DIY: Cheap in-car camera mount

kdo2milger

eye eye eyeeee!

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MightyBobo

And now you're caught up

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kdo2milger

lol

indeed

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FastJew

Mount works great!! Used the wings nuts and just mounted to two of the headrest uprights with a 34" length. Should have a video to post soon. Gonna change the mast the camera is mounted on to about 4" and think this will give a little better view. Awesome idea though.

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MightyBobo

My pleasure, glad its working out for you

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tommyguns

Great job on the mount! Perhaps a little rubber around the head rest post before installing the ubolts will help. Not chimming in just thowing it out there. Again nice job!

MightyBobo

My biggest plans to improve it are:

-Use the wing nuts on ALL the u-bolts, instead of normal 6-point nuts. That'll greatly improve how easy it is to get in and out.
-Putting a little rubber on the head rest posts would definitely help a bit not only from a perspective of quieting it down (not that you get much noise in its current form anyway...), but also help ensure the bolts don't come loose. I noticed if I didnt tighten them quite a bit, just the movement of my seats during the racing would jimmy them loose.
-Trim up each end so they don't extend much past the posts, just from a size perspective. Also, cap off each end with a nice plastic cap to hide the sharp, pointy edges.

Other than that, Im very satisfied with it. I think the view is perfect, and combining that with my GoPro's versatility, I think I'll be set for some time

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MightyBobo

Actually, I just thought of something since FastJew's post...

Shortening it to use only the 2 closest headrest posts may be a wise idea. If you use 2 posts on one side, and one on the far seat, that'll require both seats to be aligned very close to each other. If you use only 2 posts, it'll allow for the passenger to adjust the seat to his liking, and then you can adjust the camera to the bar's new position.

Plans for this winter

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MightyBobo

*Update*

I added a newer, better video showcasing how good the mount did during my latest HPDE. The only changes I made to the mount since then, is I shortened it so that only 2 U-bolts connect (one on each side of course), and that allowed us to move our chairs more independently.

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Seether13

Nice one, I will def. be making one soon

Jquad

Nice install

Seether13

So today I started to make mine.

I went for the inside posts only. I used heat shrink rubber on the u-brackets followed by normal insulation tape.

Here is some work in progress shots













Next up:

I am going to spray the bracket black and get some rubber material to place in the middle of the U-brackets on the alu tubing which will help with the tightening against the headrest post

Tomorrow I will try and get a camera bracket to attach to the tubing. I intend to get one that I can still move up and down and sideways

SmoothZ

sub'd so I can have something to do over the winter

Thanks, bobo!

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Seether13

Thanks MightyBobo

I have now finished mine:







The finishing with the CF vinyl could've been better, but this was my first time working with vinyl of any sort

370Z Camera Bracket - a set on Flickr

zpower86

Some bulk tubing may help reduce the vibrations....