civicdrivr

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Comptech.

97BlackAckCL

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nice pics, is that a camera mounted to your roof?

civicdrivr

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Yessir. GoPro Hero HD using the suction cup mount on the sunroof. I could reach the buttons from the driver seat to turn it on and off. Theres alot of wind noise though because I had the vented back on the case.

friesm2000

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i was going to mention that in the one picture, but you already admitted it though

NVA-AV6

Hummm, suction cup holding my camera on the car while driving,,,, un not me.........

civicdrivr

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Its not like I can hide it

Ive tested it to 90mph without an issue. GoPro tested it to 220mph on the side of a plane IIRC.

98JDMCL

Was that a CL with roof racks? Any more pics of it


BTW...loooks like hellafun!

Those wheelz look best on your car bro

friesm2000

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yes you can:
http://www.furhatworld.com/coyote-fu...1984459f2b1f10
can't copy the picture

or this:
http://www.furhatworld.com/coonskin-hats-c-42_46.html



suction cups can actually take quite a load if they are quality and applied to a really clean surface, with plenty of suction on it (thats the biggest thing it makeing sure it keeps that suction lol)

civicdrivr

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Its a TL.

Thanks. I like them, but its already time for a change.

Ok, those pics literally made me LOL. But I dont want it to continue otherwise posts will most likely be deleted.

Here is a pic of the suction cup for this camera:



You push down on the button in the middle, then flip the latch up. It is really strong.

Supposedly theres a firmware update coming for it May 17th that allows upside-down recording. If it does come out, I can mount it on the sunroof on the inside of the car so there wont be any windnoise.

friesm2000

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that looks like that will make quite a bit of suction, with a two step process vs just pushing the thing on and calling it good


but anyways for mounting the camera inside easy, just take down the dome light when you need a camera mount, that way you don't screw up any interior panels in the process, and make a little mount off there

and as far as the "firmware" update, allowing you to mount it upsidedown, and take the video correctly, just rotate it afterwards on the computer and call it good

friesm2000

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this might also work too, cause you can actually pump the vacuum/suction higher, think of those vacuum handles glass installers use all the time
http://www.filmtools.com/cleatsuccamm.html

friesm2000

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even f***ing better

http://www.filmtools.com/cleatsuccamm.html






btw paul, look at when they make movies and such with car scenes, they mount their $50,000+ cameras on with just suction cups

civicdrivr

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Thats a nice camera mount. I started to make one similar to that but I lost interest I was going to run a video camera in the car pointed at the gauge cluster and another pointed at the road.

And as far as flipping the image during editting - Im not really into editting videos. I honestly have no idea what to do. If I can prove to myself that I want to actually make more videos, then Ill probably take the time to get into it. For now, Im just lazy.

friesm2000

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but for editting, not really editting i would say cause it is not like you are taking out portions and putting ones in, all you are doing is rotating the picture so it shows up correctly, but yeah i get what you mean though

NVA-AV6

I have seen suction cups fail, even the big pump ones for moving glass and the movie studios have insurance on those cameras, call me a pussy if you want, but that is pushing it a bit much for me.

friesm2000

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ok fair enough, but if you want a self sucking one, just run a vacuum tube from the engine's manifold, with a couple of checkvalves inline, so it can't lose the suction, then at idle you will get like 15-20" of vacuum, then under engine braking, you can get up to like 25"+ or so of vaccum and those checkvalves should keep it up till you engine brake again (be no different then the brake booster btw), and would cause absolutly no effect on how the engines runs too
and then if you want to make sure it does not lose vaccum inbetween revving and such, put a little reservoir after the checkvalves to help keep the vacuum more stable, and iirc 97 jeep cherokees, have a real nice ball shaped reservoir on them (and if i remember right it is right behind the front bumper on the passenger side)


but also as far civic's camera, i don't think it is a super expensive one, especially how he is like "idk if i want to even make more videos"

friesm2000

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btw should't your homeowners insurance cover the camera or something, just like they do your wifey's jewelery (just said you dropped the camera in the garage, then the wifey came home and ran it over; lol)

StreetKA

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thats my camera mount. does the job and was free

friesm2000

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not quite, that one i posted mounts to both posts of the headrest (so more stable and supported better), but then again can't complain about free

