mounting a camera in car

[etxxz]

cantilever means supported on one seat.. maybe that's what you meant to say. that's what i'm warning against.

[nando]

I made my own headrest mount with a $4 home depot 1/2 or 3/4" square tubing and two U-clamps... The problem was that during one drift event.. or a DE idk... i realized that thing could impale me if anything went wrong even with a helmet on. So i removed it. If you wack your had against that thing it'll be lights out. This is just a word of caution. Short of mounting it on a roll bar/cage, you can suction cup it to the rear window, mount it on the rear deck or something.

dude, if I wack my head on the camera mount on my passenger headrest, I'm going to have much bigger things to worry about - like where the fresh squeazed juices from my crushed torso went to.

[richardkeith97]

i ended up getting that one for $50 but keep posting what you got for other people.

[Dave]

I used to have a Cruisecam when I had stock seats.

Some local groups will NOT allow any headrest mounted cameras. NASA great lakes is one of them.

I have made a couple of roll bar mounts. One was VERY basic and I think I loaned it out and never got it back. New one is a little more stout - couple of muffler clamps holding AL stock on place with a thumbscrew and some neoprene to cushion vibration.

[Charlie]

I used to have a Cruisecam when I had stock seats.

Some local groups will NOT allow any headrest mounted cameras. NASA great lakes is one of them.

Really, when'd they go to that? Been years since I ran my cruisecam, but they never mentioned it.

Running an IOport in the e30, still use the cruiscam in the '02.

-Charlie

[etxxz]

dude, if I wack my head on the camera mount on my passenger headrest, I'm going to have much bigger things to worry about - like where the fresh squeazed juices from my crushed torso went to.

i'm not as certain, specially on a stock seat with stock seat belts. Sit on the driver's seat and look half way between the pass and driver's seat. That's where you'll have square tubing intersect your right side brain.

[Dave]

Really, when'd they go to that? Been years since I ran my cruisecam, but they never mentioned it.

Not sure when they added that rule, but if you go to the Great Lakes region website and look at the regional rules/regs, it is in there.

I also was told no-no by Hoosier Chapter BMW CCA back in 2006 when I wanted to use it.

[phenryiv1]

cantilever means supported on one seat.. maybe that's what you meant to say. that's what i'm warning against.

I know that the word means. I even 'splained it for those who don't:

I later changed the mount to be cantilever, meaning that the mount is attached to both mounting posts on the passenger seat

As for the danger, I suppose that if I were to be really tall (I am 5'5") and I had the passenger seat as far forward as I have the driver's seat, AND if I were to have a failure of either the seat belt and/or seat mounting mechanism, there is a chance that I could be impaled on the end of the tube, assuming that it either pierces my helmet or that I crane my neck around far enough that my face is in the direction of the camera mount.

I suppose it COULD happen...

[nando]

i'm not as certain, specially on a stock seat with stock seat belts. Sit on the driver's seat and look half way between the pass and driver's seat. That's where you'll have square tubing intersect your right side brain.

my passenger seat is further back than my drivers seat. My seat would have to break for me to hit my head on the camera. My neck would also have to break to hit my head on the cruisecam mount itself, it's at my shoulder level. Like I said, if those things happen - I've got bigger things to worry about than my camera mount.

I've been using the cruise cam for years, I really don't think it's a problem. Now maybe a home made mount which is basically a sharp-edged tube cut with a dull hacksaw blade.

Not to say I wouldn't prefer a cage-mount. My passenger seat is well worn and sometimes the camera gets a little shaky.

[iwantspeed]

not a track car but in an m5

[evil_twin]

^ i have that camera mount, but the suction cups don't work anymore.