Commodore wagon rooftop tent?

Should be okay, Pieman. Have seen quite a few rooftop tents on Hyundai Getz.

Bob

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In past times, before the 4WD's, many people toured Oz in regular sedans such as the Commodore with a roof-rack loaded to the hilt.
A rooftop tent would not be much different. And there are some that are lighter than others.

Cheers for the replies fellas. I think it should probably be OK, although I'd wanna get some solid roof racks on first. Thanks (y)

G'day, the genuine roof racks have a load limit of 75kg, same as the after market ones. That would be a dynamic load, ie, when moving, so when stationary would be much greater, how much, have no idea, but if they fit them to Hyundai Getz, your VE should be fine.

Put a car on its roof and it doesn't crush to the window sills, so there is a fair bit of structural strength in the A,B, C and D pillars, more than enough for 250kg of tent and occupants.

It will make the car handle differently though as there is a fair bit of weight swaying around on the corners. The weight limits for roof racks are set so they don't upset the dynamic handling too much and that load bouncing along back roads isn't going to cause things to break.
Static loading the roof structure with your tent, you and the Mrs, kids and a dog and I couldn't see anything getting broken.

Hi Pieman,

You might want to check in your owners manual as to the weight loading of your roof & roof rack mounting points. This will ultimately determine if your roof can support the weight of the RTT with two occupants.

Macca.

I saw a Subaru that had mildly rear ended another car a while back. It's roof tent snapped the rack brackets and ended up on the bonnet and seemed to do more damage than the collision. Check the loads and limits on the roof racks carefully.

Do your checks thoroughly as to what your vehicles roof can support there are some decent forces involved, it would be pretty dodgy thinking it's fine when someone says they saw one on a different type of vehicle alltogether and assumes it's ok to fit one to your roof.

Commodore wagon eh ? You may be surprised at the weight limits set by the factory , go over them and
'insurance' can become a mine field in the event of an accident , see a lot of RTTs that just by themselves without the racks etc are over the weight limit 'static' let alone dynamic ...

Again, thanks for the info. Have emailed Holden and am awaiting a reply.

Will also have to give aami a buzz, those bastards will sting ya wherever they can.

Cheers
Pieman