Installing the Lippert Solera RV Slide-Out Awning on a 2024 Grand Design Imagine Travel Trailer скачать в хорошем качестве

Installing the Lippert Solera RV Slide-Out Awning on a 2024 Grand Design Imagine Travel Trailer

Click for more info and reviews of this Lippert RV Awnings: https://www.etrailer.com/RV-Awnings/L... Check out some similar RV Awnings options: https://www.etrailer.com/dept-pg-RV_A... Search for other popular Grand Design Imagine Travel Trailer parts and accessories: https://www.etrailer.com/vehicle/2024... https://www.etrailer.com Don’t forget to subscribe!    / etrailertv   Full transcript: https://www.etrailer.com/tv-install-l... Hi, everyone. Jesse here with etrailer. Today we'll be taking a look at and I'll show you how to install the Lippert Solera RV slide out awning on our 2024 Grand Design Imagine. There's a lot of benefits to having a slide topper like this. First and foremost is that it's gonna keep any sticks or leaves or even water from reaching the top of your slide out because once your slide out is in, anything that's on top of that slide out is gonna go inside the camper and that's gonna cause a lot of issues. You could have mold or just bad smells in there. Another good benefit of this is it's gonna keep the heat from the sun from the actual surface of your trailer. So that's gonna cut down on energy costs and just help you regulate the temperatures inside your camper. It can be pretty tricky trying to get the right size slide topper for your setup. Really you just wanna measure from the outside of your slide out to the other side and then plug it into our fit guide. You also want to make sure that you're not getting too close to any awnings or other slide outs that you might have on your setup. If you have any other questions or concerns about trying to get the right slide topper for your setup, reach out to us. We'd be happy to get you pointed in the right direction. When it comes to the installation, it really is a pretty simple process. You will need a couple friends and a few ladders to help you out, but other than that, it's pretty straightforward. If it's not something that you're looking to do yourself, check out our dealer locator. You can find someone local to you that would be happy to get you set up. If you are looking to see how it gets installed then follow along, and I'll walk you through the process. To begin our installation, we will start by installing our brackets. Now we want these to be as high up on our T molding as possible, and as close to this corner. You'll see we have a little round edge here, so I'm gonna be slightly off this end of the T molding just to make sure that we're nice and flat. I did put on some butyl tape beforehand. That's gonna keep everything nice and sealed for us. And another bonus is that it will hold it on so we can install our screws. There is a top and bottom to these brackets. You'll want this flush side or flat side on the top. And the screws that we'll be using are five of these square head screws. Make sure that you're using the counter sink screws so that they sit flush. And when you're installing these, you want to get it as straight as possible 'cause if you're at an angle, then that lip of the screw is gonna stick up and get in the way. So we'll get this started. (screwdriver whirring) I like to start these slow, just trying to get it as straight as possible (screwdriver whirring) and then drive it in. (screwdriver whirring) And once you have all these installed, we'll just do that same process on the other side. Now we can install our extension rod into our slide topper. So this is just gonna slot in here, line up the holes and then use the Phillips head screws in our kit, get it started by hand and then drive that in with our gun. (screwdriver whirring) And with our extrusion rail, before we lift it up into position, we'll be installing some butyl tape onto the back to keep it nice and sealed. So as far as mounting our extrusion rail, what we're looking for is for it to be three to six inches, so three inches at the minimum, six at the maximum above our T molding here. And our gutter is actually at about four and a half inches. So what I'll do, instead of marking it out and trying to get everything as level as possible, I'm just gonna butt it up against this gutter that I know is already pretty level and we'll be good to go. So I recommend grabbing an extra set of hands because this is quite long, but we're kind of mocking it up for now 'cause I know that the roof isn't straight and our gutter isn't perfectly straight. So I want to get this leveled out. So I'm just using a bubble level. And once I kind of know where I need my side to be, I'll peel off the backing on the butyl tape and just work my way down the line, making sure that everything's level as I go. Now we'll start putting some of our round head screws in. I like to put