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NOPR
Joined: 23 Jul 2007
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| Posted: 8/28/08 1:36PM Post subject: Where to mount my GPS? |
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I'm looking for a good place to put it. Obviously on the windshield in the center is a standard spot and it works okay there, but the windshield in the xb is like a mile away!
Typing things in requires some serious reach and I dont exactly have short arms. It seems like the gauge set up leaves a nice big opening behind the steering wheel, but I'm hesitant to drill or cut up my dash as well as put a permanent sticky thing there.
Where have you guys put your GPS's? show pictures if you can. |
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quackPOT
Joined: 28 Feb 2007
Posts: 40
Location: Surprise Arizona USA
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| Posted: 8/28/08 2:14PM Post subject: |
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| What is the make/model of the GPS? I have a Proclip mount the mounts to the left of the gear shift. It holds my PDA which use to be my GPS device prior to getting a HU with GPS. |
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NOPR
Joined: 23 Jul 2007
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| Posted: 8/28/08 5:24PM Post subject: |
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| Its a garmin NUVI 255W. It has the suction cup with a pivot ball that it snaps on to. |
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AndreyCo
Joined: 15 Aug 2008
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Location: Sacramento, CA
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| Posted: 8/28/08 5:28PM Post subject: |
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I have a Magellan Maestro 4040. I was hesitant to drill into the dash as well, even though there is plenty of room to mount the GPS right in front of the steering wheel. I ended up mounting it on the left side, right above the vent. It's not too far to reach, and fits in pretty well.
Two points to note though, it blocks your field of view a little bit when you're turning left. The other point is that it's illegal to have something mounted to your windshield in CA, and a cop who pulled me over actually gave me grief about it. |
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D_Unit
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
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| Posted: 8/29/08 8:19AM Post subject: |
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Proclip makes a mount that you can mount on the middle console.
http://www.proclipusa.com/?sectionpath=144&pageid=13382&processor=content&pcategoryid=13980&categoryid=13981&year=2008&p_origin=144&p_sectionid=144&p_pageid=8901&p_processor=asp&p_asp_processor=product&p_action=proclipcategorysearch&p_ppagecategoryid=13872&p_pagecategoryid=14172&p_pcategoryid=13980&p_categoryid=13981&p_sitecategoryid=&p_year=2008&p_countryid=0&p_leftorright= |
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AAG
Joined: 25 May 2007
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Location: Dallas, TX
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| Posted: 8/29/08 8:29AM Post subject: |
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Can't you just unhook the GPS from the mount and enter the data, then reinastall it? I would never drill into my dash...
Sell your GPS and buy an indash stero with Navi. Prices on them are droping quite a bit lately. |
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kdx80boy
Joined: 13 Apr 2008
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| Posted: 8/29/08 12:32PM Post subject: |
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AndyInOC
Joined: 04 May 2008
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Location: Orange County, Cali
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| Posted: 8/30/08 7:28PM Post subject: |
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| Nice and clean, im thinking about mounting mine in that area in the dash too, just dont know what i want to do about getting power over there cleanly yet. |
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wolfsburg2k1
Joined: 09 Sep 2008
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Location: San Diego, Ca
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| Posted: 10/7/08 2:51PM Post subject: |
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kdx80boy wrote:
love where you mounted your GPS.. how'd you do it? that's where i'd like to mount mine too!! |
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kdx80boy
Joined: 13 Apr 2008
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| Posted: 10/7/08 6:14PM Post subject: |
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| I turned an empty Altoids can over, suctioned the mount to it, then pressed it into that cubby whole. Voila...the perfect GPC mount. Enjoy :) |
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Beckenbauer
Joined: 29 May 2008
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Location: Murfreesboro, TN
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| Posted: 10/8/08 9:49AM Post subject: |
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| wait how did u get the can to stay? |
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kdx80boy
Joined: 13 Apr 2008
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| Posted: 10/8/08 12:59PM Post subject: |
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| The Altoids can is perfectly fit to that storage area. Just push it in there and it will stay. You'll see what I'm talking about when you try it. |
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miketf1
Joined: 22 Sep 2007
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Location: Millbrae|SF|SJSU, CA
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| Posted: 10/8/08 6:12PM Post subject: |
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| or if you have the premium headunit you can suction it onto that... i did it last week and it worked.. |
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AndreyCo
Joined: 15 Aug 2008
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Location: Sacramento, CA
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| Posted: 10/9/08 3:22PM Post subject: |
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| miketf1 wrote: or if you have the premium headunit you can suction it onto that... i did it last week and it worked.. LMAO!!! |
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conoven
Joined: 22 Jul 2007
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| Posted: 10/9/08 6:11PM Post subject: |
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Here is where i mounted mine
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xseveredveganx
Joined: 15 Aug 2007
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Location: City of Salt, Utah
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| Posted: 10/9/08 6:47PM Post subject: |
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Mount it from behind...
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