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08-20-2008, 09:56 PM
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#1 | | Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Glendale, Ca
Posts: 134
| Where is your portable GPS unit located?
I just bought a Dash Express portable gps unit. Still deciding where to put it. I heard that it's illegal in California to put anyting on the windshield. You guys have any pics?
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08-20-2008, 11:09 PM
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#2 | | TRD Whore
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Chicago Suburbs
Posts: 357
| Re: Where is your portable GPS unit located?
I put mine behind my steering wheel, where a normal speedometer would be. 
The stand is attached with screws and double stick automotive tape, and the GPS is hardwired. | |
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08-21-2008, 02:41 AM
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#3 | | Undercover Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: In Da Garage!
Posts: 8,610
| Re: Where is your portable GPS unit located?
And this is in the DIY forum because..... | |
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08-21-2008, 04:10 AM
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#4 | | Authorized BAN Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: x marks the spot
Posts: 2,693
| Re: Where is your portable GPS unit located?
ahhh heck, i moved it.
btw, i have mine stuck on the lower left corner windshield (driverside) | |
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08-21-2008, 08:36 AM
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#5 | | Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Glendale, Ca
Posts: 134
| Re: Where is your portable GPS unit located?
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Originally Posted by SAKURA  ahhh heck, i moved it.
btw, i have mine stuck on the lower left corner windshield (driverside) | Sorry bout that. Clubxb didn't really have a thread on GPS. I'm looking to see if anyone had any creative ideas. | |
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08-21-2008, 08:48 AM
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#6 | | Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: City of Angels
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| Re: Where is your portable GPS unit located?
nice looking interior kev  | |
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08-21-2008, 09:32 AM
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#7 | | Registered User
Join Date: May 2007 Location: Virginia, USA
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| Re: Where is your portable GPS unit located?
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08-21-2008, 09:46 AM
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#8 | | Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Glendale, Ca
Posts: 134
| Re: Where is your portable GPS unit located?
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Originally Posted by mntegra01 | Definitely! I learned my lesson from last time! | |
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08-21-2008, 12:34 PM
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#9 | | Nor*Cal Scion Apocalypse
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Hayward, CA
Posts: 204
| Re: Where is your portable GPS unit located?
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Originally Posted by SAKURA ahhh heck, i moved it.
btw, i have mine stuck on the lower left corner windshield (driverside) | same here, I tried upper right but my mount kept coming off the windsheild. | |
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08-22-2008, 11:03 AM
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#10 | | Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: City of Angels
Posts: 107
| Re: Where is your portable GPS unit located?
[quote=mntegra01;379481]be careful when you leave your car.....
/QUOTE]
did something get stolen??? | |
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08-24-2008, 12:02 AM
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#11 | | Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 35
| Re: Where is your portable GPS unit located?
I attached mine to the left of the Speedo with velcro so I can take it out. Was going to put it behind the wheel but I am putting a ScanGuage there.
mikee1680 - I feel for you I had the same thing happen last year. | 
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08-26-2008, 03:50 AM
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#12 | | dANGER!
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: University Place
Posts: 356
| Re: Where is your portable GPS unit located?
i put mine on the window just low enough for the visor to come down.   | |
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08-27-2008, 12:17 PM
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#13 | | TRD Whore
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Chicago Suburbs
Posts: 357
| Re: Where is your portable GPS unit located?
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Originally Posted by mntegra01 | Same thing happened to me with my first GPS. But now I have a beefed up alarm system, and I make it clear that all of my 'portable' electronics are permanently attached and hardwired.
My photo was rehosted, so here it is for those who missed it:  | |
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09-14-2008, 05:53 PM
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#14 | | Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 31
| Re: Where is your portable GPS unit located?
mine is in front of the steering wheel nobody pays attenttention to it because it makes the car look "normal" with the speedo being on top center. | |
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09-15-2008, 10:44 AM
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#15 | | Registered User
Join Date: May 2007 Location: Virginia, USA
Posts: 91
| Re: Where is your portable GPS unit located?
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Originally Posted by EdDo be careful when you leave your car.....
did something get stolen??? |
yeah my GPS got stolen. left it in the car over night out of town at a hotel. didnt take anything else... not the case of wine in the back... the spare XB key in the center cubby... not even my checkbook... bastards broke my window... I would have given them the shit if they had of asked for it and not break my window. | |
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09-23-2008, 02:46 PM
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#16 | | Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 92
| Re: Where is your portable GPS unit located?
Man, Cailfornia gets crazier every year, no mounting on the windshield? For those of you not in Cali, I hardwired a second power cable to the wiring behind the cigarette lighter. I then rand the cord inside the A pillar and mounted it to the top corner on the driver's side. It doesn't get in the way while driving but I can still look at it and the road.
The suction cup did keep falling though. I ended up buying a second one and glueing it with silicone adhesive. | |
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09-26-2008, 10:17 AM
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#17 | | Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Posts: 32
| Re: Where is your portable GPS unit located?
i had mine mounted above the speedometer | |
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#18 | | Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Patchogue NY
Posts: 2
| Re: Where is your portable GPS unit located?
i see everyone talking about hardwiring the gps how do u hardwire it? | |
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