Phantom Posted May 19, 2005 Report Share Posted May 19, 2005 So with the explosion of available gadgets on the market today I was wondering what you guys carry around in your cars, eg mounted PDAs, portable Satnav, portable MP3 / Digital radio players, speed detectors etc. I am thinking of getting a Road Angel speed detector fitted, but you know what it is like, once you have one fitted then you are on the slippery slope to fitting a whole raft of stuff ! I personally hate the site of trailing cables, connections into the lighter socket etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted May 19, 2005 Report Share Posted May 19, 2005 I won't add anything that makes the car look messy. That is why I added the factory nav, I did get a Micro Road Pilot last week and put that in my dads S class for him and that was neat enough for me to get one for myself too, but it will be a hard wired install with no woring showing at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBM Posted May 19, 2005 Report Share Posted May 19, 2005 Just a dell axim x-5 with tomtom3, checkpoint and poi database. Central windsreen mounted suction mount (powered) - and a boot fridge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadwhitey Posted May 19, 2005 Report Share Posted May 19, 2005 just a 20gb ipod linked to the sat nav and hidden under the arm rest like the clean un-cluttered look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigR Posted May 19, 2005 Report Share Posted May 19, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Road Angel speed detector fitted [/ QUOTE ] Just fitted one of these to the S4, you only see a small piece of wire from the unit to the front window and can hide the remaining under the dash. The cigarette plug is almost hidden but the armrest. Well worth the money, a much better unit than the Snooper i had before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sTTu Posted May 19, 2005 Report Share Posted May 19, 2005 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Road Angel speed detector fitted [/ QUOTE ] Just fitted one of these to the S4, you only see a small piece of wire from the unit to the front window and can hide the remaining under the dash. The cigarette plug is almost hidden but the armrest. Well worth the money, a much better unit than the Snooper i had before. [/ QUOTE ] Just put my Origin B2 in, hidden all the wires round the top of the screen and in the gap in the dash, round the side of the dash trip, all the connectors hidden in behind the panel in the footwell and the power cable runs under the mat to the fag lighter, looks well neat ! sTTu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted May 19, 2005 Report Share Posted May 19, 2005 Nokia car kit on a "no holes" bracket, aerial built into the tax disc holder, and wired through the hi fi so the stereo mutes automatically and the phone uses the stereo door speakers for sound so no extra speakers needed. Very neat and will remove without any sign of it having been there. Would like GPS navigation system though (one that fits in the gap at the bottom of the centre console would be perfect). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigR Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Nokia car kit on a "no holes" bracket, [/ QUOTE ] Can we have some more info on this please Ari, where you got it from would be helpful. Always thought these aftermarket kits were going to have holes drilled everywhere so have never bothered. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breezy69 Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 Take a look at www.brodit.com Lots of mounts that do not require drilling. Breezy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigR Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Take a look at www.brodit.com Lots of mounts that do not require drilling. Breezy [/ QUOTE ] Cheers for that . But its the whole kit that Ari has i am after, wired via the stereo etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCab Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 [ QUOTE ] I won't add anything that makes the car look messy. That is why I added the factory nav, I did get a Micro Road Pilot last week and put that in my dads S class for him and that was neat enough for me to get one for myself too, but it will be a hard wired install with no woring showing at all. [/ QUOTE ] I got one of these and did what CraigR did: as you can see there's still a bit of wiring showing here (now better tucked in) but the rest is pretty good - the receiver is at the front there (it's magnetic and sticks to the air vent, with wiring running out of sight); power lead runs under the fusebox cover on the right hand end of the dash, and under the flooring as per Craig's post. Could be better, but (now I've neatened it further since the pic) acceptable for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanW Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 Just a boot mounted Phatnoise for me, no visible wires and can be removed in minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chav Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Can we have some more info on this please Ari, where you got it from would be helpful. Always thought these aftermarket kits were going to have holes drilled everywhere so have never bothered. [/ QUOTE ] I've got a CARK-126 fitted with a leather console. No hole drilling required. It fits over the centre console and clips underneath without drilling. The auto mute works well, and prefer it to bluetooth as no connection delay/reliability issues and you can see whos calling etc. Its got a tax disc aerial like Ari's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBM Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 Still got wood then chav? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chav Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Still got wood then chav? [/ QUOTE ] yep! I told ya... I want piano black now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Posted May 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 I know a moro blue S4 with piano black trim, we could arrange to do a swap at the meet without the owner knowing The roof will be up anyway so you should be able to do it without being spotted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 [ QUOTE ] I got one of these and did what CraigR did: as you can see there's still a bit of wiring showing here (now better tucked in) but the rest is pretty good - the receiver is at the front there (it's magnetic and sticks to the air vent, with wiring running out of sight); power lead runs under the fusebox cover on the right hand end of the dash, and under the flooring as per Craig's post. Could be better, but (now I've neatened it further since the pic) acceptable for me. [/ QUOTE ] You want to put the GPS antenna under the dash and above the instrument cluster to get it out of the way, the cluster slides out after removing the 2 screws and there is a nice little pocket for it to sit in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chav Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 [ QUOTE ] I know a moro blue S4 with piano black trim, we could arrange to do a swap at the meet without the owner knowing The roof will be up anyway so you should be able to do it without being spotted [/ QUOTE ] Good idea SCM !! You can distract them by showing them how the roof controls work in your cab! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBM Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I know a moro blue S4 with piano black trim, we could arrange to do a swap at the meet without the owner knowing The roof will be up anyway so you should be able to do it without being spotted [/ QUOTE ] Good idea SCM !! You can distract them by showing them how the roof controls work in your cab! [/ QUOTE ] Best bring my "tools" then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whimsical_chris Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 [ QUOTE ] You want to put the GPS antenna under the dash and above the instrument cluster to get it out of the way, the cluster slides out after removing the 2 screws and there is a nice little pocket for it to sit in. [/ QUOTE ] That sounds nice, is that the same as the A4 Avant ? I fancy hiding mine away, I was thinking about putting them out of sight. How and which screws ? Is it relativly easy to do ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBM Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 Any ideas where I could locate my GPS antennae? you can see it on the left side front dash - I tucked the wire out of sight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whimsical_chris Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Any ideas where I could locate my GPS antennae? < image snipped > you can see it on the left side front dash - I tucked the wire out of sight... [/ QUOTE ] yup thats where mine is, I heard you can put it under the dash on that side too, as long as it doesnt weaken the signal too much I think this would be nicer and look a little less cluttered :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBM Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 Are we talking under the dash or in the little aircon pocket? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Posted May 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 Whats that over your right hand air vent , I thought the super structure in the middle was for your PDA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBM Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Whats that over your right hand air vent , I thought the super structure in the middle was for your PDA [/ QUOTE ] Indeed it is - the othe thing is for my little mobile, which I sometimes switch on (about once a month!) It has been removed though now for a while, it looked to tutty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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