relocating the GPS to above the rearview mirror.

been busy with life, so I took a few minutes to move the new Garmin GPS to above the mirror. I had an older suction cup mount from the previous unit to play with and cut down and modify.

this was easy...

figured out how long and at what angler I needed the arm/ball to be, and where to locate it for clearance and pivoting of the GPS.

next, I dug up a threaded blind nut from a sex bolt (security bolt) that was just the ticket!

mixed up some KWIK JB Weld, pushed some down into the plastic arm and inserted the threaded blind nut using a washer and a jam nut as a stop until the JB Weld set up, which is dam quick...

while that was curing I located the mounting hole and drilled that into the plastic cover above the mirror. From doing mock ups, the plastic cover lost it`s sharp bite (rounded corners on the holding teeth) so located/measured and drilled for 2 small screw into the aluminum bracket underneath the plastic cover... when the final fit was completed.

The arm/ball is also held on by a small machine screw and it is secure.
Now the GPS is solid enough, no vibration or movement when rolling...

test drove it earlier and it`s DA BOMB!

Looks good.

looks good...im guessing your a rather tall guy?? im short so i mounted min at the bottom of the Apillar...

bigdogdewey2 wrote:

looks good...im guessing your a rather tall guy?? im short so i mounted min at the bottom of the Apillar...

 hahahah ah nope, I`m short...
I have this on the A pillar:
something else I whipped up:lol: 

nice...yeah i guess i have a problem looking up...my rear view mirror is pretty much useless as i cant see out of the windows from all the stickers...so if i could actually get rid of it id be fine...

Another really nice touch!  I'm with Mike, my wife uses the rear view from the passenger seat almost as much as I use it to check the spare tire!