does anyone know the answer to this question??

 

I went this route with a Garmin 2650. I can disconnect the cable behind it and drop it in the cubby or lock it in the glove compartment.
Built in antenna works just fine too. Unit is discontinued and under $400 if you can still find them.

 

Navi unit in holder - cubby has to remain open

Navi holder in place w/ Navi taken off of it - cubby has to remain open

Take holder/mount off of metal disc - cubby can close partially (the disk for the 660 has to stick up higher than the picts in Cavu's photos) due to the mount/wiring connection. I'll post up some picts right now....

 

Here are some camera phone picts I took of the 660 mounted in the cubby like Cavu did.... Sorry for the bad quality. I bought glue & was going to glue the metal disk, but then thought I'd try using the sticky/adhesive that is already on the back of the disk. So far it's holding just fine...if not, I'll just epoxy it.

 

looks sweet jimmy thanks for posting the pics... I am def going to be buying one this weekend

 

jimmy did you hard wire the system?

 

If you don't mind plugging in the power to the Nuvi each time, you might be able to mount the disk lower like I did. Then you'd be able to close the cubby when the Nuvi suction mount is removed.

Cavu

 

Skinnyguy12 - No...didn't hardwire it yet. I won't do this until I get someone to help me out w/ a DIY that I know works and also, need to get feedback on how to route the wire from the inside of the cubby to the fuse panel.

Cavu - the 660 model doesn't have a plug that plugs directly into the nav unit....the plug goes to the suction mount (kind of like a quick release mount), so I don't have to keep plugging & unplugging it (just stick it in the docking station & you're good to go)...I believe your model is the opposite...directly plug it into the unit...no? I can't mount the disk lower, as the plug that plugs into the mount is at the bottom (this is what gets in the way of the cubby). I CAN close my cubby with the suction mount removed BTW.

Thanks

 

I hardwired my Garmin C320 this weekend. It runs on straight 12VDC so it was no big deal. I just found a plug that fit (I wanted to save the original cig plug) and then found a circuit that was hot when the key was on. I ran the wire up under the dash and out by the defroster of my Grand Prix (company car).

 

Sweet, I love my nuvi 350. Not sure if I like the larger rectangle size 660

 

Anybody have more pics of a Nuvi install in the cubby?

 

Steve - what more do you want? Are you serious or are you being facetious? If you really do want more, I can get them...let me know what it is that you want to see?

 

I'm not slamming you. From what I can see, it looks good. But the pics are cloudy and I can't see how it's mounted. Did you use a cell phone cam?

If you have more I would like to check them out!

 

All sorry it took so l ong to get the promised pictures but here they are. Also I have included a picture of the mounting of my Ham Radio RF section in the trunk. Also for Tesaxscout is a better picture of my tower. For that last picture see next post.

Rich Dunklee
NR2D

 

For Texasscout heres my tower.

Rich Dunklee
NR2D