Hey guys I'm putting together a version of the camera mount which can be found on the net for Civics. Basically all you need:
1"x1" box Aluminum
6 #10-24 x 2-1/2" round head Zinc screws with nuts
#10 locking washers
electric tape
bolt for your camera/video camera
box aluminum caps (so you don't cut yourself)
hacksaw
3-4" drill to drill through the aluminum

I purchased a 9' long box aluminum and cut it to 32" for two bars. Wrapped them together with electric tape at about 5 places. Drilled 6 times and connect the bars using the Zinc screws, nuts, and lock washers. Then I measured where the head posts were and drilled those out. So now the bar rests with the head posts and the camera will go in between both headrests.

I'll get pics up soon.

I modified the ideas at this site: http://madstatic.com/2k1civic/diy/cameramount/ Instead of just one bar my bar spans across both seats making it more rigid. This mount can be bouncy. Also using tether strap and bungee cords to keep it planted

Check your local rules for this to be legal though.

 

to keep it from bouncing why not wrap the area to be clamped down with some electrical tape.

if there is a possibility of stripping the screw from the aluminum you can use steel strips on each side and use a nut and a bolt that way you are applying torque to the steel strip and not the soft aluminum?

just an idea.

 

Electrical tape where? The reason it bounces up and down is because you have realistically a funcrum and lever. My way works better

 

Ah, good idea. I saw the previous camera mount in person and with my stiff springs and factory dampers, it's not going to work really well !

 

yeah after looking at it again, it's not going to help.

the idea I came up with afterwards is the exact same idea you already had

I really should read more carefully

hehe

let me know how it works out. I aim to make one myself.

 

I built my own Camera Mount and it was incredibly simple and incredibly stiff, there was no shake at all.

All I did was take a 1'' aluminum bar, cut it to about 1.5' drill two holes in it big enough and spaced so that the headrest would go through it, then I drilled one hole for a screw that went into the bottom of the camera. So basically a bar with 3 holes, very simple, and works very well, I can get some pictures tomorrow if you wanna see.

 

If you go to the above link it's the exact same thing you are talking about

 

Nah, mines all 1 piece. I don't understand why you need two pieces. I'd like one of those ball joint things though, mine doesn't have that. But it's just so that my thing is the right level anyway so I don't really need one.

 

Us 5G guys don't have it as easy as those with traditional headrests...

 

Yeah that does suck. I was figuring how I would do this camera mount with a 5th gen. The only thing I could think of was to drill through the plastic of the headrest.