So i wanted to have a good spot for my iphone 5 to dock in the car rather than just plugging the cable into the iphone and laying it on the seat or on my lap while i drive.. what i did was bought a oem apple lighting usb cable and drilled a oval shape sized hole in the coin tray.. pictures are below.. let me know what you think.. the phone is very stable..

This is what i started with Apple Lightning USB cable


drill a oval size hole like the cable and then you have this..









there you guys have it iphone 5 dock in a infiniti g sedan.. charges and plays music through radio

 

Nice idea but thats a lot of relative weight and movement/vibration on that unproven connector. Just sayin'.

 

im sure it will be just fine, the base of the iphone 5 is touching the felt of the coin holder, but it should hold up to the vibration and movement of driving, we will see in the future what happens..

 

great idea

 

Inventive. That looks great.

 

Just curious, but why not just put it in the console where the usb connector is?

 

To see his phone while driving so he can watch the pronz....obviously


duh.

 

Oh, I see...great idea..

Who's watching the road?

 

putting it in console where the usb connection is kind of a pain to do it everyday.. and since its up near the shifter, if i want to use the turn by turn navigation, then i can see the display of the iphone etc..

 

Nice idea. What you can do is make a custom bracket that can be inserted within the ash tray that will hold the Iphone. Like a desktop dock but way smaller version of it, enough to have more support using the ash tray and its depth.

 

yeh i see what you mean since the iphone is top heavy i hope this connector can hold up to it if not ill have to think of something along the lines like you said.. but i could essentially also take the top portion of a desktop dock and use that molded piece for the base to give the iphone a steady resting spot.. but lets hope we dont have to go that route..

this way it looks cleaner and my ash tray is still functional as my coin tray hahah

 

Would you happen to have a step-by-step guide?