These canopys cost about $1600 when buying from Alibaba, cheaper (and custom branded) when you buy quantity for the most modern model vehicles. But they take 40 days sea freight to arrive. Australian retailers are far too greedy. Trying to extract $500 - $1000 per sale. Write to the suppliers and complain. Aussie retailers need to focus on volume sales and happy customers. They think that its a once off sale... but its not. Customers that save momey on the canopy come fwd to buy more accessories and refer more customers too them. Greedy aussie retailers.
basically all these steel and aluminum canopies are all made in China custom branded to your fav local brand.. and theres nothing wrong with that but they try to take far too much profit and some even try to claim their custom branded units are locally made BS.
They are a good canopy for the price :). I recommend getting the tailgate seal kit too for your set-up too. Also try to get a raised airintake if you can if Ur going to be doing a lot of dusty driving. The Meredith one is good :)
Yes I agree, great for the price. Yes the tailgate seal would be a good idea, wish I had ordered one of those too. Unfortunately won't have enough time to wait for it to turn up before we head of again. And the raised intake is a good idea too, thanks for the tips!
Cheers mate, video helped a lot. I’ve just finished putting mine together for the Amarok. I’m pretty sure those left over split washers are to go on the opposite side to the bolt/washer on the front and back pieces, rather than in between. That’s where I ended up using them anyway.
Hi I think I saw a video of you and your family heading in a big trip. How did the canopy handle this? Did you find the side doors large enough and well built?
Hi Mathew, yes we are currently travelling around Australia full time. The canopy has been great so far, the side doors are very easy to open and smooth and yes plenty large enough, I can easily get things in and out the sides.
Hey mate, yeh still happy with it for price, but the paint is not great, hinges are not good either, I have repainted the outside and put new hinges on it. Also one of the gas struts had failed.
Hi damo I purchased it from ebay from 4x4 force I think it was called, there is a link in the video description. I paid 2200 including delivery with an ebay code.
The original hinges were aluminium I believe. We have actually just replaced the hinges this week after almost 12 months of use. We will be making an updated canopy review video in the next couple of weeks!
Hi Stephen, from memory, it was a white and black wire. The black wire is the positive wire and the white wire is negative. I just wired it into the trailer plug. Positive wire to the brake signal pin and negative wire to the ground pin.
Finally an actualy customer review/setup of one. Been looking at one for my ranger but unsure.
These canopys cost about $1600 when buying from Alibaba, cheaper (and custom branded) when you buy quantity for the most modern model vehicles. But they take 40 days sea freight to arrive.
Australian retailers are far too greedy. Trying to extract $500 - $1000 per sale. Write to the suppliers and complain. Aussie retailers need to focus on volume sales and happy customers. They think that its a once off sale... but its not. Customers that save momey on the canopy come fwd to buy more accessories and refer more customers too them. Greedy aussie retailers.
basically all these steel and aluminum canopies are all made in China custom branded to your fav local brand.. and theres nothing wrong with that but they try to take far too much profit and some even try to claim their custom branded units are locally made BS.
Basically a very close copy of the RSI and RLD canopies from South Africa. I have the RSI canopy on my MR Triton and I am very happy with it.
They are a good canopy for the price :). I recommend getting the tailgate seal kit too for your set-up too. Also try to get a raised airintake if you can if Ur going to be doing a lot of dusty driving. The Meredith one is good :)
Yes I agree, great for the price. Yes the tailgate seal would be a good idea, wish I had ordered one of those too. Unfortunately won't have enough time to wait for it to turn up before we head of again. And the raised intake is a good idea too, thanks for the tips!
Cheers mate, video helped a lot. I’ve just finished putting mine together for the Amarok.
I’m pretty sure those left over split washers are to go on the opposite side to the bolt/washer on the front and back pieces, rather than in between. That’s where I ended up using them anyway.
Glad it helped! Thanks
Yes,correct
The bluetack stuff is called butyl rubber. Same stuff as those sounded deadener sheets people use in the doors and cab
Thanks robji good to know!
Great video! Looking at one of these for my business to keep equipment clean and dry
Hey its amazing! I am thinking to get this canopy for my NP300! Thanks for your video you are my hero...
Thanks! It is a game changer for us!
@@griffinsgetaway I just ordered it for np300 from Alibaba. If I ask car mechanic to install it how long you think it will take to fit it?
You have more patience than I have. It does look good though
this video is a life saver
Great. I’m looking at one of these for my ranger.
Hi did you find any ? I just ordered from alibaba. Tomorow it should arrive. Is is good one ?
Nice mate!
Be good to see your 12v setup as I’m looking at the same canopy eventually!
Hi liam, no worries, i will likely run through the 12v setup in a future video.
Nice vid mate, seen these on eBay and wondered if they were any good!
thanks for the video mate
came handy when i did mine
Hi I think I saw a video of you and your family heading in a big trip. How did the canopy handle this? Did you find the side doors large enough and well built?
Hi Mathew, yes we are currently travelling around Australia full time. The canopy has been great so far, the side doors are very easy to open and smooth and yes plenty large enough, I can easily get things in and out the sides.
Hey mate. Can someone undo the screws/hinges on top to open/remove the side/rear doors?
Hoping this ain’t the case. But can you confirm?
Great video thanks mate
any long term thoughts mate?
Hey mate, yeh still happy with it for price, but the paint is not great, hinges are not good either, I have repainted the outside and put new hinges on it. Also one of the gas struts had failed.
Any water or dust getting in mate??
Nice video , learning a lot , but do you have the colour code for wire up the third break light ?
Did you ever figure out what the gaskets (you call them spacers in your video) are for?
Hi Mathew, nah I ended up just throwing them out.
@@griffinsgetaway 😂 fair enough. I’m almost done. Have sikaflex all over me 🤦♂️
@@griffinsgetaway how is your trip going? Are you back yet?
@@phuecn yeh really good mate, we are travelling through North WA at the moment. Still got like 9 months to go before we finish our lap.
@@griffinsgetaway oh wow! That’s awesome. All the best with it mate. Do you have an insta?
These look Good but its ashame they are poorly made and horrible to assemble 😢 and the Doors are flimzy as heck.
Great video thank you for sharing, where can I purchase the canopy please, do you have a link? How much should I expect to pay, Cheers!
Hi damo
I purchased it from ebay from 4x4 force I think it was called, there is a link in the video description. I paid 2200 including delivery with an ebay code.
How have the hinges held up? are they steel or plastic?
The original hinges were aluminium I believe. We have actually just replaced the hinges this week after almost 12 months of use. We will be making an updated canopy review video in the next couple of weeks!
hi mate, does this canopy need any drills to the tub?
Hi Simon
No just uses factory bolt holes
No
What colour wires did you connect to for the brake light
Hi Stephen, from memory, it was a white and black wire. The black wire is the positive wire and the white wire is negative. I just wired it into the trailer plug. Positive wire to the brake signal pin and negative wire to the ground pin.
My original brake light wire is red and black, I trying to connect to the canopy brake light. So do I just connect red to white and black to black?
@@digay37 black to white with green stripe, white to red
Use the light as a test piece on the wires connected to the plug first to confirm
@@digay37 no the white wire is negative and the black wire is positive. So black wire goes to red and white wire goes to black
Cheers
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