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Nilight Spot LED Pods

The Nilight spot pods are part of my purchased lighting equipment. My camera-and-light bracket diary records making custom aluminum mounts, drilling the holes and coating the brackets before positioning equipment.

By Steven Smith · Camper Van Freedom

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A black-coated bracket from my roof camera-mount work.
A black-coated bracket from my roof camera-mount work.

The item in my kit

I bought Nilight Spot LED Pods as part of my camper van equipment.

The Nilight spot pods are part of my purchased lighting equipment. My camera-and-light bracket diary records making custom aluminum mounts, drilling the holes and coating the brackets before positioning equipment.

Where it fits my build

I cut and drilled aluminum bracket pieces for the roof cameras and lights. The camera mounts needed additional holes and adjustments as I brought the assemblies together on the extrusion.

I sprayed the camera-mount pieces with black bedliner during the fabrication sequence. The coated brackets then formed part of the roof camera and light arrangements shown in the diary.

The camera mounting arrangement with its drilled attachments.
The camera mounting arrangement with its drilled attachments.

My build notes

The black finish was one stage within the mount fabrication. The holes and profile connections still determined where the pieces could sit, so the diary records the drilling and fitting alongside the coating.

The bracket shape, drilled holes and coating were separate parts of finishing the mount.

Alternative products

Two alternatives to compare

Nilight flood pods spread their beam differently, while the San-Young work-light set offers another housing and light-array layout.

Nilight Flood LED Pods

Nilight Flood LED Pods

These compact LED pods use flood-pattern optics in individual housings. Their mounting brackets provide attachment points for positioning the lamps.

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SanYoung LED Work-Light Pods

SanYoung LED Work-Light Pods

These SanYoung LED pods provide auxiliary illumination around a van. Their mounting brackets attach the lamp housings to a supporting surface.

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Questions from my build

What coating did I record using on the camera brackets?

Black aerosol bedliner.

What happened before coating?

Cutting, drilling and fitting the aluminum mounting pieces.

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