Sprinter Rail Anchors

I bought these to attach to my Unaka gear co 8020 roof rack. Took a slight bit of grinding so they would fit in the channel but work awesome! Provides an awesome mounting point for my Moon Shade!

The anchors make it much easier to setup for me and can be left on the van. The Moon shade itself is awesome.

Just barely more than finger tight and I stripped out one of the receivers.

These anchors are absolute junk. I stripped out the threads in the plate with my hands. I tried to still use them, despite knowing better, only to have them fail in a light breeze turning my Moonshade XL into a kite. The rest of the system seems to be top notch.

Easy to install and easy to use. Left attached to roof rail and still very incognito. So far they are holding up very well and are firmly attached.

Great option for the sprinter van with the factory rail system. I did have to move my solar panels a little forward since they were installed all the way back on the rails but the Sprinter rail anchors went in easy and are very low profile to help with my “stealthy camping”. Great and simple idea.

search "M6 Ring Eye Bolt" and "M6 T-Nut" there's plenty of sizes and shapes available (mainly for T-Slot framing)

So far I've been very happy with them. Easy to install and move, haven't come loose or broken in the few months since I got them.

Good quality, easy installation

The rings is a nice cast stainless ring with M6 threads. It's nice the T nuts are the drop in kind, but they are 5mm thick aluminum with easily stripped threads. Thicker material would really help, but then they couldn't be simply laser cut. If you're laser cutting the holes, they should be cut undersized, chased with a drill, and form tapped. A jam nut would be nice to lock things at the angle you want.

Worked great!!

Kind of disappointed with the engagement in rails on Sprinter van. Not very positive lock in. Need it some shaving of the bottom nut.

I have a ford transit but I built my own 80/20 roof rack and these fit perfectly. I bought two, unfortunately one of the two back pieces stripped out when installing. Luckily they were the same thread as my 80/20 components and I had one on hand.

May have been a one off issue as my other one worked fine. I didn’t have time to request a replacement, we were hitting the road.

Good idea for installing a Moonshade on a roof rack but one anchor stripped on first install. The metal is too soft.

This attachment solution is definitely better than the magnets and suction cups for a sprinter with roof rails. However, the nut is not a nylock nut or a locking nut so I am worried of it unloosening with time.

I purchased 2 sets of these for our 22 Sprinter 170 so that I could have connection points for the moon wall. When attempting to install them today, one completely failed and would not tighten, in the rail or out of the rail. It feels like the threads stripped. It never tightened from the beginning, so I did not over-tighten it.
Another anchor is suspect as it took several attempts to get it tightened.
I am now concerned that I can’t rely on these anchors.

They are easy to attaché and hold the Moonshade perfectly in place

The stainless eyebolt and washer are very nice. The aluminum t-slot nut is a little soft. I stripped the threads in one out trying to “clock” the eyebolt to the desired position.

Would be nice if the nut was also stainless, or if it had a stainless threaded insert to make it more robust.

These anchors are a perfect for, easy to install, and are very strong. Buy with confidence!

I received the order, but very disappointed. Applying very little torque when installing these secure rings. The plate or nut strips out very easily, because it is made of aluminum (soft material). It should be made of steel, which allow the installer to positively secure the rings.

Thank you,
Dave

Easy peasy. Took more time getting out the ladder that it did to put these on the van. This is our second set si that we can put the shade on either side and the back of our sprinter van!

Tend to loosen in the wind. Loctite is a must. Unless you are tall or have a ladder, difficult to reach to for clipping the Moonshade in place.

Using these as back up

Easy to install, very stout.

simple and effective!

Hi, I just tried the Moonfab awning on the Camino del Diablo here in southern AZ. Put it up in windy conditions (despite your advice) and it did better than expected. I have a high top Sprinter. It is hard to see the rail anchors, let alone attach a carabiner to them. I was unable to attach via the attach-the-line-and-pull method. Had to jump up onto the tire and do it from there. Maybe without the wind I could have stood further back and attached it sucessfully. Overall I am impressed with the quality of the materials. I wanted an awning in the event of getting caught out in really hot conditions and I did not want something permanently attached to the van. Your product works great for this. Overall very happy.

I also purchased the magnets as a 1) back up to the rail attachments 2) to be able to attach the awning to the rear of the van and 3) to be able to use it on our Tacoma.

Simple, clean, quality anchor that does what is was designed for.

very happy