my new HKS on my 04
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For your camera mount idea, i have included some pics of the mount i made (sorry they suck, the in car one was one i just found lying around and the others i just took in the bathroom for this post). I used a piece of 1 inch tubing that ran from the outside edge of the drivers headrest to the outside edge of the passengers headrest. I drilled holes the size of the metal headrest stems and placed them into the holes, pushing them down to form a pretty solid mount. from there i drilled a small hole into the tubing and just unscrewed the head of my tripod off and put a wood spacer in so that i could adjust the angles without getting caught on the tubing. If you have any questions you can email me punkboi@softhome.net or if you want better pictures of it, i can also send those. I got the idea for it from a couple audi sites and converted there one headrest idea to two for more stability and fluidness with the car when i rally. But if you are only using it for street use, you could probably get away with the one that they made.
mount idea #1
http://www.carbonos.com/cars/modific.../camera_mount/
mount idea #2
http://www.robsaudiworld.com/cameramount.htm
mount idea #3
http://forums.audiworld.com/a4/msgs/1351712.phtml
*note, if you are trying the two seats idea like i did, you may notice that your two seats dont exactly line up when they are in the "same position" i noticed my passenger seat sits slightly farther back and about a 1/2-3/4 inch lower.
above view of the mount
another above view
the tripod head on the wood spacer
the two holes for the one headrest
a hole measured up against a quarter
the camera mounted in the car (we zip tied it to the tubing for safety)
mount idea #1
http://www.carbonos.com/cars/modific.../camera_mount/
mount idea #2
http://www.robsaudiworld.com/cameramount.htm
mount idea #3
http://forums.audiworld.com/a4/msgs/1351712.phtml
*note, if you are trying the two seats idea like i did, you may notice that your two seats dont exactly line up when they are in the "same position" i noticed my passenger seat sits slightly farther back and about a 1/2-3/4 inch lower.
above view of the mount
another above view
the tripod head on the wood spacer
the two holes for the one headrest
a hole measured up against a quarter
the camera mounted in the car (we zip tied it to the tubing for safety)
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hehehe. yeh. im going to take pics tomorrow too... It's actually clean now. haha.
i think it's like a 4.7 inch tip. When my mom saw it she said she wanted to strangle me. hahaha.
oursTodestroy, great idea. do you know how i'd do it for an 04? i don't have those metal bars in the headrest. It's racer seat style. haha...
i think it's like a 4.7 inch tip. When my mom saw it she said she wanted to strangle me. hahaha.
oursTodestroy, great idea. do you know how i'd do it for an 04? i don't have those metal bars in the headrest. It's racer seat style. haha...
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doh! my bad
never even thought about that, cuz i am rockin the 92 legacy
my other idea i was thinking about, to make the shot a little more recessed is to put a screw through the trunk roof (but the section that is inside the car, like where you would put a child safety hook), and then just putting a small mount onto that, and you could just remove the screw & mount when you dont need it, and that way you can zoom the camera to the view you want, i dont know how you feel about a VERY small hole in your section there, cuz it wouldnt even be visible when you took the screw out... just an idea. if you do it, take some pics!
shawn
never even thought about that, cuz i am rockin the 92 legacy
my other idea i was thinking about, to make the shot a little more recessed is to put a screw through the trunk roof (but the section that is inside the car, like where you would put a child safety hook), and then just putting a small mount onto that, and you could just remove the screw & mount when you dont need it, and that way you can zoom the camera to the view you want, i dont know how you feel about a VERY small hole in your section there, cuz it wouldnt even be visible when you took the screw out... just an idea. if you do it, take some pics!
shawn