Thinking about installing a dash cam. Anyone know if one that would mount on the rear view mirror or something like that?

I drive a lot of rough gravel roads so lots of vibration in the cab. Worried the cameras that stick on the window might end up falling off. Plus I go through a lot of windshields, sometimes two a year so theirs always the reattachment issue…

 

Could you mount it on the dash? There are dash mounting brackets, like the Ram Mount that work with some dash cameras. It might not get the same perspective as the windshield location. I think a dash mounted camera is going to have more vibration than one on the windshield.

I have the Thinkware camera. They sell replacement tape for the mounting of the camera. I had to do that after a windshield replacement. It was easy.

 

Search for rear view mirror dash cam on Amazon. I have an Auto-vox that I've had for quite a while. Here's one similar to what i have. (just an example not a recommendation)


It's an entire mirror that straps over your existing and is wider so that the camera peaks our around the drivers side of the mirror.

Terry

 

Amazon sells a kit that has pieces that attach to the camera and the cylinder piece of the rear view mirror.

as far as vibration goes, take gorilla super glue and dab it on the suction cup then stick it to your window.

here in Fl my camera was falling off a lot because the heat from sitting was causing the suction cup to lose suction. The Glue fixed that issue!

 

Here’s what I bought but never used

 

Our Garmin dash cam magnetically attaches to a small metal plate stuck to the windshield. I bought some extra plates “just in case”; I had to deploy one new plate when we bought the new truck.

HTH,
Jim / crewzer