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JSRS6
March 3rd, 2013, 02:50
I got tired of my iPhone not fitting anywhere in my car and generic mounts don't work for me. So I am making my own. It will slide into the spot to the left with power and audio cables coming out the back to be hooked up. I have a mophie helium case for the iPhone 5. Tonight I taped off the bottom 2/3rds of the phone and made a firm rubber mold. From that I made a plaster casting of the bottom 2/3rds and sanded it to smooth it out and make it ready for resin and fiberglass tomorrow. I will be dyeing the resin black using RIT powdered dye. The mount will attach with a swivel ball that I scavenged from the generic bracketron mount I bought yesterday. Pics so far:
JSRS6
March 3rd, 2013, 02:53
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alrightroad
March 3rd, 2013, 04:16
Tracking...
JSRS6
March 3rd, 2013, 06:04
Tracking...
Army? Only place I've heard that term.
alrightroad
March 3rd, 2013, 06:17
Army? Only place I've heard that term.
no army here.
JSRS6
March 3rd, 2013, 06:22
My bad. Well tomorrow I am going to wrap and cut and sand down the fiberglass. Will post more pics tomorrow.
Primo
March 3rd, 2013, 12:01
I'm planning to make a custom one myself. But I'm gonna fit it inside the armrest, as I ripped out the existing german phone ;)
JSRS6
March 3rd, 2013, 19:12
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humantic
March 3rd, 2013, 21:36
JSRS6, your right about the use of "tracking" as a substitute for "I understand, or follow what your saying", folks working for the Army use that alot.
I had a question, I didn't "track" what you meant by "the spot on the left", could you clarify? I would also like to mount my iphone, I had considered using the cupholder, but then I'd have no place for my cup!
JSRS6
March 4th, 2013, 20:39
Here is a pic of the wires mocked up.
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And here is the rough cut out. I have since cut more off the top, trying to make it as minimalist as possible so as not to block the ac vent when the phone isn't in.
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JSRS6
March 4th, 2013, 20:51
I had a question, I didn't "track" what you meant by "the spot on the left", could you clarify? I would also like to mount my iphone, I had considered using the cupholder, but then I'd have no place for my cup!
Here is the location. I would have possibly used the right blank spot, but I have a funk switch that I will eventually wire up, and it only fits in the right blank spot.
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Here is the ball joint that I bastardized from the bracketron mount I bought a few days ago.
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And here is an approximate location to put the joint on the mount.
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JSRS6
March 6th, 2013, 08:18
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