Mounting phone above instrument panel?

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Mounting phone above instrument panel?

#1 Post by Thechamp73 » Sun Apr 14, 2019 9:34 pm

Any ideas on how I could do it? I dont want it on my handle bar.

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Re: Mounting phone above instrument panel?

#2 Post by mikey » Mon Apr 15, 2019 7:21 am

Use a suction cup wind shield mount.

Of course, you'll have to have a wind shield.

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#3 Post by Thechamp73 » Mon Apr 15, 2019 2:38 pm

Will that actually work and not fall off....yea I have a shield

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#4 Post by Thechamp73 » Tue Apr 16, 2019 9:59 pm

yes this wont work well...because of the stock shield flimsy material and my phone cost 1k. LOL Not doing it. Maybe I will just buy a 3d printer and make something.

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#5 Post by mikey » Wed Apr 17, 2019 6:34 am

Thechamp73 wrote:
Tue Apr 16, 2019 9:59 pm
yes this wont work well...because of the stock shield flimsy material and my phone cost 1k. LOL Not doing it. Maybe I will just buy a 3d printer and make something.
Sounds industrious. Maybe you can sell them afterward and recoup some of the expense of that printer. I'm sure some folks will want that.

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#6 Post by Yoder » Wed Apr 17, 2019 9:56 am

i did it! i used a RAM mount and the bolt fits perfectly into the hole for the windshield. so i just put it there
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Re: Mounting phone above instrument panel?

#7 Post by Thechamp73 » Wed Apr 17, 2019 11:19 am

Can you post a pic...not sure which bolt...and how u did it

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