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2020 V-Slot Rails in My Interior-Framing Purchases

Long 2020 V-slot extrusion rails were among my interior-framing purchases.

By Steven Smith · Camper Van Freedom

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2020 V-Slot Rails in My Interior-Framing Purchases

My purchase and Amazon option

Long 2020 V-slot extrusion rails were among my interior-framing purchases.

The featured Amazon option is SeekLiny 2020 V-Slot Aluminum Rail Pack.

Where it fits my build

For the light bar, I cut an added extrusion beam and made three short drilled connectors. The rack side used quarter-twenty hardware, while the smaller 2020 extrusion used M5 hardware.

The different nuts changed the assembly sequence. A rack nut had to slide in through an opening, which meant undoing bolts I had already tightened; the smaller nuts could move and spin while I tried to start a bolt. I used an Allen key to reposition them.

The drilled connectors and fasteners joining my added extrusion to the roof rack.
The drilled connectors and fasteners joining my added extrusion to the roof rack.
The profiles and joint hardware during my roof-mount assembly.
The profiles and joint hardware during my roof-mount assembly.

My build notes

The cutting and drilling made the components, but positioning the small hardware took its own time. I recorded the difference between inserting the rack nuts and fishing the smaller nuts into place because it affected how the joint went together.

The profile, connector shape, bolt and slot nut all contributed to the assembly sequence.

Alternative products

Two alternatives to compare

SeekLiny provides a V-slot option. ZYLtech and IXGNIJ offer other 2020 extrusion products, with slot shape and supplied length defining the comparison.

ZYLtech 2020 T-Slot Extrusion

ZYLtech 2020 T-Slot Extrusion

These black aluminum profiles use a 2020 T-slot section. Their one-meter lengths provide rail stock for cutting and assembling modular frames.

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IXGNIJ 2020 Aluminum Extrusion

IXGNIJ 2020 Aluminum Extrusion

These black aluminum profiles use a 2020 T-slot section. Their two-meter lengths provide rail stock for cutting and assembling modular structures.

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Questions from my build

Which hardware sizes appeared in the light-bar mount?

Quarter-twenty hardware on the rack side and M5 hardware on the added 2020 profile.

What slowed down starting the small bolts?

The loose nuts moved or spun in the channel and needed repositioning.

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