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GPS and Navigation AssistanceOEM Car, Aftermarket and handheld navigation discussions.
This is a discussion thread titled "Best place to put gps?", within the GPS and Navigation Assistance forum, part of the Technical & Vehicle Assistance Forums category.
Pops got me a badass garmin for xmas. The real slim one. I dont like it on the wondow though. Where else are yall installing them. I want a custom install where the wired dont show. Maybe on the dash to the left of the shifter? Hmmmm. Let me know what yall are doing
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Pops got me a badass garmin for xmas. The real slim one. I dont like it on the wondow though. Where else are yall installing them. I want a custom install where the wired dont show. Maybe on the dash to the left of the shifter? Hmmmm. Let me know what yall are doing
I got the same thing and asked the same question. Check it out--i like the guy who drilled a special hole for the power cord in his dash. Looks good!
My stereo guy did it. He got an adapter for the cigarette lighter to hardwire to the fusebox (wires hidden behind dash). He took the useless change holder and filed it down. Then took the suction mount (exact size as change holder, btw) and epoxied and screw it on to change holder for a sturdy mount. Good thing about the location is that it was easily programmable since it was in close proximity to the shifter. The fact that the mount was adjustable made it easy to move away from potential glare. Of course, the NAV was easily removeable for safe keeping, too.
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I placed my brand new tom tom in the same place. I just snapped up the dash in that area, squeezed the tabs together that are on the coin holder thing, took it all the way off and then mounted the sticky disc shaped dash mount and then put the gps right there. Best spot in my opinion.
Do you not find your arm/hand obstructs the view?
I mounted mine next to the rear view mirror - I am accustomed to glancing up in that area, so it seemed like a logical spot for me.
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Originally Posted by 007_Tundra
I placed my brand new tom tom in the same place. I just snapped up the dash in that area, squeezed the tabs together that are on the coin holder thing, took it all the way off and then mounted the sticky disc shaped dash mount and then put the gps right there. Best spot in my opinion.
Garmin is way better than tom tom IMO. Garmin has more updates and to me, is more user friendly. That set up on the coin holder works pretty good if you don't have the column shifter. I tried it with my column shifter and it's a little crowded.
I did my fair share of research and with the new TeleAtlas map updates I went with TomTom. I think the Garmin's are great units, I just couldn't find one with the same option set as the TomTom for the price.
Best place to put gps?
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