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Qjaiune 2020 Inside-Corner Connectors

The roof camera and light mounts required connections in confined spaces. The inside-corner connectors in my purchases give that hardware kit a different joint shape from an external flat plate.

By Steven Smith · Camper Van Freedom

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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 item in my kit

I bought Qjaiune 2020 Inside-Corner Connectors as part of my camper van equipment.

The roof camera and light mounts required connections in confined spaces. The inside-corner connectors in my purchases give that hardware kit a different joint shape from an external flat plate.

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 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

The right-angle bracket and five-hole L-plate use different shapes around the joint. Their external plate layout differs from a connector positioned inside the corner.

2020 Right-Angle Corner Brackets

2020 Right-Angle Corner Brackets

These right-angle brackets have drilled fastening holes on their adjoining faces. Their kit groups the plates with M5 screws and sliding slot nuts.

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Five-Hole 2020 L-Bracket Plates

Five-Hole 2020 L-Bracket Plates

These flat L-shaped plates have five fastening positions. The kit includes screws and slot nuts for assembling connections with 2020 extrusion.

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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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