Camcorder in car

I should be getting a camcorder soon. ^_^ How do people mount them in their cars? More specifically, in S14s? Anyone got pics or some tips?

[ca18guy]

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I should be getting a camcorder soon. ^_^ How do people mount them in their cars? More specifically, in S14s? Anyone got pics or some tips?</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>

Get a passenger? <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'>

[whateverjames]

just make sure to sorta hide the camera if you get pulled over. i'm not sure if you're using it to witness races, but if you get caught.....ouch.

[onebadm5]

autocrossers use a camera bar that mounts behind the seat, it runs the width of the cabin.

[nismo270r]

Here's something I came across awhile back...I think there are ones that you can buy that work the same as this one, but I guess if this one works, why not use it...
<a href="http://hybrid.honda-perf.org/contrib/cameramount/mountintro.html" target='_blank'>http://hybrid.honda-perf.org/contrib/cameramount/mountintro.html</a>

[DSC]

marks friend (the one with the eclipse) has a camera in his car, maybe mark could tell us how he did that?

[Skiman112]

two words....Duct Tape! &nbsp;j/k i always used the good ol american sidekick passenger. &nbsp;We, wwwmsrg.8k.com, just get the guy witht the ford escort to ride with us and film, b/c we feel bad that he has an escort

i am in the process of making/rigging one up though

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autocrossers use a camera bar that mounts behind the seat, it runs the width of the cabin.
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Yeah that's what I'm thinking of. How do you make that (what materials) and get it secure enough so that it doesn't tilt the camera?

[HippoSleek]

I know one person who runs a mount like the one on the linked website, I know another that runs one with a similar design that uses both head rest supports. &nbsp;The ones that run the length of the cabin are usually affixed to the seatbelt mounting bolts with a bracket and a bar like the headrest ones. &nbsp;All three are more than adequate, although the single headrest type strikes me as too weak (although I know its not).

The &quot;seatbelt points&quot; mount uses two 6&quot; strips of Al, drilled to mount and attach to a bar. &nbsp;One 1&quot; Al box bar, cut to the proper length. &nbsp;One camera mount fastened in the appropriate location on the bar. &nbsp;Total cost of my buddies was about $10 (I think he jacked the mount off an old tripod) and 30 minutes of time.

How well they work depends on you and your car. &nbsp;I say &quot;you&quot; b/c if you have to keep the seat far back, the headrest mount doesn't work as well (b/c it obstructs your vision if you want to keep the camera level)... &nbsp;&quot;your car&quot; means that I haven't checked out the location of the 240 seatbelt points to determine if a bar there would get in the way of my seating position.

Anyway, let us know if you make one and how it works.