Awning Fit Finder
What awning fits a VW Transporter (T5 / T6 / T6.1)?
Every Transporter generation, roof and wheelbase takes a different setup, and what is fitted along your roof edge changes it again. The Fit Finder below asks the right questions, then we reply with the exact awning, size and kit for your van.
Fit Finder
Which awning fits my van?
Answer a few questions and we'll point you at the right awning and mounting kit from Fiamma's fitment data.
Showing the fit for VW Transporter
Which Transporter is it? Tap the one that looks like yours.
T5, T5.1, T6 and T6.1 all take the same fitting kit, and the T4 has its own. The T3, the T7 Multivan and the all-new Transporter T7 (2025 on) we confirm by hand.
Choosing a campervan awning: what actually matters
How it mounts. Some awnings fix to the flat side of the van, others sit on the roof. Which style your van can take depends on the body shape, the roof height and what is already fitted up there. Get this wrong and the awning either will not mount at all, or ends up somewhere you cannot comfortably reach the crank handle.
What is on your roof. A pop-top, factory rails, a roof rack or an aftermarket awning rail each change the fixing kit, and sometimes the whole mounting style. Two identical vans from the same year can need completely different kits because one has bars fitted. That is why the Fit Finder asks about the roof edge before anything gets recommended.
Drilling, or no drilling. Some fixing kits bolt to factory points that are already in the van. Others need holes drilled and sealed in the body or roof. Neither is wrong, but you want to know which you are signing up for before you buy, not when the fitter opens the box. We tell you up front.
Wind and weather. A rolled-out awning is a sail. Whatever you fit, it should be pegged and tied down in any real breeze and never left out in gusts, and a storm kit is worth having if you camp in exposed spots. An awning that fits properly also sits tight to the van, which matters more than people think in wind.
Right-hand drive. Some fitment differs between UK right-hand-drive vans and LHD imports. Plenty of listings ignore this. We check it as part of the fit.
What decides the size
The awning runs along the side of the van, so the length is set by your wheelbase, not by preference. Too short and it looks lost and shades nothing. Too long and the case fouls the doors or hangs past the body. For any given van there is a right answer, which is why the Fit Finder asks the wheelbase instead of letting you guess a size from a list.
Generation matters too. Body shapes, roof heights and fixing points change between generations of the same van, and the bracket kit follows. That is what the photo question at the top is for: match your front end and the rest sorts itself.
The Fit Finder guarantee
Every awning bought from us through the Fit Finder is covered by our fit guarantee. If we say it fits your van and it does not, we send the correct one out free of charge. Checked against Fiamma fitment data, UK right-hand-drive aware.