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.


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.


I took the camera mount off my old tripod.


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


Dont forget the hole for the mount.


Install bar like this. Everything should be even.


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


Nice huh?


That's right.


Here it is with my old camcorder mounted.


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


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.


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.


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


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

 

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.

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

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: