diy camera install *pics*
 

Here's some pictures of my diy camera mount. I thought some of you would be interested in this since I know a lot of you autox and canyon carve. It's a cheap alternative yet very effective. Disclaimer: I'm not responsible for anything bad that happens if something bad happens. Enjoy.

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Here's pretty much what you need. Bolt and washer size is 1/4", length depends on how thick your bar is. I got my bar off an old bike rack that I never use. Real sturdy, make sure yours is too.

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I took the camera mount off my old tripod.

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You need to drill holes so the bar can go onto the headrest.

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Dont forget the hole for the mount.

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Install bar like this. Everything should be even.

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Screw the camera mount with the bolt and washer. Righty tighty, lefty loosey.

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Nice huh?

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That's right.

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Here it is with my old camcorder mounted.

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Nice and even, sorta. Nothing an adjustable camera mount can't change.

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My power inverter I use for the camera. It plugs into the cigarette lighter and I plug my camera into that. No worries of batteries going dead during my long canyon drives.

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JDM approved! Whatever that means.

Here's 2 more pictures of my second mount in the works. I took a drive with the first one and camera shakes are very minimal. I'm going to be adding rubber sleeves to the headrest using a hose of some sort so there's no metal to metal contact. I'm also going to try another camera mount because the one I currently have is too big and old school for my tastes. I'll try to keep this updated best I could.

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Here's a sneak peek at #2. ;) Thick enough?

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This bar's so strong it survived my mighty judo chop! :o

nice man. very creative. looks kinda scary tho! looks like a pipe came flying through your passenger window and went through the seat or something! lol. :thumb:

i saw a mount kinda like that in the rr/autox forum on H-T. But it was two billet pieces that bolted together around the headrest poles rather than one peice w/ holes. Pretty cool tho. :cool:

Too bad I can't make a mount like that. Damn 5th gen seats :(

Haha you finished that up before going to pho with us huh?!?

I wanna do one myself, but I don't have a DV camera :exnbp:

Good idea's :cool:

I'm gonna be shooting a movie soon, and using my car in it frequently. In-car shots are gonna be a pain in the ass, but these give me some ideas :rick: