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Default Got Tired of Waiting on the Car Dock...

so I made my own...

My 1990 Jetta finally has navigation!







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First I make a car-specific mounting bracket (sorry, neglected to take many pics of this process):







Then I make the phone specific cradle:













































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Very cool man... what wallpaper is that?
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Nice mod man. How did you make it? Can you post a little tutorial and can you make it rotate 90 degrees?

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Very cool man... what wallpaper is that?
It is the Earth Live Wallpaper found on the market or at this forum http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=623654 He just set the globe size pretty high so it zooms in I think.
 
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Actually, the background was the World Tour app, but the one you guys mentioned is even cooler; just added it.

Sure, I can post up some of the "in process" pics for ya.

It doesn't rotate right now, as I never felt a reason for that, but if I were to source a hinge that rotates 90 degrees, it would. Thinking of that, I had a phone holster a few years ago that did that...

I'll post up those pics here in a few...
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Velcro just in case eh? I really need to make one of these.
 
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Nice job! Looks like that will do the car dock nicely
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Car dock spotted in this video at 1:10. http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2010/0...r-kit-on-show/
 
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That is too EFF-ing cool man.
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Does anyone else see the 'Androd logo' in his pics?!
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That is too EFF-ing cool man.

Does anyone else see the 'Androd logo' in his pics?!
I noticed this too.

Great job SANTilt. (the cloth padding and rounding the edges are nice finishing touches).
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