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Cell phone holders - what do you use?

Old Jul 18, 2013 | 04:45 PM
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Cell phone holders - what do you use?

What kind of cell phone holders are y'all using?

With the cellie tapped into the stereo, i have turn-by-turn navigation and streaming pandora everywhere i go! However I've got to set the phone in the passenger seat.

What sort of setups are you guys running? I'm looking for something right near the steering wheel and just below the road visibility line.

Suction cups? Drilled mounts? Whatcha got?

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Old Jul 18, 2013 | 07:20 PM
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This. Been a year now, no complaints. I got it cuz it was the least bulky thing I saw. And it was among the cheapest.

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There's no phone in the pic, for obvious reason.
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Old Jul 18, 2013 | 07:46 PM
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The driver's door pull is the perfect size for my Palm Pixi.
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Old Jul 19, 2013 | 07:57 AM
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I lay mine right in front of the shift boot. Seems to stay pretty well.
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Old Jul 19, 2013 | 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by DerrickS
I lay mine right in front of the shift boot. Seems to stay pretty well.
Derrick, thats what I do now, too. However, I've heard from another member that after a few years it WILL wear through the finish on the center console.

I just replaced my center console with OEM freshies, so I'm kinda OCD about ppl putting **** on it. I still do it tho.

Mostly its line-of-sight that I need. trying to move between navigation and music, or posting on my facebook feed while driving, is just too difficult with it down on the console.

(i'm just kidding about posting to facebook while driving)


Cookboy - i like that. Almost exactly the position I'm looking for.

I'm wondering if i can get some sort of a basic clamp, maybe for like a guitar neck or something, and a small thin bracket, and somehow mount it into the screw point for the defrost/wiper switch
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Old Jul 19, 2013 | 12:50 PM
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In my SA I got a miata cup holder and a cheapie cell phone cup holder and use them together
in my console to hold my ipod and phone.
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Old Jul 19, 2013 | 03:58 PM
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iotus, ideally it would be 1.5 inches lower, which could be achieved by cutting that out of the stalk.
But that's how you roll.
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Old Jul 19, 2013 | 09:26 PM
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I made this one over a year ago for my original Droid, and just recently installed it. Now I don't want to upgrade my phone because it more than likely won't fit. The phone just covers the trip odometer from my view.
It's made from a rigid pvc foam board that can be glued with regular pvc glue. I forget the name, starboard maybe? I was working in a fiberglass shop in a boatyard at the time.
The bracket it's riveted to is bolted through where the nonworking dimmer was.
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Old Jul 20, 2013 | 12:03 AM
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Cupholder

I have one of these, think I picked it up at a thrift store for $2. I'm using a Razr Max with an otterbox case and it fits ok. I'd like something that looks nicer though

I also took a center console lid, swapped it out with a Volvo one, which fit well, but I just didn't like the look and they grey wasn't right. it has cup holders in front and rear, looks like this...
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