Jealous of all the liftback's glove boxes

[IsLNdbOi]

What's not to understand? It's a mounting ball for Garmin GPS units screwed into the glovebox lid.

[supmet]

Originally Posted by IsLNdbOi

What's not to understand? It's a mounting ball for Garmin GPS units screwed into the glovebox lid.

My tomtom is mounted in the exact same place right now, except its on the sedan dash, not the hatchback glovebox lid. I didn't screw it in, I just epoxied the suction cup attachment to the dash I love having it right there. It is the closest spot, which makes it easy to use, and people can actually hear me on the bluetooth speaker(which they couldn't with it on the windshield)

I'm thinking if I have to custom make a bottom to make the glove box, I'll probably end up making mounting spots for a tomtom, scangauge, and maybe even a TMPS gauge. That way I can just close the glove box and hide all my goodies from prying eyes.

[Shroomster]

Originally Posted by IsLNdbOi

What's not to understand? It's a mounting ball for Garmin GPS units screwed into the glovebox lid.

well duhr....I meant the 4 notches in the base of the base..... I just don't get how you secured it....

::EDIT::

upon further inspection, can I assume that the base has 4 notches with a metal ring exposed in those notches, to which you used string, and made 4 holes in the dash? (judging also from the second picture) I take it the mount has a 'beauty ring' to hide the mount....

[IsLNdbOi]

Originally Posted by Shroomster

well duhr....I meant the 4 notches in the base of the base..... I just don't get how you secured it....

::EDIT::

upon further inspection, can I assume that the base has 4 notches with a metal ring exposed in those notches, to which you used string, and made 4 holes in the dash? (judging also from the second picture) I take it the mount has a 'beauty ring' to hide the mount....

I've replaced the old Garmin in the picture above with a new Garmin Nuvi:



Here's a picture of the mounting ball:



The four notches have "lips" that the head of the screws catch on. This is what holds the mounting ball down.

I simply placed the mounting ball in the spot where I wanted it, traced the four notches then drilled holes where I traced the notches. Then I screwed the mounting ball in and used a washer and nut for each screw on the inside surface / back of the glovebox cover.


My new Garmin Nuvi came with a cradle that snaps onto that ball: