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    Default Ram Mount Tips

    Recently bought a dash mount and Ram Mounts so could put my garmin more at eye level. However, it seems no matter how tight I hand tighten it still jiggles around, any helpful tips that will work to get Ram Mount to stay in place?
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    Default Foam Weather Strip.

    I simply put a piece of 1/2" foam weather stripping on the bottom of my Garmin 660 that is dash mounted. The RAM mount holds it but the foam keeps it from moving at all. The Garmin sits on the dash with the foam in-between. It has worked great for thousands of miles. The ram mount is attached to a JT style mounting rack that I copied from his site.
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    +1 for the foam.
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    I had that problem too. I solved it by putting a piece on velcro that is about 1/2" long and 1/4" wide on the bottom of the gps bracket. Both pieces is stuck to the gps bracket. The bracket stays stuck to the dash and the gps is just far enough back to not touch the dash
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    I also put a small piece of velcro on the bottom of my Tomtom, and on the dash. GPS attached to a JT bar with a 6" Ram arm. Works great

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    Quote Originally Posted by bmwlarry View Post
    I had that problem too. I solved it by putting a piece on velcro that is about 1/2" long and 1/4" wide on the bottom of the gps bracket. Both pieces is stuck to the gps bracket. The bracket stays stuck to the dash and the gps is just far enough back to not touch the dash
    Same here.

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    +1 for the velcro. Works great.
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