Has anyone come up with a good way to mount a phone? Mainly for my mom's 24 1E Prem as well.
Phone Mount
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I used a Ram Mount ball mount system. I purchased the 1” ball mount with adhesive and placed it on the flat side behind the media screen. There are flat areas there that seemed to work well . I then used some of the mounts to bring my Garmin nav to the right side of the screen.
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I thought I had a mount delivered today that would fit over the infotainment system. Our LC non-premium has a trim panel with a hump behind it. Tried to remove it and there is no way it would slip over it.
Can anyone with a 1958 and LC w/ Premium or FE take a photo of what is behind the screen?
Can anyone with a 1958 and LC w/ Premium or FE take a photo of what is behind the screen?
So this is what I did
Don’t get me wrong, I’m a fan of the CarPlay. But I still like my Garmin. I can plan my routes on Basecamp- upload to Garmin and navigate the route I plan.
Roger.
. Makes sense. I’m using OnX for the same, but I’m a Garmin dude when I’m on foot.
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Once you subscribe to "On X offroad" app you'll never go back........... My Garmin has been gathering dust for a year now. There is a fee but that fee gets you a pretty decent discount with many off road venders.
I might use a mount also. Yesterday with my phone using wireless apple carplay I didn’t get any text notifications through the Toyota screen. Anyone know why?
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I do run with a Redline 360C and I'm hoping the speaker grill/trim is easily removed. I am thinking 3 very small "T" bolts, bolted to a thin aluminum strip (tucked up close to the rear of the screen trim) and putting a very small double ball mount for horizontally mounted cell phone mount that the 360C will get secured it. I want it as low profile as possible so the coppers won't notice it as much and is easily removed if I see bubble gums.
Is that just adhesive? No screws?
Yep- I think it is 3M VHB. It seems to adhere very good. I used that area because the other parts of the dash are a soft material. Also Ram Mounts has lifetime warranty, even if the adhesive comes loose.
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My mom likes to have it up where she can see it and easily locate it. Its a safety thing for her. Me, I use off-roading maps that will not display on the screen.
I was on Rams site trying to build your setup. What is the square end piece? I thought it may be a magsafe holder but not sure. You wouldnt happen to have a part number? Thank you!
Offroam's got a pair of solutions:
I have their stuff in my 2000 Tacoma. It's been awesome - I just can't bring myself to drill or apply sticky tape that melts away in the sun with all the residue behind.
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I have their stuff in my 2000 Tacoma. It's been awesome - I just can't bring myself to drill or apply sticky tape that melts away in the sun with all the residue behind.
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For my radar mount, I ended going with a piece of steel epoxied to the under side of the center speaker grill and a rubber coated magnet base. (search for "EOD Guy's Ride" for how I did it) The best part is, 2 seconds to remove the mount and no visible evidence, other than the power cable.
My thoughts exactly.
So I built this same set up and tried on my LC. The weight of everything pulled the mount off the dash (adhesive as well). Has this happened to you?
