benztrk
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Ok, so here's the deal. I got a new IPhone for my birthday, and couldn't find a charging dock I liked. All I need is to charge, I have bluetooth for everything else. So I came up with this in car docking station......
Started with the cup holder out of the center console, a single IPhone dock, charger cable, and a plastic electric outlet box.
I cut a slot out of the front of the cup holder to fit the charger through...
Then cut the electrical outlet box to make a plastic "L" shaped shelf....
Then cut slots in the cup holder to slide the new shelf into (the tighter the fit, the more stable the shelf will be when you're done).....
Then I drilled holes in the back of the shelf, for the epoxy to seep though (in the next step)....
Then slide the shelf into place, use plastic expoxy on the back side to stick to 2 together forever....
I used thin clear velcro to hold the dock to the shelf, and now I have a built in charging dock for your IPhone/ IPod.....
I have another 12V outlet mounted under my dash from my gps install to use for power. I dont like to see wires anywhere, hince the reason I didn't just want a "CHARGER" laying on the console.
I'll get pics inside the truck tomorrow. By the time I got around to doing this it was already dark tonight. But I think you get the idea. Would like to find the dock in black to better blend in with the cup holder.
Here are the pics aftersunrise this morning.....
Started with the cup holder out of the center console, a single IPhone dock, charger cable, and a plastic electric outlet box.
I cut a slot out of the front of the cup holder to fit the charger through...
Then cut the electrical outlet box to make a plastic "L" shaped shelf....
Then cut slots in the cup holder to slide the new shelf into (the tighter the fit, the more stable the shelf will be when you're done).....
Then I drilled holes in the back of the shelf, for the epoxy to seep though (in the next step)....
Then slide the shelf into place, use plastic expoxy on the back side to stick to 2 together forever....
I used thin clear velcro to hold the dock to the shelf, and now I have a built in charging dock for your IPhone/ IPod.....
I have another 12V outlet mounted under my dash from my gps install to use for power. I dont like to see wires anywhere, hince the reason I didn't just want a "CHARGER" laying on the console.
I'll get pics inside the truck tomorrow. By the time I got around to doing this it was already dark tonight. But I think you get the idea. Would like to find the dock in black to better blend in with the cup holder.
Here are the pics aftersunrise this morning.....
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