Thought I`d share my new Ipaq sat-nav mount system with you all.
Dont know if anyone has already done anything similar, but by mounting a Ball-Jointed interior Rear View Mirror onto the Drivers A-Pillar, this offers tremendous potential for holding all those Gadgets that normally either drop off their window suction mounts, or are out of the field of view when you need them most.
I`d made something similar a while ago with the
MINIPOST , but found that they must have altered the angle of the Dash on the 05 models as the Ipaq was at the wrong angle & snagged on the Pillar.
The Ball Jointed mount was fixed in place via captive nuts welded onto a plate behind the Pillar Housing, (which incidentally is just £11 from BMW if you dont want to damage your original), But if the device you plan to mount is light enough & you dont fancy doing any drilling, then a mirror mount can be stuck in place via good quality double sided tape.
I was thinking about trawling the scrapyards for an appropiate mirror but got this brand new chrome one seen here from
Stafford Vehicle Components for a not unreasonable £15.
A piece of Extra Strong Velcro strip was then stuck onto the Mirror Surface ready to attatch to pre-Velcro`d Devices
Let me know what you think .. or of any new uses or possible improvments to it
