My DIY iPhone 4 car dock

Astrosfan · 10-05-2011, 02:12 PM

$150 for that???! no thank you!

370zFORme!! · 10-05-2011, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Astrosfan

$150 for that???! no thank you!

I agree but I wasn't talking about the whole dock, just the insert. I bought it for $4.00.

Grindkiezer · 10-29-2012, 02:33 AM

Doesn't it get in the way when shifting?

370zFORme!! · 10-29-2012, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Grindkiezer

Doesn't it get in the way when shifting?

It only slightly got in the way of 6th gear. Everything else was usual shifting. I added some angle to it eventually and it looked like this.

Glokwork · 10-29-2012, 07:00 PM

Did you ever start production on these? I am still interested in one!

DEpointfive0 · 10-29-2012, 09:04 PM

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Ken excellent idea. I'm actually gonna glue black felt over the white part. I thought about black paint, but taping that off would be a pain in the ***, and I think felt will look better anyway! Thanks for the comment!

Plastidip FTW!

.c2 · 10-31-2012, 12:54 AM

Wow.... and no one thought of this?

It was a free DIY kinda thing for me... Took 10 minutes, cut some hard cardboard out and made a box. Pasted a black piece of cloth over top of it from an old shirt that I cut out. Cut a slit, routed iPhone wire there through the center console... Wire extends freely so I can pull my phone out to look at it while it's still connected, and put it back in. The box is also deeper than the dock thing so it's quite sunk in when you put it down, only about 1/4 of the phone sticks up. Doesn't get in the way of shifting at all. The cable in the picture is a USB/AV cable, so it does charge my phone, stream music, and also mirror the image on my double din. Thought about having a dock down there too, but then if I ever had to pick up my phone I wouldn't want it to get disconnected
Patent on something like that..

370zFORme!! · 11-05-2012, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by .c2

Wow.... and no one thought of this?

It was a free DIY kinda thing for me... Took 10 minutes, cut some hard cardboard out and made a box. Pasted a black piece of cloth over top of it from an old shirt that I cut out. Cut a slit, routed iPhone wire there through the center console... Wire extends freely so I can pull my phone out to look at it while it's still connected, and put it back in. The box is also deeper than the dock thing so it's quite sunk in when you put it down, only about 1/4 of the phone sticks up. Doesn't get in the way of shifting at all. The cable in the picture is a USB/AV cable, so it does charge my phone, stream music, and also mirror the image on my double din. Thought about having a dock down there too, but then if I ever had to pick up my phone I wouldn't want it to get disconnected
Patent on something like that..

Im an ocd kinda guy, and that just looks too messy and out of symmetry for me. Im glad it works for you though!

370zFORme!! · 11-05-2012, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Glokwork

Did you ever start production on these? I am still interested in one!

I am currently still making these. I have made one for my Sti for an iphone 5 and have made a couple for some local subi guys.

Im making them for $200 shipped. Let me know if youre interested.

asdfsammich · 11-05-2012, 01:28 AM

Looks vandalized.

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Tapatalk & such etc

koffeegy · 11-05-2012, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by 370zFORme!!

I am currently still making these. I have made one for my Sti for an iphone 5 and have made a couple for some local subi guys.

Im making them for $200 shipped. Let me know if youre interested.

I would be afraid of punching my phone. LMAO

.c2 · 11-05-2012, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by 370zFORme!!

Im an ocd kinda guy, and that just looks too messy and out of symmetry for me. Im glad it works for you though!

Fair enough, cheers

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Originally Posted by asdfsammich

Looks vandalized.

Tapatalk & such etc

Lol.

bigaudiofanat · 11-06-2012, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by 370zFORme!!

I am currently still making these. I have made one for my Sti for an iphone 5 and have made a couple for some local subi guys.

Im making them for $200 shipped. Let me know if youre interested.

That is a god awful amount of stress on that small conector. Just my thought.

OP, looks good man!

370zFORme!! · 11-07-2012, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by bigaudiofanat

That is a god awful amount of stress on that small conector. Just my thought.

OP, looks good man!

There is actually virtually no pressure on the dock connector. The spacing on the backplate is slightly smaller than that thickness of the phone, so the backing plate actually creates pressure against the back of the phone. This keeps it in place and sturdy. The phone is also slightly tilted away so that I dont punch my phone lol. Thanks!

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