Clean rear dashcam mount
 

I can’t recall who, but one of the forum members made a sweet plexi or polycarb bracket to mount his rear BlackVue camera to. I liked it but thought a v2.0 could clean the whole thing up and hide the wire better so it wasn’t coming out from the weather stripping.

As usual with my goofy, quick mods, I got out the rivet nuts and decided to figure the rest out later...

I put an M4 nut in the spot the left plastic roof liner clip goes then designed & printed a bracket that had a wire clearance groove and would hold the cam as flush as possible to the roof liner. I ended up making it a bit too flush so I added a couple washers notched to clear the wire. It’s plenty rigid enough but should give if it gets a good whack.

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I’ll send the file if anyone wants, but it’s sized for a Blackvue camera. I can also update the file and send a printable version for any camera mount if you send me the dimensions.

Josh

that looks great, right now I just have a single channel dashcam but I'm saving this for when I have a rear camera.

Thanks! Here’s a couple shots with better perspective:

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could you use a right angle usb cable to reduce or eliminate the cable loop?

Blackvues use a coaxial cable for connecting the front & rear and don't sell a 90º to 90º. BUT I did notice that they labeled Front DOES have a 90º and would wonder if you can swap ends... or at the very least re-sleeving the Rear end for a 90º.

Coaxial Cable | BlackVue

even easier use a coaxial 90 degree fitting

I checked the cable in both orientations before picking the straight side for the cable loop. I didn’t like how tight the bend would have been with the 90° fitting. The reinforcement was almost to the roof liner, making it more of a kink than a bend.

This may be the less compact of the two, but the cable will be happier long term with the larger bend radius, and the 90° looks better in the front anyway.

I think it’s a proprietary fitting. It’s not a full size coaxial like a modem uses.

it's not proprietary, it's RG-174 cable with MCX connectors

Josh,

What size bolt did you use to mount it?

Thanks

I used a flat head M4x16 but a #8 would probably also be fine if you’re not down with metric [emoji6]

Clean rear dashcam mount
 

Ok, BlackCamBracket(TM) v1.1 is a thing

Increased the neck height to there’s no need for washers and it has 2.2° of angle so the camera is axially level when mounted.

New hotness on the left. Old-n-busted on the right.

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Want to give us all a link to the part file when you're done so we can print (or have printed) our own? :D

Interested in this...haven't installed my rear thinkware cam yet till I found a good way!

I like that a lot. I just used a hanger bolt threaded in the universal camera mount / tripod size. I didn't have the courage to remove the headliner to feed the power cord underneath, though. I routed mine in the weather stripping.

It looks as though your headliner survived just fine. Any issues with looseness or wonky clips? I'm guessing you've removed them a few times as you've developed new mounts, and from what I can see, the headliner isn't cranky about it.

Thanks!
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