Materials

• Van tech roof rails
• I also found these roof rails that look to be the same thing and would save you ~$150
• Solar brackets
• T-track nuts

Tools

• Hairdryer (works just as well as a heat gun for this)
• Flat head scredriver
• Pliers

Process

The Sprinter luckily comes with factory holes already on the roof. These are sealed off by little plastic discs that need to be peeled off. To do this, I used a hairdryer to heat up the glue around it, and then used a flathead screwdriver and pliers to pry it off.

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Exposed hole with the disc pried off. Repeated for all the holes on both sides of the van.

I then placed a square of butyl tape around the holes to help with creating a waterproof seal.

The rails also come with a black weatherstripping foam which I applied to the backs and pierced through with the bolts.

I put the rails in place then headed downstairs to complete the install.

From the inside I peeled off the excess butyl tape that the bolts pushed out.

Then, I finished the assembly with washer + lock washer + nut. I think I went around the whole van three times, tightening everything down little by little.

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One of the quickest and easiest installs in the van! Now, I was ready to install my solar panels on top.