StreetKA

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i can do it for both post no problem and still is gonna be free. the problem is the seat is wobbling it self so the camera shakes a bit while recording

friesm2000

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now i see the little indent in the middle of that lower rod lol, but yeah seat will have some play in it, but if someone where to sit there also, it would take up the slack in the seat assembly, but then you got weight moving around and possibly shaking the seat (not at quite the high frenquency then with nobody there), so maybe try running a strap from the headrest to one child seat "tether" anchor behind it, then tighten it up, it will basically pull the slack outta the seat, so hopefully get rid of the shakeness that you are seeing


also that highrise for the camera itself does not help either the shorter the arms the better, cause longer arms will ampify any shaking from the seat and such into the camera (also something like Sony's stable shot would help too)

civicdrivr

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Im content with it mounted to my sunroof

friesm2000

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btw paul here are those nice little vacuum resevoirs i was talking about
http://www.teamcherokee.com/Emissions/index.html

last item on the page

and then more detailed pics:
http://www.teamgrandwagoneer.com/par...ailed/797.html

vaccum line just needs to be tee-d btw for it to work

civicdrivr

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Ok...... suction cups. Cool.

Whats this thread about again?

Oh yea, my car. The new wheels should be here Wednesday.

civicdrivr

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Yes. New wheels. Im going back to black. I cant get used to the bronze. They do look nice, but every damn Subaru here is black/bronze.

They are lighter though, so thats a plus.

friesm2000

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anyways for your civic try http://www.ssr-wheels.com/hybrid/ , i don't know if you can get 4-lug though

brian6speed

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I saw these on closeout on tirerack pretty tempting but a few ppl on here have these wheels already. http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/Wheel...All&sort=Brand

500 each seems really cheap tho. I just cant justify swapping wheels so much.

type f i do have civic wheels on my cl

civicdrivr

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I do like SSRs, but the wheels I got weigh about the same, cost much less, and Im 100% sure no one has had them on a CL.

I may pick up a set of SSRs for my Civic. But I do love what I currently have.

And at the rate I seem to be going through wheels, cheaper is better.

friesm2000

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btw for that camera mount again, this might work a little better with attaching to both seats instead of just one
http://www.filmtools.com/crtwcamo.html

civicdrivr

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That is pretty nice, but here are my issues with it:

1- It requires both seats to be at the exact same position.

2- Our headrests have to be up all the way for that to fit because of the raised portion in the seat on both sides of the headrest. Theres not enough scope in that bracket for it to fit otherwise.

3- $100!!!!!

4- I can build it for $30 including paint and the tripod head.

friesm2000

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what can't a passenger F*** up lol

civicdrivr

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Lol true.

friesm2000

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another one http://www.eurotuner.com/howto/99762/index.html and be VERY easy to make at the same time too, but be best made with solid stock though

friesm2000

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heres also another one , but kinda expensive, but they work with your seat though with how the headrest is kinda recessed into the shoulder are

http://www.amt-engineering.com/stealth_hcm.html


and even has little anti-vibration mounts built in, and makes sure to have a snug fit around the posts also (without scratching the posts) look at the install instructions

civicdrivr

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I saw that last one on ebay. Its nice, but that price is retarded.

And regarding the first one - I started to build one like that. My drill ran out of juice and I lost interest in it.

I remembered after I cleaned up that I have a corded drill too, but I was too lazy to pull everything out again.

Ive got another idea I may look into regarding the camera mount. But its nowhere near the top of my Shit-To-Do list.

friesm2000

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and a video for the mount in use, seems quite stable to me (yes there is a little movement, but i think that might be more the seat though)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77zG8...layer_embedded

MD03CL-S

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woohooo, you know I was never a big fan of the bronze!

So do I REALLY have to wait to find out what the new wheels are?

civicdrivr

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Lol.

Im not going to play along any further because I see this being a very, very bad Off Topic worm hole.

gfrg88

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need new roller numbers.

civicdrivr

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^ Need to get the intake back on, then Ill hit the dyno again.

I may hop on the dyno this week just to get another baseline with the exhaust on, then go to see just the gain from the intake.