So after looking at the group buy, and saying 40 dollars for THAT? I decided to build one, yes it is a tad crude, and not as perfect as the 40 dollar one, but I built it using about 8 bucks worth of materials and 45 min of my time.
Installation is easy, just pop the headrest off, and slide the mount onto the supports and tighten the four bolts, removal is backwords. It can work on either the driver side or the passenger side, and I plan on adding a camera tilt option so that I don't have to use the seat to adjust camera angle (up and down).
The camera is bolted to the mount using a normal plastic knob with a 1/4-20 bolt in it, was a buck at loews. The camera is held steady by a rubber washer that sits in between the camera and box aluminum. very light and VERY sturdy, only shaking is the car, and a little bit of the seat.
After I built it I then took a quick test drive, had to take the beater due to my friend blocking my white car's only route out of my driveway, however it only takes 15 seconds to move the mount to the other car.
Overall it works very well, going to paint it black, and perhaps add some rubber neoprene wetsuit material on the cut out areas of the box aluminum, so that it does not scratch the headrest pegs.
Installation is easy, just pop the headrest off, and slide the mount onto the supports and tighten the four bolts, removal is backwords. It can work on either the driver side or the passenger side, and I plan on adding a camera tilt option so that I don't have to use the seat to adjust camera angle (up and down).
The camera is bolted to the mount using a normal plastic knob with a 1/4-20 bolt in it, was a buck at loews. The camera is held steady by a rubber washer that sits in between the camera and box aluminum. very light and VERY sturdy, only shaking is the car, and a little bit of the seat.
After I built it I then took a quick test drive, had to take the beater due to my friend blocking my white car's only route out of my driveway, however it only takes 15 seconds to move the mount to the other car.
Overall it works very well, going to paint it black, and perhaps add some rubber neoprene wetsuit material on the cut out areas of the box aluminum, so that it does not scratch the headrest pegs.
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