Only the best Homemade Windshield Mount
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TomTom Newbie
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 6
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01-22-2010, 11:05 AM
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First things first, head on down to your local Autozone or whatever and buy yourself a new interior rearview mirror $12.95, next take it home and Remove the mirror from the packaging and smash it
Remove retaining screw from rear view mirror retaining bracket and remove two screws from the back of the TT backing plate and remove the swivel arm, save the little screws, after removing the swivel arm remove the 4 tabs that hold the swivel ball, at first I was just going to bend the tabs over but in the last step I found that the cover would fit so they had to come off
Cut the ball off of the suction cup arm and remove the cover
Drill 5/32 inch hole in the TT back plate
Slip the cover over the rear view arm, it maybe tight but it will stretch a little
Put it all back together again
It took about 30 minutes, once you take apart the mirror and the back plate of TomTom you will get the idea
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TomTom Newbie
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 6
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01-22-2010, 11:36 AM
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New windshield mount finally complete and installed
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TomTom Elite
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Toronto, ON
Posts: 1,095
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01-22-2010, 04:35 PM
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Good report and detailed pictures.
Do you use the locking screw or do you just slider it on and off again when parked?
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TomTom Newbie
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Leamington, ON, Canada
Posts: 22
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01-23-2010, 04:50 AM
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very nice job... how did you hide the power cord to your unit?
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TT XL330S, NA Map 840
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TomTom Tester
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 79
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01-23-2010, 11:29 AM
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Good but one more place for your head to crash into in case of accident.
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TomTom Newbie
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 6
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01-24-2010, 07:41 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Arno
Good report and detailed pictures.
Do you use the locking screw or do you just slider it on and off again when parked?
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I just slide it off and stow it away, or just pull the visor down to hide it from view
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TomTom Newbie
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 6
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01-24-2010, 07:43 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mgfiest
very nice job... how did you hide the power cord to your unit?
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The power cord is routed up and over the headliner, I cut the power cord off and it gets its power from the ceiling map lights
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TomTom Newbie
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 6
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01-24-2010, 09:08 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by paspossible
Good but one more place for your head to crash into in case of accident.
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Well if did not use a seat belt you might hit your head on it, but then the last thing on my mind in the event of an accident would be hitting my head on a piece of plastic, the windshield scares me just a tad bit more
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TomTom Elite
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Toronto, ON
Posts: 1,095
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01-24-2010, 12:32 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ncolsens
The power cord is routed up and over the headliner, I cut the power cord off and it gets its power from the ceiling map lights
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I thought the USB in is 5 volt and the ceiling light 12 volt.
I also understand that the TT cigarette lighter adapter has an overvoltage chip so the TomTom doesn't get fried.
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TomTom Pro
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Nova Scotia
Posts: 453
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01-25-2010, 08:50 AM
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that's real slick! great idea.
I'd skip the smash the mirror part though....isn't that seven years bad luck? 
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