adamisannoyed

Thanks very much for your reply numb-nuts. You raise some really good points. I will start having a look around for some replacement mirror glass for these mirrors and then i can drill them without damaging the original ones fitted to the car which could be reinstalled at a later time. I also think the extra slow drain battery is a very good idea, I will have to look at how easy it is to run power cables from the engine bay into the cabin of the car to power the DVR/Cameras. Thanks again for taking the time to reply, you have been a big help.

hi numb-nuts I appreciate your reply. Yes I think a pinhole camera is what I would be after and it only needs to face back as my mum drives forwards into her parking space and it is always the back and sides of the car that get scratched like someone is walking past the rear and doing it. The problem with cameras inside facing out is that they would only record someone walking closely past and would not see if the person was keying the car below the window level which is what has happened. This is happening in a busy car park and there could be many people walking past so really cameras on the wing mirrors are ideal as this would show the person actually scratching the car. I am reluctant to start drilling holes in the mirrors and would prefer to use some sort of velcro mount or something like that to not cause permanent drill holes etc to the car. Also thank you for your information on extra batteries/charging relays. So this would be for powering the DVR off the cars power, how difficult is it to wire this in? So I would run power wires from the cars fuse box? Would these kits have instructions on how to do this? Thanks again Adam

also here is a car DVR that records 24/7 and then overlaps once the hard drive is full http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TRUCKER-TRANSIT-BUS-CASINO-TROLLEY-CAR-VIDEO-SYSTEM-DVR-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem5190a3bd35QQitemZ350319000885QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories Do people think that is a good idea?

Hi Keeps Thanks very much for your reply Ok i see what you are saying about having four cameras but what about if i was to put say 2 small mini cameras like these http://www.yotang.com/ccd-mm-car-camera-wholesale_p60 below each wing mirror and then have another two inside cameras? surely this would not be that hard to run the wiring through the same place as the electric mirror wiring? As for a portable system do you mean a system that is battery powered? To me it seems like it would be quite hard to power the system off the cars power as you have to start interfearing with the cars wiring etc. So yeah i thinki could mount the cameras ok but setting up the DVR and powering it i am not too sure about.

Hi Everyone Just joined up to ask peoples advice on DVR and cameras to catch someone who has keyed my mums car 3 times at her work in the last 12 months. Here is an example of footage i would like to get: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPyYZ52IXYg&feature=fvst So from what i have read I would need a portable dvr and a hard drive (ssd for long life) and say 3 or 4 small cameras preferably with a wide angle lens and reasonable quality. I would hope mounting them would not be too hard and i would put 1 below each door mirror and 1 at the rear hatch as it always seems to get keyed around the back when mum drives forwards into the space. Then maybe one inside the car facing out the back window. The cameras need to record while the vehicle is parked and locked. I have looked around ebay and have seen dvrs that record for 12 hours and then overlap the footage which would be ok as the car is usually only parked for 10 hours. I thought I would ask here though as people on here probably have better ideas. So any help on a good setup would be very much appreciated. Adam