^^ Thats a cool spot, but its hard to reach that far back to turn on and off the camera...etc...

-j

 

Hey Jason,

I used your DIY here and made the mount with the tripod bits. It works great. Thanks for the write-up.

Dave

 

^^ no problem..........going to the event in march? i think im gonna make it...

-j

 

I'm not going to the drift event in march because I'll be at the Drivers Edge event at TWS. I don't wanna beat my car up drifing but I will take it out on a track.

The drift event is getting big now. I bet you will see a bunch of semi-pro drifters out there. Enjoy.

 

Im about to do this with an aiptek camera, since I dont have the camera yet im assuming I should hold off on getting supplies. Question, how exactly does the camera mount to the mount without screwing in to the unit? I guess thats the only thing that is confusing me.

 

What you do, is you get the tri-pod camera mount, remove the legs, and use a longer bolt at the location of where the legs used to be...........u use the longer bolt to go through the aluminum square tubing..

-Jason

 

just tried this, i got everything working, except i have an issue with the cheap tripod i got. It vibrates badly. (it has a part that just moves if you push, to make it vertical.)
But only when i hit a bump. (but its loud enough to drown out my car...)

Going to figure out how to fix that. maybe wrap wire on its end to hold it still.
Thanks for the hint, made for a very enjoyable afternoon.

 

Hey guys, just came across this thread. My brother bought me a cruise cam mount a few years ago. It's a pretty good design. Check out the pics in case they helps give you guys some ideas. It's probably easy to replicate and the rubber mount seems to help take out vibrations tremendously - or it could be my camera, who knows.

http://www.cruisecam.com/Mount_new.pdf

If you want some in car I can upload some videos although I'm not sure how much it'll help since we're all using different cameras.

 

Thanks for the write up. I did this yesterday and it worked out great. The measurements on the first post provided a great starting point (of course, I lined it up with the headrest before drilling). I spent a total of maybe $14.

Some things I did different:
. Used 1" tube instead of 3/4" - Lowes was out of 3/4" tubes.

. Used 1/4" U bolts and wing-nuts to secure the tube behind the headrest posts, since that was the biggest drill bit I had. I'm able to click the headrest down at the highest notch, and the tube doesn't wiggle at all.

. Used a 1/4-20 bolt through the tube for the camera, along with some washers for spacing.

The height looks good (it could use a little more, I think) and I'm able to get a decent angle by just adjusting the seat back. Best of all, almost no vibration at all.

Sample video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwDbe1S7ZZE

There's a bit of clacking I think from the camera against the tube. I'll put a bit of felt stickers on there and see what happens.

Thanks for an informative post.
Raj

 

^^ awesome...........glad it worked out for you....

keep em coming guys...

-J

 

Ok finally got mine up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUV2YIERTDQ

I'll have a ton more vids this year.

 

Great DIY.

I made my own, but instead of painting it with a normal paint, I used a rubberized spray paint from Home Depot. I like the rubberized paint so I don't have to worry about scratching up the head rests.

I still need to find end-caps for my mount, but once I have them I will attach them.

Anyways on to the pics.

 

That's what mine is painted with. Good choice.

 

Thanks!

hey, see post #7 - but i got the end caps from here: http://www.stoveparts.net/Merchant2/...Code=GLD-01086

call instead of order online and he will give you a total with shipping over the phone, i paid 3 bucks i think for a bunch shipped. they fit perfect.

-J

 

Made this used the same tripod taken apart. The only thing I did different was use U bolts with some vinyl tubing around the headrest posts.
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^ sweet! nice alteration? what size, etc were the u bolts you used?

any other close up pics of it all together?

-J

 

Here is the mount I got from Jason, he did an awesome job. I added the foam stuff to it though, lol. Does it look retarded with the foam?

 

Man that's some badass driving Very awesome!

 

Not at all looks awesome!

 

i read the first 2 or 3 pages of this but have you guys seen/heard of the gopro cameras?


if not i would check them out, especially the motorsports cameras and personally im a big fan of the wide angle. comes with suction cup mount to put pretty much wherever you want on the car... these are the cameras they use in the big drift events.

goprocamera.com