There is a big problem with the headrest mounting location... In my car at highway speeds it vibrates a lot. It seems like a harmonic vibration
I am not surprised it vibrates.
I would say my cars an SL500 and a S Class coupe are about as solid a car as you will find, [bar possibly going to a G Wagon jeep]
I would not dream of trying to attach a bracket to the head rest! Too far from the anchor bolts into the floor, plus your bodyweight will flex the seat.
And of course who wants a load of leggo brackets cluttering up the interior.??
Not to mention in a serious crash bodies can move around and you could get speared with those brackets!
Why not get a mount to stick it on the windscreen glass or dashboard.
Hell if I can fit it to the rear screen of an S Class Coupe ( an extremely low-raked screen) pretty sure you can get a bracket?
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Not exactly a great job, but pretty much hidden by the mirror from inside ( 100% hidden from driver , circa 80% hidden from passenger.
And all the mounting crap is hidden from outside by the black hatching on the screen ( its solid gloss black from outside!)
And hopefully will improve the look when I go to the much smaller compact 3M sticky pad mount.
If you just dip your head, you can just see the comforting red “recording led”in tne bottom left hand corner.
Because having the interior of the car captured too is pretty cool. And because I don't want mess with my A pillars because there are airbags mounted in them
I definitely understand you concern of messing with airbagged A pillars. The covers of my A pillars are very firmly fixed , I was lucky one could just fit the cable under the edge.
I guess I am too old or self assured to feel the need to have everything I do documented by a selfie, let alone a video!
But hey its your lifestyle and I respect that.
But the only benefit (other than having paid off ones Mortgage) of getting old is hindsight.
In this case were you in a serilius accident and those brackets damaged someone ... I guarrantee both your and the oppossing party’s insurance company would walk away from any liability caused by injuries inflicted by the brackets.,
Putting in an unapproved modification (brackets) at face neck level would constitute reckless endangerment, at best.
OK its unlikely your family would bancrupt you, but I do know of two work colleagues ... best of friends for many years until an accident permenantly disabled one .... end result he sued the arse off his ex best mate!
I think you're right, the aluminum could be dangerous so I'm removing it. I put the camera on the windshield and ran the cable behind the visor and velcroed it to the grab handles, then ran it down to the cargo area power port.
The Golf has no gap between the headliner and the body, it's really tight, and there are airbags along the entire length of the roof
I am no expert but sounds safer.
I’ve heard too many stories of how some insurers will try anything to avoid a big number, and permanent disability can be mind blowingly expensive.
Yep these “curtain” airbags pretty much surround all glass areas on my car too. Think there are quite a few.
And I admit I am very cautious not to trigger one or even a chain event ... the dashboard one apparently rips the exclusive leather on it .. so its a new dashboard rumoured at circa £5000 fitted with exclusive leather.
Nope checked with a MB technician, which way the airbag pillar covers open. My wire is on the glass side, so the bag would force the coveropen onto and trap the wire, not pull it out. There is also about a 3” spare loop under the overhead console-mirror housing, to take up any minor wire movement.Well that's probably good because in a serious crash your car will be totalled.
Even though you aren't triggering the airbags, in a crash they could potentially push the cable out and turn the camera into a projectile
Yeah the remote dual or not gotta be the path to go if you are interested in really stealthy setups.
Only problem i see is as you also mention, no way to visible verify that the camera is recording, at least not if you stash the main unit of a remote camera setup, and that's sort of also one of the major strong points of such a setup.
And i for one would hate to look at such things with the phone, so lets hope we will get a remote INFO LED / LED's, maybe as part of a wired event button.