Yakima SlimShady Awning - Roof Rack Mount - Clamp On - 4' 6" Long x 6' 6" Wide
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Yakima SlimShady Awning - Roof Rack Mount - Clamp On - 4' 6" Long x 6' 6" Wide
Item # Y56VR
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Yakima Car Awning - Y56VR
- SUVs
- Trucks
- Vans
- Roof Rack Mount
- Yakima
- 30 Square Feet
- Driver Side
- Passenger Side
- 4-1/2 Feet Wide
- 6-1/2 Foot Extension
- Rectangle
- Gray
Durable 4' 6" long awning provides cover from the hot sun and summer rains. Simple one-person setup with integrated telescoping poles. Clamps onto your compact vehicle's roof rack crossbars. Includes SKS lock cores.
Features:
- Roof rack awning extends away from your vehicle to provide 30 sq ft of shade
- Great for small crossovers and station wagons
- Perfect for tailgating, camping, or picnics
- Easy set up - simply roll out and prop up with the included poles, guy ropes, and pegs
- Telescoping poles are permanently attached and fold down from the frame
- Quick, tool-free installation - clamps attach to crossbars and tighten with hand knobs
- Nylon fabric with polyurethane coating is durable and water resistant
- Aluminum frame resists corrosion
- Vinyl cover protects awning when it's stored on your roof
- Conveniently stores ropes and pegs with the awning
- Same Key System (SKS) lock cores secures the awning to your roof rack
- Gray color with Yakima logo
Specs:
- Application: round, square, aero, elliptical, and most factory crossbars
- Minimum crossbar spread: 24"
- Extended dimensions: 4' 6" long x 6' 6" wide
- Coverage: 30 sq ft
- Weight: 22.75 lbs
- Limited lifetime warranty
Note: When mounting the awning ensure that your minimum crossbar spread (measurement X) is at least 24". And that the length of unsupported awning from your crossbar (measurement Y) does not exceed 23".
8007444 Yakima SlimShady Vehicle Awning - 4-1/2' Long - Roof Rack Mount - Clamp On - 30 Sq Ft
Replaces Y07409
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Customer Satisfaction Score:
97% were satisfied with this product
3% of customers were not satisfied
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Customer Reviews
Yakima SlimShady Awning - Roof Rack Mount - Clamp On - 4' 6" Long x 6' 6" Wide - Y56VR
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (59 Customer Reviews)
Durable 4' 6" long awning provides cover from the hot sun and summer rains. Simple one-person setup with integrated telescoping poles. Clamps onto your compact vehicle's roof rack crossbars. Includes SKS lock cores.by: Casey S05/08/2022
Your delivery was so fast! The Slim Shady awning arrived in perfect condition and fit as advertised.
You have a customer for life!
by: Hassan02/15/2023
Amazing product and OUTSTANDING customer service. I will continue to be an etrailer customer for all of my vehicle carrier and accessories needs.
by: Marty08/05/2022
I haven’t had a chance to use it yet but what I like is that the mounting brackets come with inserts that work on Yakima round bars, I have searched with no luck to find something
that fits my round bars and these are specifically made to fit round bars as well as all others.
by: Margaret 07/29/2023
Received my order on time delivery driver was very courteous onto
by: John 08/12/2021
EXACTLY WHAT I EXPECTED AND ARRIVED ON TIME
by: Don 09/17/2021
by: Jacob 07/29/2021
by: Brian &11/09/2023
Used it a few times and it’s worked great! Plenty of cover with 8x8 . I think it’s a two person setup for this model. Putting it on and taking it off the truck is easy . Wish they made Yakima side walls and bug net for it.
by: Elizabeth 08/15/2023
Love that it mounts to my roof crossbars and it is out of the way so I can use my crossbars for other gear. Love the size but a little difficult for me to set up; take down is easier by myself. Will need leg tie-downs or weights. As an older female, it is pretty heavy to lift above my head and mount on the crossbars myself but it can be done. Took it on my almost 4,000 mile trip this summer, didn’t end up using it but was glad to have it just in case. It is nice to use in conjunction with my camping trailer awning, too. Great product for the price.
by: David08/12/2022
Yakima Slim Shady 8x8 Awning is an excellent addition to my Yakima MegaWarrior + Extension rack & solar power enabled off-grid rig!!!! Yakima/etrailer box was severely damaged in cross-country delivery but the awning was so well protected it suffered only scuffing on the cover. Installation on a rack this high requires 2 ladders & assistance but slow & steady was very successful. I can't wait to set up camp & sit in the shade enjoying cool refreshments from my solar powered refrigerator.
by: John01/16/2024
Fast service and the awning works great. We use it all the time!
by: Kevin 09/01/2022
So happy with this awning. Easy on and easy off. Super secure and no rattle while driving. Provides great shade.
by: Joel07/01/2022
I’m a Yakima user for many years, this seems to be on par with everything else they make. Which is top notch. It was easy to install and easy to use. Might need two sets of hands on a windy day. But so far I love it.
