of the tent using 4 x 8 plywood sheets. Next you create a solid frame for the tent using a combination of 2x6s and 1x1s to customize the platform to your vehicle s roof rack.

This is the homemade hardshell rooftop tent that i built last year. Many rooftop tents give you the option of adding an annex room beneath the tent where it hangs over the side of the vehicle but few include one with your purchase. Next build the tent frame with conduit and choose the best fabric for the tent portion. The original challenge was to see if the tent could be built using widely available materials and for under 100.