DIY Unistrut Roof Rack | Sprinter Solar Panel Mount | Van Conversion

[@donaldindividual-1]

Nicely done. I will use Strut material on my RV roof too. Very clean install.

[@TheWholeWorldorNothing]

Thanks! 👍 Good luck with yours too!

[@marksmith4673]

Excellent video guys, im literally following in your footsteps with my sprinter and did this part today. Love your vanlife content and the excellent walk through videos. Cheers!

[@MyBoxingFitness]

I like that the solar panels don't hang over the side of the van and look like wings, it's much tidier, this also allows you to attach a Fiamma. - Brilliant. :)

[@waheedtahan2428]

Excellent work I'm learning a lot from you guys. I plan on buying my very first Sprinter cargo van by next month and mine should be ready in 30 days because of parts issues. Thank's for sharing this video.

[@kevingalloway9338]

Love rewatching your videos it's help me out as I am building my own van now

[@darrengregory6678]

Hi you two, thanks another educational episode I’m a year behind your build and keep looking at your completed van episodes for layout ideas,

[@TheWholeWorldorNothing]

Hi Darren, glad to hear it! Let us know if you have any questions on the layout, we’d be happy to try and help.

[@LonnieWormley]

I got some ideas on how to install my solar panel on my 2017 ford Transit. Thanks for your inspiration.

[@TheWholeWorldorNothing]

Fantastic, glad you found it useful 👍

[@jkcrypto8907]

Great vid guys, I just ordered my unistrut bits and will be following along on your YT videos for instructions ! What a good way to save money instead of paying £400-£700 for a full rack ;)

[@SamandMollieExplore]

Hey guys, thanks for the great video :) love how your creating your own solutions to all these camper build challenges!

[@TheWholeWorldorNothing]

Ah thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 👍😀

[@darrengregory6678]

Thanks

[@kevingalloway9338]

Great job guys

[@TheWholeWorldorNothing]

Thanks!

[@catw6274]

You two are adorable. Nice job!

[@garrykennedy5653]

Fantastic guys

[@madeleinehughes4757]

So helpful! How did you manage to tighten the nut underneath the channel nut once you had it on the unistrut?

[@zsofijakab9830]

Hey, I'm early! Another great video, I've been waiting for it.😁 Have a nice day.

[@TheWholeWorldorNothing]

Ah thank you! Glad you liked it. Quick question, are you planning a van build yourself or just interested in them?

[@zsofijakab9830]

Yes actually, I'm planning to travel Europe one day in a van, but I'm still in school, so I'm just watching videos and making plans on my design at the moment. 😁

[@TheWholeWorldorNothing]

Amazing! Such a good idea 😀

[@nathanturner-whittle9525]

Hi love the unistrut as a roof rack idea! Very modular as you can easily add to it down the line, quick question. Did you not consider running your wires from the solar panels through one of the unused plugs in the roof and routing the panel wires through the inside of the unistrut channel, that way saving you drilling a new hole in your roof

[@waheedtahan2428]

Great idea I'll do just that.

[@TheAffrojutty]

Great job guys 👍 I’m looking to do something similar, what did you use to fix the angle bracket to the solar panels? Cheers!

[@mrgardiner4519]

Evening all, just sorting out some pre-cut strut crossbeams for our 2014 MWB Sprinter high top, just confirming that the width between struts is 1400mm before I purchase :) Cheers J

[@TheWholeWorldorNothing]

Evening! While that’s a different year and size of van to ours, we’d assume that the width will still be the same and certainly not any wider. So yes, 1400 should do it 👍

[@mrgardiner4519]

@@TheWholeWorldorNothing ideal, many thanks :) If it helps anyone. I have sourced them from strutchannelsdirect.com, mainly due to them being pre-cut and powder coated.

[@Lostsome]

Great video and job what size cable u use from controler to battery ? Thanks in advance

[@davep6977]

Unistrut=erector set for adults (love to stuff) check out their catalog, the accessories are endless.

