My roof-mount work used small extrusion profiles, connectors and slot nuts. This hinge-and-handle kit is another purchased use of the same style of modular framing hardware.
I bought KOOTANS 2020 Hinge and Handle Kit as part of my camper van equipment.
My roof-mount work used small extrusion profiles, connectors and slot nuts. This hinge-and-handle kit is another purchased use of the same style of modular framing hardware.
Comparing Moving Hardware for an Extrusion Frame
I cut and drilled connector pieces for the raised light-bar beam.
I joined the rack hardware and smaller 2020 profile using their different fasteners.
My extrusion purchases also included a kit grouping hinges, handles and slot-attachment hardware.
The profiles and joint hardware during my roof-mount assembly.The drilled connectors and fasteners joining my added extrusion to the roof rack.
My Takeaway from This Job
The roof assembly showed how the slot hardware affects the order of work. For a moving panel, the full KOOTANS kit groups the grip and hinge pieces, the hinge-only alternative narrows the kit, and the butt hinges change to a screw-mounted leaf arrangement.
A full moving-panel kit and hinges alone provide different groups of parts.
Product Details And Van-Build Uses
Specification
Product Detail
Profile Context
2020 slotted extrusion
Kit Parts
Hinges, handles and fasteners
Joint Type
Moving door connection
The hinges establish the moving edge of an extrusion door, while the handle belongs on the opening side. Sketch both positions before closing a van cabinet frame, including the space the door sweeps through. The KOOTANS kit groups those moving-joint pieces with attachment hardware. Keep the hinge positions and slot access with the assembly order, since adjacent rails and panels can change the room available to reach the screws after the frame is complete.
Show the hinge axis, opening direction, handle position and clearance around the moving door.
Alternative products
Two Alternatives to Compare
The KOOTANS hinge set focuses on extrusion hinges without the full handle kit. Murtenze butt hinges represent a different, screw-mounted door construction approach rather than the same slot attachment.
Product
What distinguishes it
Purchase link
KOOTANS 2020 Hinge and Handle Kit
Hinges, handles and slot-attachment hardware grouped together
