Diy Gopro Mount

[mistermeena]

So i rigged up this simple, free incar mount for my gopro today and figured it was worth sharing.

You will need:

A drill;

screwdrivers;

the plastic base that your gopro came attached to in the box;

About 20minutes

Remove your interior light fitting. Grab the black base that your gopro was attached to in the box. Mark and drill two holes in the appropriate location. Mount it to the roof in place of the interior light. The plastic is quite soft so I suggest a couple of big washers and dont overtighten. Use the supplied mounts and arms to position the camera.

[Pezhead]

Nice Idea. I've been thinking of doing that one myself. You might want to buy an extra long extension off ebay to get it down a bit, but not too far, the spot metering gets a bit confused if there is too much overglare from direct sunlight.

I'll be doing something similar soon. Thanks for posting it up.

[MathewZ]

Why not just get the suction cup mount? in my 33 gtr it mounts up to the plastic screen for the light. and also has an extension so sits down probably a bit further than this.

[mistermeena]

Because this one is free and im a tightarse lol. Theres also a headrest mount available for 40$ which looks ok.

I agree that it needs to be slightly lower though as the rearview mirror blocks the shot a little

[Kane_R32]

still very cool regardless

[LuckyTune]

FYI the suction cup fits perfectly on to the light in a R32 - easiest mounting on earth

[Pezhead]

So, I finally got around to fabricating a mount. I tried the plastic like you but didnt like the wobble cause the base isn't as snug as the mounts that come with the go pro.

I made an aluminium base plate from a bit of angle and cut one side of angle down so it tucks up inside the headliner space. I then moutedan 8 inch magic arm. Will be testing this at some upcomeing motorsport event.

this is the view

[mistermeena]

yeah the plastic base is quite soft so Im unsure how it will go with vibration etc. I've only done a few short road tests so far and its been fine but I'm going to try it out at the track end of this month and see how it goes. How did you attach the magic arm to the baseplate?

[Charles89]

I bought a genuine gopro suction cup and it fits perfectly when stuck to the dome light and I get the exactly same view, and the dome light still works

[mistermeena]

yeah the genuine suction is like $60-70 though right? I'd prefer the headrest mount for half that although I haven't tried it. My car doesnt see much road use so interior light is no bother.

[Pezhead]

This video will give you an idea. The base plate still moves around a little so I might put an extra two screws in to make it more secure.

I had another video that had a bit more vibration in it. Mind you, I use the curbs and on semi's you'll see the G-meter holding 2G's for over a full second.

[mistermeena]

I reckon that's working well and is about as good as it gets in terms of vibration anyway though right? Regardless how stiff your mount is its going to transfer the bumps through the car.

My sprints event is this weekend so I'll see how it goes

[Owgasm]

How's the suction cup to dome light for vibration?

[mistermeena]

So i finally got a chance to test this properly. Seems to have worked fine in terms of positioning and vibration etc. There is a really annoying sound coming through the video that I cant hear in the car though.

[LuckyTune]

for reference this is the suction cup onto the light

https://youtu.be/ghtWf3oPRMI

Edited April 6, 2015 by LuckyTune