Thread: Tablet as GPS

We use the 3M product DuoLock to hold various devices in place on dashboards etc and in the Safety Helicopter used in Rally Australia. It is best described as a super Velcro and when finished, the adhesive does not remove paint or leave any marks on the vehicle's dash. Not cheap but I bought a roll which will last me and my colleagues a lifetime.

Originally Posted by gavinwibrow

And one from left field which I know works well in a D2.
Take out the flow louvres from one of the a/c vents either side of the radio, and at the bottom screw or rivet in a piece of flat steel with the protruding bit shaped to suit whatever you are going to mount. Needs to be relatively thin so you can reinstall the louvres.
Protrusion is not the best in a crash situation, but ....
I have one made up somewhere if I can remember where I stored it.

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For a D1/D2 type dash, I (sort of) calculated that the rubber strip location in the centre of the dash can be a perfect location for a screwed mount on the dash top.
You cut out an opening on the rubber mat to allow access to a RAM 1" ball mounting(like Lloyds D4 mount setup).
You'd then need to use the short RAM arm for the tablet holder, otherwise it'd protrude too far out past the dash fasica level.
I prefer to have mine mounted just behind the front face of the fascia, as it allows my to rest my palm and operate the touchscreen with more accuracy on bumpy roads(eg. zooming, changing Ozi pages, or setting it to use specific maps type operations)
The dash material is too soft for a rigid mounting, but it would only need some decently sized washers or a captive nut setup from the underside to make it rigid.
Have thoughts to do such a mod myself, but my current setup is pretty much ideal as it is now anyhow .. so there's little enthusiasm on my part to look into it closer.
If you want to remove the setup, all you need is a new rubber mat and it gets the dash to 'as new' condition again.
My interest in doing such a mod over the suction cup setup at the moment is that it'd make cleaning the front screen less of an annoyance, having to remove the suction cup(not the annoyance, as this part is easy), but the annoyance of having to adjust the location and orientation of the tablet mount this way and that way to get it to the perfect spot to remove all possible reflections on the screen again.
(I'm, a smoker, so my screen gets gunked up regularly .. and I can't be stuffed doing things I should do sometimes)