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Dometic awnings don't have the holes "already in them" for that modification kit. It's an "aftermarket kit" put out by a "mom and pop" business. They provide 2 tent poles, 4 awning guy lines and 4 stakes. Instructions that come with their kit (which costs about 5 times what the poles, nylon line and stakes cost at WalMart) tell you where to drill the two holes in the awning tube ends, how to insert the "skinny end" of the tent poles, and how to make a loop in the nylon string so it will "loop over the awning tube". They even have a diagram on how to position the 4 stakes so they pull the awing tightly down onto the tent pole.

Honestly, they did come up with a good idea. Using tent poles, the wind is less likely to push down on the awning causing it to flap (the problem with just using straps to pull it down a little so it won't billow up) while at the same time, maintaining maximum headroom so the door won't rub the awning fabric when it's opened.

The point I was trying to make is that by tying down the awning tube so it won't billow will remove the "flapping and the popping" that goes along with the awning getting "whipped by the wind" but it doesn't eliminate the potential for the awning rail to be pulled away from the trailer, setting up a potential for water leakage and water intrusion into the trailer wall. That unseen damage gets to be very expensive in a couple of years, when it's finally discovered.

Using anything to help stabilize the awning is a "good thing" but it doesn't eliminate the possibility for unseen damage "on the trailer sidewall".....