kevorama
MOgang Member & Pyro-Man
Hey gang, it's been a while since I've posted a 'how to', basically, because I haven't made any serious mistakes lately, LOL. Any how, Here's an anything mount that I put together using KewlMetal's Gizmo Mount and Ram Mount parts. I know that there are several ways to mount your smart phone, GPS devices and video cams. Here is what I came up with. For those of you that are on the wall, like I was, I hope that this helps narrow down your choices.
First off, I ordered the KewlMetal Gizmo Mount. It's between $55 and $60 through their website. It's packaged very nicely and the black powder coating is well done on both the bracket and the spacers. See below.
You'll need a pretty hefty 7mm Alan wrench + a breaker bar of sorts, to loosen the bottom two bolts. I believe they are epoxied in. I replaced the old, shorter bolts with the new, longer ones & spacers using blue thread locker. Torque to 30+ lbs. The new bolts require an 8mm Alan to tighten.
Here, you can see the diff between the stock bolts and the new KewlMetal bolts w/ spacers.
Once installed it looks like this:
Next, I installed the Ram Mount base piece (less then $10 on Amazon) it fits the standard four hole AMPS which, even though not advertized on their site, KewlMetal's Gizmo Mount lines up perfectly. The hardware to install the Ram mount to the KewlMetal mount is not included for obvious reasons. I took both parts to my local hardware store to size the bolts and nuts and settled on stainless steel. The parts were less than $5.
Ram Mount installed on KewlMetal's Gizmo Mount:
Add the short Ram arm and the X-Grip and you have a killer iPhone, Garmin, or whatever device you want, including video cams if you add the longer Ram arm.
I hope that this helps some of you that want to put one of your devices up front. I'm working on a simple way to add the 7 PIN connector through the front speaker grill while keeping the trunk iPhone connection intact. Mainly, so that we can have internet radio in dry weather and wet. As long as two phones are not connected at once, splitting the two connections for front and rear should be reasonably easy.
To be continued in time...
First off, I ordered the KewlMetal Gizmo Mount. It's between $55 and $60 through their website. It's packaged very nicely and the black powder coating is well done on both the bracket and the spacers. See below.
You'll need a pretty hefty 7mm Alan wrench + a breaker bar of sorts, to loosen the bottom two bolts. I believe they are epoxied in. I replaced the old, shorter bolts with the new, longer ones & spacers using blue thread locker. Torque to 30+ lbs. The new bolts require an 8mm Alan to tighten.
Here, you can see the diff between the stock bolts and the new KewlMetal bolts w/ spacers.
Once installed it looks like this:
Next, I installed the Ram Mount base piece (less then $10 on Amazon) it fits the standard four hole AMPS which, even though not advertized on their site, KewlMetal's Gizmo Mount lines up perfectly. The hardware to install the Ram mount to the KewlMetal mount is not included for obvious reasons. I took both parts to my local hardware store to size the bolts and nuts and settled on stainless steel. The parts were less than $5.
Ram Mount installed on KewlMetal's Gizmo Mount:
Add the short Ram arm and the X-Grip and you have a killer iPhone, Garmin, or whatever device you want, including video cams if you add the longer Ram arm.
I hope that this helps some of you that want to put one of your devices up front. I'm working on a simple way to add the 7 PIN connector through the front speaker grill while keeping the trunk iPhone connection intact. Mainly, so that we can have internet radio in dry weather and wet. As long as two phones are not connected at once, splitting the two connections for front and rear should be reasonably easy.
To be continued in time...
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