2008 Outback rear view mirror harness and platform

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This is an original design born from necessity. I own a costly dash camera held in place by a suction cup. Occasionally, that suction cup would fail, and my camera would fall down across my front console and onto the floorboard. I needed something better before my camera ended up in pieces. So, I designed this harness to address it. It's custom molded to fit my 2008 Subaru Outback's rear view mirror, which features auto-dimming and Homelink. The "mirror_grapple" object provides dowel holes for the "adapter_platform" object to slot into, holding it in place very tightly when positioned properly with their bottom "hook" slotted over two depressions (see images). For my particular needs - saving my dash cam from certain destruction - I recreated from scratch the "ball_socket_adapter" and the "locking_ring" that the suction cup provided for holding the car camera. Then, I glued the "ball_socket_adapter" to the "adapter_platform", using the "locking_ring" to hold the camera ball socket tightly in place so it doesn't move when the car turns. These additional items are included here, but the harness/platform print can be modified to provide stable support for any other item you may need to attach to your rear view mirror.