Thread: Disco 3 Ipad holder

Originally Posted by AnD3rew

I wish I could say it was something clever, but I just turn the suction mount so that it makes a backwards L shape and then tuck it under the rubber mat, the suction cup isn't even stuck on. It stays there pretty well believe it or not, very ocassionally it swings sideways a little if you take a corner to sharply but otherwise all good.

hahaha, damn I was thinking you had built or found a great little holder. At the moment I am keeping my tom tom in the windscreen right bottom corner tucked out of the way.
I will try the rubber mat idea and will order an ipad mount via ram mounts. May as well, my car won't be going anywhere for a while.

Cheers,
Ben

Originally Posted by sheerluck

I know I didn't say anything about ugly, but sheesh....

Probably not my cup of tea, but to be fair the first video was only the rough fitout. The final install is found in part two:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf7dg7Cb0jI]LR3 iPad2 installation part2 - YouTube[/ame]

Originally Posted by rb30gtr

At the moment I am keeping my tom tom in the windscreen right bottom corner tucked out of the way.

A word of caution - there is an airbag in that A pillar. Anything like a GPS mounted in front of it becomes a lethal projectile in a crash.

Originally Posted by jonesy63

A word of caution - there is an airbag in that A pillar. Anything like a GPS mounted in front of it becomes a lethal projectile in a crash.

Good point Rob, that hadn't crossed my mind, I will make sure to put it back to the centre.

Cheers,
Ben

Originally Posted by rb30gtr

Good point Rob, that hadn't crossed my mind, I will make sure to put it back to the centre.

Cheers,
Ben

Ben
I mount my GPS in the cubby at the top centre of the dash between the air vaents similar to Andrew's Tom Tom. I have cut a piece of perspex out and put velcro strips on the perspex and the bottom of the cubby. When I want to use the GPS I just remove the rubber mat and attache the perspex to the velcro. the suction cup then sticks to the perspex. Has been pretty solid so far. Just grabbed a pic. The velcor does not show up to well unfortunately.
Cheers

Originally Posted by rocmic

Ben
I mount my GPS in the cubby at the top centre of the dash between the air vaents similar to Andrew's Tom Tom. I have cut a piece of perspex out and put velcro strips on the perspex and the bottom of the cubby. When I want to use the GPS I just remove the rubber mat and attache the perspex to the velcro. the suction cup then sticks to the perspex. Has been pretty solid so far. Just grabbed a pic. The velcor does not show up to well unfortunately.
Cheers

I did think of something similar, and didn't think it would actually work, so thanks I'll give that a shot.

What some of the guys in the UK have done is get the RRS sat nav surround and put a tomtom/navman into that position and wire it into the back as a permanent fixture, I did think of trying this but I like the storage spot for driving to work.

I've got a RAM suction mount on the centre of the windscreen (to avoid the side air bags) for a 7" GPS. Been there for >2 years and never fallen off.

RAM have a mount that expands into the cupholder. Might be the go?

RAM-A-CAN

I recently installed a RAM mount for an IPad Mini in the D3.
The parts I purchased from Mr Mobile was the RAM TAB-TITE Cradle, The short double clamp and a diamond and a square base with 1" ball.

I made a piece of perspex to fit in the cubby and screwed it in on a downward incline with the square base attached. The picture below shows the square base and ball attached to the perspex in the cubby.
ipad_mount1.jpg

Then its a simple matter of attaching the short arm and the Tab Tite holder.
ipad_mount2.jpg

Here's the finished product when the iPad is inserted
ipad_mount3.jpg

I also made the Aux mod to the car and placed the 3.5 mm stereo jack next to the ciggie lighter socket which has a mini USB converter installed - So a 30 pin to USB and 3.5mm audio stereo cable and an apple Lightning to 30 pin adapter completes the setup.

All up I think it looks fairly neat.