Very ghetto dash phone mount lol

[Strahan]

I have a Blackberry 7520. I never had a problem with how to mount it in my car, but then I got a Bluetooth headset and now I realize I want to be able to see the screen when I get a call so I know who it is before I answer. Normally when I do a car mount I just glue a holster to the car somewhere. Problem is, the phone goes in the holster with the screen facing the inside so you cannot see it:



I had the bright idea to take a dremel to an extra holster then gorilla glue some bent L brackets to it so I could mount it. I forgot how much gorilla glue expands when it sets, hehe. What a ghetto looking mess. I used two self tapping screws to hold it onto the dash, works good. I was suprised they had a good bite in that spongy dash stuff.

End result:





I need to take it back out and cut the excess glue off and paint it black, but at least it works great for its intended function lol.

[86ccord]

Ghetto is right my man...but hey good thinking, im sure after some paint it will look good. what i did with my phone i bought the belt clip thing for it and i just slid the clip over my visor and put my phone there.. so yeah.. anyways.. post pics when finished!

[Civic Accord Honda]

hey ghetto is the best way to be mayne

[Pico]

hey ghetto is the best way to be mayne

You would know

Back on topic: It''s a good idea

[russiankid]

You know they sell magnets that you could stick onto your dash and the phone sits on it? After some paint it should look better.

[MessyHonda]

my friend has a high end pioneer deck and when some one call him it shows the caller id on the screen and mutes the vol.

[Strahan]

Yea, that's what I need hehe. The magnet idea is cool, but the Blackberry uses a magnet to know when it's in the holster so it would always think it's holstered if I used that. Problem with that is when it's holstered the screen is disabled.

Only problem I've had so far is since the phone isn't in my belt clip now, I walked almost totally out of the parking garage this morning before I realized the phone was still on the dash hehehe.