DIY headrest camera mount

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Howdy! Stopped by to brag a little about yesterday's accomplishment -

I've wanted an in-car camera mount for my '07 hatchback for some time, but the only ones I found required some permanent modification to the car, had flimsy suction cup anchors, or were $50+. So I went to Lowes yesterday and built one:

And it works like a dream.

I tweaked my first design and made it smaller/lighter, and easy to store (I haven't checked yet, but it might even fit in one of the compartments next to the spare tire in the hatchback) - it's also now effortless to tighten down without any tools. Furthermore, I repurposed one of the nuts from the original design to act as a retaining nut; the camera mounting bolt no longer drops out once the camera is removed. Cost was the same, and I could actually replicate it for a few cents less in the future. If people were interested, I could easily make a kit available; it'd probably cost about $13, shipped.











Also, push-on caps are readily available (I'd considered them for storing the wingnuts inside the PVC tube), but they were $1.34 each at Lowes, effectively defeating the original "budget" concept. I will, however, add a second set of holes to accommodate the narrower middle backseat headrest in the hatchback Yaris.