Roof Tent/Civic Camper

My girlfriend and I love camping, we’ve done many trips in her suv with a roof top tent. I tried camping inside my hatch but without a proper bed platform it kinda sucked. I’ve seen 8th gens with roof top tents both soft and hard shell. Will the roof of the 10th gen be able to support that much weight? If not guess my best option would be roof rack with a Thule box and build a proper bed platform and most likely remove rear seats for every trip. Any and all advice/suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Here’s some ideas

I’ve seen some people modify a tent to fit over a hatchback similar to a Pontiac Aztec tent

saz468 said:

I’ve seen some people modify a tent to fit over a hatchback similar to a Pontiac Aztec tent

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Yes I have seen that as well. I just prefer to keep hatch closed. Main concern is if roof will support weight of tent and up to 2 people. The Thule and Yakima roof racks say max weight is sub 200 pounds yet I see people mounting these tents on top of them no problem. It's all kind of confusing. Biggest fear is invest in rack and new tent and it causes damage to the roof from the weight.

Xando said:

Yes I have seen that as well. I just prefer to keep hatch closed. Main concern is if roof will support weight of tent and up to 2 people. The Thule and Yakima roof racks say max weight is sub 200 pounds yet I see people mounting these tents on top of them no problem. It's all kind of confusing. Biggest fear is invest in rack and new tent and it causes damage to the roof from the weight.

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Climbing up into it would be a challenge also you would have to situate a latter so it won’t touch the car I could see on a suv but the civic is small to be honest I would go with the tent attached to the hatch

Xando said:

Yes I have seen that as well. I just prefer to keep hatch closed. Main concern is if roof will support weight of tent and up to 2 people. The Thule and Yakima roof racks say max weight is sub 200 pounds yet I see people mounting these tents on top of them no problem. It's all kind of confusing. Biggest fear is invest in rack and new tent and it causes damage to the roof from the weight.

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Don't the tents mount to bars? If so, just get some roof rack bars and put it on that. I'd imagine the sides of the car can handle much more weight the middle of roof.

The roof has a 200lb weight limit, including the crossbars and tent. You're on your own if you decide this is a good idea.

My thule wingbar evo on my hatch has a weight limit of 165lbs.

Hell, I had a falling acorn leave a dent on my roof. I don't think I'd be willing to hang out up there.

As someone who camps a lot and has a built tacoma for this just get a ground tent or buy a proper rig for this.... our cars are not built for that