[@sky_daddy333]

Put two nuts on the bottom to make them lock and use the red stuff, the tread lock 👊👊

[@TyGunnlaugsson]

Thanks for the video! What did you do with the holes that didn't line up with the unistrut holes? Have you noticed it whistling at all?

[@gertsels1377]

Nice video! I'm thinking of using the same system for mounting the panels.. Unistrut rails are already installed. Ever had any issues or parts coming loose?

[@noahriding5780]

Do those unistruts come with the bolt kits to attach them? Thanks.

[@TheWholeWorldorNothing]

No they don’t, we bought all of that separately

[@somewhat7]

4:44 may i suggest cutting or drilling a small hole on the bottom for water to escape?

[@TheWholeWorldorNothing]

Hmmmmm, hadn’t thought about that. I have a feeling that water flows out anyway but I’m going to check now to make sure 😅

[@royabayliss3277]

Hey guys just watched your video - really good.. but please would you be able to tell me where you sourced your unistruts etc for the DIY roof rack? I’m planning doing the same but also adding decking etc so need full length.. I have a Mercedes sprinter! Any tips would help!

[@jacobrobinson6001]

Hey guys! Love your videos. Quick question on this one - how did you end up fixing the panels (+angle aluminium) to the roof using the chunky aluminium bracket? I saw you playing with some methods (around 6:00 onwards) but you didn't clarify how you ended up securing them. Did you put the angle bracket on top of the long aluminium angle so the bolt went through both and into the channel nut? Or did you use a different method? Cheers!

[@TheWholeWorldorNothing]

Hi! Glad you’re enjoying the vids 😀 Yes that’s exactly what we did, the bolt goes through both and holds L bracket to the U channel 👍 Hope that helps!

[@ThePistol1977]

Great job guys iam thinking of doing the same to my van its a vw crafter just a quick question the nuts u put on the van to hold the unistut down what size screws didn't you use and was the van holes already heve trends in only asking because I don't know if i need riv gun hope this makes sense cheers 👍

[@TheWholeWorldorNothing]

Hi! The bolts we used are actually linked in the description, they’re the hexagonal M6 40mm ones 😀 We didn’t use a riv gun as we used nyloc nuts on the other side so it’s literally bolted on. Hope this helps 👍

[@ThePistol1977]

@@TheWholeWorldorNothing thanks for your reply much appreciated cheers 🍻

[@TheWholeWorldorNothing]

No problem! Hope it helps and good luck with the installation 😀

[@neildoherty2199]

Hi guys great job with the build , what guage of unistrut did you use?

[@TheWholeWorldorNothing]

Thank you! We put links to pretty much everything we use in the descriptions so you'll usually find product details down there, but this is the exact stuff we went for & the link- 2 x 3000mm Unistrut Channels (41x41x2.5): ebay.us/Fa6xzk 👍

[@neildoherty2199]

@@TheWholeWorldorNothing Thanks for the quick reply folks, I am on cef website just now to order up about £70 all in for everything i need : )

[@TheWholeWorldorNothing]

No problem! Great stuff, good luck with installing it 👍

[@Outlander1963UK]

Hi guys, did you use the 1.6mm light duty or the 2.6mm heavy duty strut.

[@TheWholeWorldorNothing]

We used 2.5mm strut here’s a link to the product - www.ebay.com/itm/392434561437?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=SAg9gRKkRra&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[@vickiwoods4412]

Hey guys, can I ask where you bought the solar panel kit please?

[@TheWholeWorldorNothing]

Hi! It wasn’t a kit that we bought, we pieced together each individual element ourselves, but the solar panels and the mppt controller came from Photonic Universe. Everything should be linked in the description below. Hope that helps! 👍

[@pocketchange1951]

👍👌❤️🇨🇦

[@uzis4life]

13:30 the moment we came to see u dont show us the actual installation smh

[@fernandoruifaria5417]

Great job guys

[@TheWholeWorldorNothing]

Thank you 😀

[@Lostsome]

Great video and job what size cable u use from controler to battery ? Thanks in advance

[@Lostsome]

Great video and job what size cable u use from controler to battery ? Thanks in advance

[@Lostsome]

Great video and job what size cable u use from controler to battery ? Thanks in advance