Hi Dennis,
I purchased my 10' awning from Van Cafe last spring using 3 of their
brackets.
After about a month of bumping around the Sierra's i opt'd to add GoWesty's
rivet nut bolts to keep things tight - VC's already had a hole in the
bracket where the bolt needed to go.
Like most folks, i'm not a fan of drilling holes in my van unless its
completely necessary,
so i only added the bolts to the two end brackets.
9 months later, everythings still good and tight!

Good luck,
jvk

On 15 November 2015 at 06:16, Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@gmail.com> wrote:

> Questions on installing a Fiamma awning on the Westy. I noticed that there
> is at least 2 different ways of installing the Fiamma. GOWESTY brackets are
> drilled and screwed to the vehicle while VanCafe is bolted to the vehicle.
> Does anyone have experience which bracket is better? Is the difference more
> stability than the other? I have a lot of rough roads out here and didn't
> want the awning to fly off when driving, etc.
> Laters,
> Dennis
>
> Dennis Jowell
> Scotch Hollow Farm
> Newbury, Vermont
>
>
> > On Nov 14, 2015, at 3:18 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <
> camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> >> On 11/14/2015 11:30 AM, Stuart MacMillan wrote:
> >> It was a clear, sunny day at a coastal campground, well away from the
> beach,
> >> where It's always breezy. With no warning a sudden gust came directly
> at it.
> >> Lifted it up at a 45 degree angle, and then it was basically a bow with
> an
> >> arrow in it.  I tied it down every time I used it after that.
> >
> > Oh dear. Well I always stake down the two outer corners.
> >
> > --
> > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> > 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> > Bend, Ore.
>