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There are various ways of securing it. If it's a low roof, you could just throw a few straps over the top of the van, and peg 'em down?

Has your tarp got the awning "bead"(Kador?)strip?...if so you could use the plastic "fig of 8" stuff, lipped onto the gutter..

http://www.justkampers.com/awning-channel-750mm-figure-of-8-double-channel-strip.html

We didn't have much joy with that to be honest, as it would blow/flap off(although ours was a Transit) .

There's also the "pole and clamp" method:

http://campershop.co.uk/awning-attachment-kits/41-pole-and-clamp-kit.html

For a low roof van, then as Wendyhouse suggested, you could just use Clingons and some guys/straps(tie something like tea towels around the Clingons though,as ours would clack the roof of the van(which irritated the hell out of me!).

 Although those fussy about their paintwork, also use pipe lagging type sleeves on the guys...

Hasn't the tarp already  got eyelets?..if not, as long as the material is up to it,  you could just knock a few in.. ? 

Oh?...I meant Clingons, fixed to the tarp, so as  fasten the guys to(if strapping over the roof)..

If I was using a pole I'd probably see if I could wrap the tarp around it a couple of times(..or sew/tape in a "pole sleeve"?)..and then just clamp it to the gutter....

(although of the two, having never used those clamps and therefore being unsure of how secure they are(not without marking the paint!), I'd probably just guy over the top...there's less to flail about and cause damage if something does let go..)

Oops!..sorry 'giggles I was responding to minicamper...

If your tarp has eyelets then I'd just try guying to  them to start with...

Hi..

Magnets may be okay for attaching something that doesn't require much tension(eg .the apron of a drive-away awning etc) but I doubt very much, that ordinary/un-powered magnets would be up to taking the "welly" needed to keep a tarp tensioned..

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