Dash Mounted Video Camera

**PolloLoco** · 11-20-2006, 12:43 PM

It's pretty easy, just a 3/8" bolt & nut, 2 large washers, 3 rubber washers, cheap ball head camera mount (cheap on ebay), and a video camera.

Take out the center dash cover, drill a 3/8" hole in it, put in the bolt, washers, and nut, screw on the ball head, and attach camera.

I have a video of a trip around the block, but I'm having issues with google video right now.

edit: after some use I've thought about using a locknut instead to keep the bolt from spinning, I first thought that if I tightened it well enough it wouldn't spin but I'm afraid of tightening it too much and breaking the plastic.

edit: my HDD camera complains of too much vibration. It wouldn't be a problem with a tape or solid-state digital video camera.

TXST8tj · 11-20-2006, 02:18 PM

very cool.

try youtube for the video. much easier and faster.

**mike_dippert** · 11-20-2006, 02:23 PM

i love that CB mounting location, got any more pix of that setup?

oh and very nice job w/ the camera, you should add some to the underside now...give it a Xtreme 4x4 intro clip feel

**jeepster93** · 11-20-2006, 03:45 PM

ncb76 · 11-20-2006, 04:19 PM

I hate people who live in Colorado.

Over here that camera would be covered in mud and water thirty seconds after I hit the trail. I hate mud.

Nice set-ups, though. Any problems with windshield glare? And I'd like to see video from both.

kencaz · 11-20-2006, 08:05 PM

Looks nice but very top-heavy. You may find that one good jolt and it's going to rip a hole in your dash. Did you put a similar diameter washer on the underside?

KC

**PolloLoco** · 11-20-2006, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kencaz

Looks nice but very top-heavy. You may find that one good jolt and it's going to rip a hole in your dash. Did you put a similar diameter washer on the underside?

KC

Yes, I used large washers on both sides. I also used rubber washers between the pastic of the console and the metal washers on both sides. I'll let you know how it holds up when I go wheelin' next time.

**PolloLoco** · 11-20-2006, 08:10 PM

I'll have to agree with the mud, I don't stay dry or clean when I go, I get all kinds of mud everywhere, especially with the top off. I have a lens protector on the camera, and I could slip a latex glove over the camera to protect the it.

**PolloLoco** · 11-20-2006, 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dippert

i love that CB mounting location, got any more pix of that setup?

Yeah, I was searching around on the forum for cb setups and very few people have that setup, but I liked it and did it. I don't have any pics of it under the black cover, but I should really do that. Here's a couple pics.

Quote:

Originally Posted by dippert

oh and very nice job w/ the camera, you should add some to the underside now...give it a Xtreme 4x4 intro clip feel

Like I said above, mud. But it would be cool.

Freewaydan · 11-21-2006, 11:42 AM

I just got a gps and a cam corder mount from these guys http://www.ram-mount.com/ I could not find a order page for them, so i went to www.gpszone.com and got them

stathunter · 11-22-2006, 04:52 PM

Thanks Pollo-------looks good!

CopperCJ7 · 03-11-2009, 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Freewaydan

I just got a gps and a cam corder mount from these guys http://www.ram-mount.com/ I could not find a order page for them, so i went to www.gpszone.com and got them

This is how I mounted my GPS, but the arm for my video camera just clamps onto that other ball mount and the arm sits vertical. Simple.

The arm is from http://www.rockhard4x4parts.com/accessories-bracket.html and the mounting stuff comes from http://www.expressmounts.com/

tulsarob · 09-14-2009, 12:20 PM

Decided to make a window mount today. Used the aluminum glass handler suction mount from Harbor freight, bout 7 bucks, a little alum angle and alum flat, screwed together.

The weather today wasn't too great, camera didn't focus as well as I wanted in places, not enough light I assume. It does great on a sunny day.

But the mount worked well I think. When I slowed down it performed better, which is how I intend to use it, for trail vids and such.

Easy to attach, take off, adjust. Don't think it will come off the window untill you want it to.

test vid..usin a canon fs 200
YouTube - Windshield mount test

pics

newman_buddy · 07-26-2010, 12:11 AM

I just made a mount for a video camera the other day. I used a ball head mount. I took off the center console and drilled a hole right in the center of the tray. Used a 3/8 bolt and screwed the ball head on the other side and remounted the console. It works great. and put a bolt through the tray in the center and then screwed the tripod head onto that. It works Great.

gily25 · 07-27-2010, 10:34 AM

Did anyone with a dash cam submit a video to "life in a day?"

YouTube - lifeinaday's Channel

11-20-2006, 08:05 PM	#6
kencaz Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Costa Mesa, OC, CA, USA Posts: 898 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	Looks nice but very top-heavy. You may find that one good jolt and it's going to rip a hole in your dash. Did you put a similar diameter washer on the underside? KC __________________ My Cherokee "I say we dust-off and nuke the site from orbit... It's the only way to be sure!"

11-22-2006, 04:52 PM	#11
stathunter Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,032 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	Thanks Pollo-------looks good! __________________ Scott 2004 [B]Black X[/B] w/ RE LA 37" SSR's, etc etc [url]http://www.je-ep.com/[/url] [COLOR="Blue"]In Michigan? Call Jim from [url]www.Jeepin-Customizing.com[/url][/COLOR] "Do or do not, there is no try" Yoda

11-21-2006, 11:42 AM	#10
Freewaydan Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: southern california Posts: 37 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	I just got a gps and a cam corder mount from these guys http://www.ram-mount.com/ I could not find a order page for them, so i went to www.gpszone.com and got them