nateleduc
01-20-2013, 11:32 PM
So I made my own :)
I've seen a few of them made from PVC pipe that were held in place via the cup holder, personally I think they look like an abomination for the beloved 4th gen.
I've also seen a few professionally built ones, but for $250, I'd rather buy SFCs or LT1 edit. I built this mount for the good price of Free-be-free. Everything came from my garage/salvage materials with the exception of the laptop tray (which I will elaborate on later). I used part of an old bed frame, as you can see from the base. I had to flip wheel mount to the other side, but that's not any thing my welder can't handle.
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Clever eh??
The mount is made from old pipe, which conveniently fit very snug in the bed frame wheel holders. I also made a brace that mounts just under the glove box. As you can see from the pictures you can see that I mounted it 2" below the glove box to allow it to still be opened.
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And last but not least, the beloved tray. I would like to thank my father and his connection for this work of art. I had an entire sheet metal shop at my disposal. All the lips are folded over and bent using aviation grade equipment (my dad works for United). The tray will probably require a brace underneath it, but I can't be certain as I haven't given it a test ride. My EEE PC is secured with three strips of Felcro, which surprisingly keeps it very study, as well as allows for quick removal.
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Thats it for now. Again, not a single dime was spent on this. The work at the sheet metal shop was also free, but we did give him a nice calander, coffee mug and a pen made by Rolls Royce, all three of which were given to my dad from his vendors.
Next up is powder coating :)
I've seen a few of them made from PVC pipe that were held in place via the cup holder, personally I think they look like an abomination for the beloved 4th gen.
I've also seen a few professionally built ones, but for $250, I'd rather buy SFCs or LT1 edit. I built this mount for the good price of Free-be-free. Everything came from my garage/salvage materials with the exception of the laptop tray (which I will elaborate on later). I used part of an old bed frame, as you can see from the base. I had to flip wheel mount to the other side, but that's not any thing my welder can't handle.
14614
14615
14616
Clever eh??
The mount is made from old pipe, which conveniently fit very snug in the bed frame wheel holders. I also made a brace that mounts just under the glove box. As you can see from the pictures you can see that I mounted it 2" below the glove box to allow it to still be opened.
14617
14618
14619
14620
14621
14622
And last but not least, the beloved tray. I would like to thank my father and his connection for this work of art. I had an entire sheet metal shop at my disposal. All the lips are folded over and bent using aviation grade equipment (my dad works for United). The tray will probably require a brace underneath it, but I can't be certain as I haven't given it a test ride. My EEE PC is secured with three strips of Felcro, which surprisingly keeps it very study, as well as allows for quick removal.
14623
14624
14625
14626
14627
Thats it for now. Again, not a single dime was spent on this. The work at the sheet metal shop was also free, but we did give him a nice calander, coffee mug and a pen made by Rolls Royce, all three of which were given to my dad from his vendors.
Next up is powder coating :)