by: Lyndon09/05/2020
Easy to install, just had to find a good mounting spot. Yakima always makes quality products as this one is well done. Suuuuper fast shipping and customer support is spot on! Couldn't find this particular awning anywhere else but here! Thanks again!!
by: Douglas07/01/2021
I put it on a New Camp teardrop trailer with a Yakima roof rack. Fits perfectly!
by: Scott04/26/2023
Bought for my 2021 nucamp tag and love it. Quick and easy setup and provides an awesome place to just sit and relax and enjoy the outdoors. Easy installation and quality build. This is for sure a great product.
by: Robert04/21/2020
Arrived within a week. Unpacked, all material present and felt well made. Installation was simple and secure. Comes on and off easy.
by: Joshua08/21/2020
Excellent product. Super easy to install. super easy to deploy and stow. Looks very good on my truck. Using it this week camping. Great for some shade after a long bike ride.
by: Carla 01/28/2023
Excellent service, my awning is working well and has held up well. I have used retailer several times and spoken to their customer service and they helped me save money.
by: Mark 09/01/2023
Fast service and product arrived within a couple days of ordering.
by: David 07/29/2023
Got my order 2 days early!! Packaged well and had it installed in about 20 min. Works great!!
by: Justin07/31/2020
Product arrived slightly damaged but was able to still install it and quality of the product overall is great
by: Stan02/10/2018
Many thanks to you and the crew. After I received the original order, which UPS and the USPS managed to mangle, you had Rhino Rack send the part directly to me. It arrived in a long cardboard box made from two shorter boxes taped end to end. They tapered the end of the bottom box to a small hole to stabilize the middle of this pole, and encased the top and bottom of the pole in some styrofoam so they wouldn't shift. It arrived in good order. It was quick and easy to install, though customers need to know they'll have to carefully drill out the rivets on the free end, taking care to preserve the little washers there. They'll also need two 5/32" pop rivets with a 1/4" working range, and a rivet tool in order to reinstall the awning to the pole. The pole comes with a composite hinge ring installed, so no need to pull the old one off the pole they are replacing. A word about the Foxwing awning: I own two: One on my rooftop tent that I use on my Land Cruiser, and one on my truck-mounted camper. Though there are a couple of other foxwing-style awnings which are less...fiddly...in that they don't require as much staking down with ropes, etc., their price point is about twice what the Foxwing's is. Well anchored, our Foxwing has just sat there through a microburst in Zion which featured lightning, pelting rain, and hailstones the size of quarters, but the anchoring needs to be very well attended to. If the ground is loose, or you can't really anchor the guy ropes well, it is best to stow the awning if the weather looks very windy. I needed to repair my Foxwing because of an incident which occurred in Glacier this last summer. The ground wasn't very good, and the report was for fairly high winds, so we set about stowing the Foxwing...because I didn't expect the ground anchors to hold. My usual method is to unfasten the anchor strap which attaches the top strut to the rack when the awning is at full deployment, then walk the awning around, pulling the vertical supports as I go, and keeping firm control of the furled awning. I had the assistance of a friend impatient with my plodding process. He went in front of me and harvested all the vertical poles. Unfortunately, as I was gathering in the awning, a 60mph gust swept down from the hills, striking the top of the awning. The unsupported horizontal braces bent under the load, and one of the metal hinge pieces on the end of one strut fractured. That pole struck me forcefully on the head. I started talking like Donald Duck, while continuing to wrestle the awning to a place we could just anchor it, and wait out the wind. I was able to partially straighten the bent pole, at least to the point where the awning could be stowed, and by driving out the drift pin which held the pole into the broken metal hinge piece, was able to run a couple of courses of thin stainless wire through the drift pin hole and around the hinge pin, anchoring the base of that pole and allowing it to be stowed. The broken hinge piece was replaced with a composite replacement, which I think is more robust, and is included on the new racks, standard. The bent pole couldn't be repaired, and that's the one you sent me a replacement for. So: This is a really robust awning, but its weak point is that the anchoring needs to be done very well. Otherwise, I'd stow it in winds above about 15-20 mph. We now carry an assortment of stakes, from 14" long construction spikes for hard ground, to screw-in anchors for soft ground and sand. We also carry a bunch of 6 foot NRS straps, which are good for wrapping around trees and rocks, and then hooking to the adjustable anchor ropes from the awning. The awning ropes don't tolerate much abrasion, so we let the NRS straps suck up that punishment. So far, so good. Again, thank you for the extraordinary effort to which you all went to provide me with this very awkward-to-ship part. Hint to the USPS: Don't try to put an 8 foot long pole in a 7 foot long delivery jeep. Just sayin'. Stan
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Casey S.
5/9/2023
Actually, with the bad weather we have experienced out here in California, I did not use the shade yet. Hopefully, this will be the year to test it out.