mollydog
Well-Known Member
I’ve started this new thread about my Mini 0906 as I didn’t want to be clogging up the “0906 public test” thread with my mods, this first post is a copy of the one in that thread and in time followed with other posts:
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as I’ve shown in some of my previous images, I made a temporary bracket for the rear DVR to overcome the shadow bracket and to get over the tall lip around the rear window of the Ford Fiesta
previous bracket
as I’m going to be driving to Italy with my car in just over 2 weeks time, I plan on giving it a good testing in cold, warm and very hot weather all within a few days of each other and will report back.
As yet I didn’t have the heart to swap over the lens as I was afraid of doing more harm than good so for now I’ve not yet swapped this over (I might before I go but not yet sure if I’m brave enough)
anyway back to the bracket, the temporary bracket did it’s job well, no shaking of the camera, all captures footage showed no sign of vibration while recording, I did have to use Gorilla double sided Tape, as closing the tail gate of the Fiesta hatch back did drop the DVR from the home made bracket, but once Gorilla double sided Tape was used the DVR was rock steady at all times
now the rear screen on my Lotus is more or less vertical so the old bracket used in the Fiesta wouldn’t work for two reasons, as mentioned rear screen vertical and the fitted mount could not be made to face the screen, the second reason, above the screen is a round roll over bar with no flat surface on it
this afternoon I had a bit of time on my hands (as I’m rushed off my feet with work, before I set off on holiday) I got hold of an aluminium angle with approx measurements of 35mm tall 45mm deep and 40mm wide
on the tall 35mm section I worked out where the centre of the DVR lens would be and drilled a 20mm hole, on the 45mm depth I drilled 4 small holes to screw the fracker from the DVR on to, I could of used double sided tape, would of been quick and easy but I wanted to use as little double sided tape as possible, going to a hot country
then I sprayed lots of degreaser (the sort of stuff one uses to get a car engine clean from oils and grease) and left it on the bracket for a good 10 minutes the put it under running water for a further 5 or so minutes, I I wiped it with paper towel and left to dry for a good 30 minute while I got on with some day job work (from home)
the face of the bracket that I was going to place the 3M pad to stick the bracket to the window, I masked it with masking tape, so when paint spraying, I wasn’t going to get paint on that part as I wanted the 3M tape to stick to metal ,not the paint that might come off at a later day
then once the bracket was dry I gave it there coats of spray primer, 10 minutes between coats, the last coat of primer was placed in the kitchen oven for 20 minutes oven set to 50c - 70c, then a further spray of 3 coats of black paint, the last coat was placed in our kitchen oven like the prima was, 50c - 70c for 20 minutes
once the masking tape taken off the face, showing the 20mm aperture for the lens
DVR attached to the bracket
showing where the 3M pad will go, as I’ve not yet stuck the pad on to the fracker I’ve yet to cut out the 20mm aperture out of the pad
showing that this bracket can also be used as my old one was
or at different angles, if your rear screen is at an angle as like on almost every car
it your rear screen has a strong drop angle, no need to cut out the 20mm hole like I have and instead of having the lip 35mm tall, you could go for a shorter lip like maybe 15mm or 20mm
fitted
here is short clip of when it fixed to the rear window, there is very slight vignetting in the top corners, but only noticeable due to the sun hitting it straight on
And talking of the sun hitting it straight on, I’m please with how the lens handles lens flare, the evening sun was low in the sky and at places is in direct view of the lens
no sign of shaking/vibrations from the rear camera, as there isn’t much softness in the Elise shock absorbers/dampeners, the car is a bone shaker for sure and most things in the car will shake/vibrate
this isn’t the full fat file but a youtube file so quality will be lower
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as I’ve shown in some of my previous images, I made a temporary bracket for the rear DVR to overcome the shadow bracket and to get over the tall lip around the rear window of the Ford Fiesta
previous bracket
as I’m going to be driving to Italy with my car in just over 2 weeks time, I plan on giving it a good testing in cold, warm and very hot weather all within a few days of each other and will report back.
As yet I didn’t have the heart to swap over the lens as I was afraid of doing more harm than good so for now I’ve not yet swapped this over (I might before I go but not yet sure if I’m brave enough)
anyway back to the bracket, the temporary bracket did it’s job well, no shaking of the camera, all captures footage showed no sign of vibration while recording, I did have to use Gorilla double sided Tape, as closing the tail gate of the Fiesta hatch back did drop the DVR from the home made bracket, but once Gorilla double sided Tape was used the DVR was rock steady at all times
now the rear screen on my Lotus is more or less vertical so the old bracket used in the Fiesta wouldn’t work for two reasons, as mentioned rear screen vertical and the fitted mount could not be made to face the screen, the second reason, above the screen is a round roll over bar with no flat surface on it
this afternoon I had a bit of time on my hands (as I’m rushed off my feet with work, before I set off on holiday) I got hold of an aluminium angle with approx measurements of 35mm tall 45mm deep and 40mm wide
on the tall 35mm section I worked out where the centre of the DVR lens would be and drilled a 20mm hole, on the 45mm depth I drilled 4 small holes to screw the fracker from the DVR on to, I could of used double sided tape, would of been quick and easy but I wanted to use as little double sided tape as possible, going to a hot country
then I sprayed lots of degreaser (the sort of stuff one uses to get a car engine clean from oils and grease) and left it on the bracket for a good 10 minutes the put it under running water for a further 5 or so minutes, I I wiped it with paper towel and left to dry for a good 30 minute while I got on with some day job work (from home)
the face of the bracket that I was going to place the 3M pad to stick the bracket to the window, I masked it with masking tape, so when paint spraying, I wasn’t going to get paint on that part as I wanted the 3M tape to stick to metal ,not the paint that might come off at a later day
then once the bracket was dry I gave it there coats of spray primer, 10 minutes between coats, the last coat of primer was placed in the kitchen oven for 20 minutes oven set to 50c - 70c, then a further spray of 3 coats of black paint, the last coat was placed in our kitchen oven like the prima was, 50c - 70c for 20 minutes
once the masking tape taken off the face, showing the 20mm aperture for the lens
DVR attached to the bracket
showing where the 3M pad will go, as I’ve not yet stuck the pad on to the fracker I’ve yet to cut out the 20mm aperture out of the pad
showing that this bracket can also be used as my old one was
or at different angles, if your rear screen is at an angle as like on almost every car
it your rear screen has a strong drop angle, no need to cut out the 20mm hole like I have and instead of having the lip 35mm tall, you could go for a shorter lip like maybe 15mm or 20mm
fitted
here is short clip of when it fixed to the rear window, there is very slight vignetting in the top corners, but only noticeable due to the sun hitting it straight on
And talking of the sun hitting it straight on, I’m please with how the lens handles lens flare, the evening sun was low in the sky and at places is in direct view of the lens
no sign of shaking/vibrations from the rear camera, as there isn’t much softness in the Elise shock absorbers/dampeners, the car is a bone shaker for sure and most things in the car will shake/vibrate
this isn’t the full fat file but a youtube file so quality will be lower
