No more sun glare on phone/maps

[MonPaul]

If you know anyone with a 3d printer it is pretty easy to design a sunshade for your phone. The best part is since you are designing it from scratch you can make it whatever size you want and even make it like I did where you can keep your case on. My case is has magnets in it, and attaches to an all in one phone/wallet. So I used 2 magnets in the back to hold the case on (yes I checked the magnets are safe.) Then the only thing to do is make a hole for your charging cable if you have one (I ran mine from the frunk) and attach the visor to your X-grip. I did have a little wobble (the dash mount I have never seemed stable) but bending it down so it sits tight on the dash gets rid of that!
Any questions you have I will gladly answer, this can be such a big help. I ran into 2 detours last week and could not see my map because of the bright sun and felt pretty helpless until I made it to a gas station and went inside just to see my phone!
Sorry the picture order got switched on upload, but the first 2 pics and the last pic is the longer extension, and the middle pics are the shorter one. I have a 2018 RTL but I'm sure this can be universal for any bike.

 

[Little Blue]

Sun House for Cell Phone

hyea: .......Very Nice. How much time and Cost do you think was involved? ......:thumbup:

 

[MonPaul]

hyea: .......Very Nice. How much time and Cost do you think was involved? ......:thumbup:

I designed it myself, so about a half an hour for the design, and as far as the printing it is a slow process - it took about 12 hours but I only used a few dollars in material. The only other cost would be how you attach your phone to the visor.
I already had the dash mount and the X-grip with extensions, I bought those through vendors here and the total was about $100.

 

[troop]

Heck .. For $14, this fits my Zumo XT perfectly. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015WKCBSQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[MonPaul]

Heck .. For $14, this fits my Zumo XT perfectly. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015WKCBSQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I don't really see your point? You will still need a way to mount it, which is where the majority of my cost came from (although I already had the dash mount.)
There was a discussion a while back about visors like this for phones, and a big problem was they didn't work if you wanted to keep your phone in the case - which is not a problem with a Zumo. With a 3d printer you can also make the exact dimensions you want, for instance the "visor" on your Amazon link shows less than 3 inches of overhang on top - pretty useless when the sun is right behind you! If you looked at mine it has more than twice that and side protection also.

 

[troop]

I guess I'm not seeing a mounting issue. This device is rested against the front of the GPS. It does not wrap around the sides. The elastic bands would work just fine with the RAM x-mount, as the arms would not be interfered with. Just an option for those who don't have access to a 3D printer I guess...

 

[MonPaul]

I guess I'm not seeing a mounting issue. This device is rested against the front of the GPS. It does not wrap around the sides. The elastic bands would work just fine with the RAM x-mount, as the arms would not be interfered with. Just an option for those who don't have access to a 3D printer I guess...

There was actually a thread a few months ago about this, I even recommended a visor from Amazon myself://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?141928-Smart-Phone-as-GPS-for-Spyder
There were some people who had problems with universal visors because they had a case on their phone. That is why I came up with an alternate solution.