My DIY iPhone 4 car dock

kenchan · 01-07-2011, 11:59 AM

huh, i'd paint it black and maybe fabricate a cover for it?

interesting idea though!

370zFORme!! · 01-07-2011, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

huh, i'd paint it black and maybe fabricate a cover for it?

interesting idea though!

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!

kenchan · 01-07-2011, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by 370zFORme!!

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!

yah, EZ felt FTW!

or even black vinyl or DiNoc CF.

370zFORme!! · 01-07-2011, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

yah, EZ felt FTW!

or even black vinyl or DiNoc CF.

Ya I just bought some vinyl from Joanns fabrics that matches our stock look really well!

DEpointfive0 · 10-29-2012, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by 370zFORme!!

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 · 10-30-2012, 11:54 PM

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, 12:06 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!

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.c2 Enthusiast Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: BC Canada Posts: 414 Drives: 09 370z MB 6MT Rep Power: 13	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.. DEpointfive0 likes this. __________________ Instagram // Build Thread Amuse / Mines / Bride / Momo / KW / Hotchkis / Motordyne / Invidia / Injen Last edited by .c2; 10-30-2012 at 11:57 PM.

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kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141520	huh, i'd paint it black and maybe fabricate a cover for it? interesting idea though!