GPS Mounting?

[1tonpower]

i know this is an 08 but i used the same mount in the 06

[WydOpen]

Did the same as a few others...used the black disc and mounted it to the dash. I still need to hide the power cable and hard wire it to one of the upfitter switches.

Just a quick pic...

[work&play]

I just sit mine on the pull out cup holder. The power outlet is right there also.

[SAR Pirate]

This is the one I bought, but didn't pay this much for it:

Amazon.com: Garmin Portable Friction Dashboard Mount for nüvi Series and StreetPilot C5XX Series GPS Navigators (C530, C550, and C580): Electronics

Don't Like the Windshield Mount? Try A Friction Mount! (GPSmagazine.com)

I know it's not a permanent mount, but it works great!

It places the GPS in a perfect viewing position, appropriately in your line of sight, not tucked down out of the way so you're looking down, away from the road, and not stuck in the middle of your windshield creating an obstruction, and can be moved as needed to better suit the individual.

As you can see from the pictures in the links below, it can even be mounted on a sloped surface (of course to a degree).

Personally, I've used several mounts including those dash and window suction cups. This thing trumps all of them IMO.

It's easily trasferrable from vehicle to vehicle, just pick it up and move it, all one piece. I move it from my daily driver/beater, to my 4x4, to the wifes car, wherever I need to take it.

And even in radical cornering maneuvers, bumpy off road conditions and under heavy acceleration, the thing stays where you put it.

It never moves, never slides and never, ever falls off the dash.

For a non-permanent mount, I give this one 2+

You can find them cheaper if you spend a little time shopping on line.

Here's a copycat design, similar but not the same. Can't speak to it's effectiveness:

Meijer: Universal Beanbag Dashboard Mount

Another friction mount off Amazon.com:

Universal GPS Dashboard Bean Bag Car Mount | Overstock.com

Hope some of this helps?

Good luck.

[RadarRider]

I know I'm probably no help on this thread, but I couldn't find a good place to mount my adhesive disk so I have to use the suction cup mount for the windshield. Mine's a WorldNav Commercial Trucker's GPS & I use it between my PSD & my rig @ work. It doesn't have a problem mounting in my Sterling, but it does in my PSD. So not to hijack this thread, but if I can find a solid place to mount the disk, does a GPS necessarily have to be mounted near the windshield for a good signal?

[SAR Pirate]

Originally Posted by RadarRider

I know I'm probably no help on this thread, but I couldn't find a good place to mount my adhesive disk so I have to use the suction cup mount for the windshield. Mine's a WorldNav Commercial Trucker's GPS & I use it between my PSD & my rig @ work. It doesn't have a problem mounting in my Sterling, but it does in my PSD. So not to hijack this thread, but if I can find a solid place to mount the disk, does a GPS necessarily have to be mounted near the windshield for a good signal?

Not really, but since it's a satellite receiver, the closer to an open/unobstructed area, the better it'll work. Same concept as a sat-phone.

[yosh30]

Hey guys anyone interested in a gps mount with a gps? i mounted my garmin in a edge pod all ready to mount..ill let it go for 160 shipped..its the garmin nuvi 750..i decided i might as well go with an indash monitor with all the bells and whistles..

elliot

[RadarRider]

Originally Posted by yosh30

Hey guys anyone interested in a gps mount with a gps? i mounted my garmin in a edge pod all ready to mount..ill let it go for 160 shipped..its the garmin nuvi 750..i decided i might as well go with an indash monitor with all the bells and whistles..

elliot

Got pics with the GPS mounted in the Edge pod?

[pwrstrkr]

lets see pics. I may be interested

[yosh30]

here ya go

dont know how to upload them as pictures, here is my photobucket link

4.jpg picture by yosh30 - Photobucket

GPS has been used maybe half a dozen times