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tegwin

posted on 22/10/07 at 10:04 PM Reply With Quote
Suction cups...

This is a bit of an odd one....But..

Im trying to find three or four small plastic suction cups that I can use as the basis for a car mounted bullet camera mount... (Something about 1-2" in diameter)

The problem is, appart from buying the blessed things on ebay, I cant think of anywhere locally that might have them..

I have been to halfords and focus to see if there was anything with suction cups that I could disasemble....but no..

So does anyone have any cunning ideas of a cheap source of suction cups?





[Edited on 22/10/07 by tegwin]

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Volvorsport

posted on 22/10/07 at 10:08 PM Reply With Quote
co-op , child blinds for rear windows .

2.99 for two , thats eight suckers





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bigrich

posted on 22/10/07 at 10:16 PM Reply With Quote
agree kiddys car sun screens.







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blakep82

posted on 22/10/07 at 10:18 PM Reply With Quote
give the show material person in your local boots a shout ;-)





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RichardK

posted on 22/10/07 at 10:21 PM Reply With Quote
Aquarium shops for fixing heaters etc to the inside of tanks.gards

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RazMan

posted on 22/10/07 at 10:26 PM Reply With Quote
Check out http://www.dogcamsport.co.uk/ They specialise in that sort of thing





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tegwin

posted on 22/10/07 at 10:29 PM Reply With Quote
Yeah I had seen the dogcam mounts...

THey are expensive for what they are, and they also dont let you easily adjust the angle of the camera...which is kinda important...will deffinately have to go in hunt of babies car stuff...

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adithorp

posted on 22/10/07 at 10:34 PM Reply With Quote
How about sucker fitted rear view mirrors.

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tegwin

posted on 22/10/07 at 10:35 PM Reply With Quote
Not a bad idea, but they are quite pricey...(considering suckers per pound)
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lsdweb

posted on 23/10/07 at 07:24 AM Reply With Quote
Halfords - for sticking L plates on - you'll get around 4 for £2 (plus a couple of L plates!
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DaveFJ

posted on 23/10/07 at 08:01 AM Reply With Quote
your local supermarket! they have these things in multi packs with hooks on...





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DarrenW

posted on 23/10/07 at 08:41 AM Reply With Quote
ive seen them in B&Q before near christmas lights. Used for holding fairy lights etc on windows. they might be near the rope and pulleys other times of the year.






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02GF74

posted on 23/10/07 at 09:41 AM Reply With Quote
If you drink PG tea, you can get them for free:



blimey, people are selling these on ebay, together with post cost 3x what you can buy them for in Tescos!!! Eaby madness!!!!!!

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designer

posted on 23/10/07 at 05:47 PM Reply With Quote
Don't think I would trust a camera to these. Why not use a magnetic welding clamp. machine Mart do ver powerful ones at a good price, and they switch on and off!
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tegwin

posted on 23/10/07 at 11:00 PM Reply With Quote
A magnetic welding clamp would make a pretty mess of my very well cared for bodywork...

Its only a tiny little £30 bullet camera...it doesnt weigh much, and provided I use enough suckers as failsafes, it should be ok...But I will be doing some testing on the finish article as soon as I find some damn suckers!

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