No worries. The Nuvi fits perfectly in there. I only modified it because I didn't want medusa's head coming out of the cubby hole as per your setup

 

question:

would the Nuvi 650/660 (i think they are called) fit there better since they are wide screen? i might be wrong though...
I have the OEM Nav in my car, but also have a Garmin C330 @ home. and i hate to say it, but i like the Garmin better, minus the bigger screen on the OEM...

 

There is no way to make it fold into the box? Thats what I really wanted to do.

 

What do you mean Nuvi 660? That is the one I installed; the 660.

Garmin seems to be (one of) the top leaders in Navigation. This is my fourth partable garmin and if one and two weren't up to par, then three and four would not have been purchased.

 

I haven't dabbled with any sort of folding in techniques yet. I would love for it to do so, but the way that the mounting arm rotates and moves would require a much lower mounting stance. I'm on vacation till Thursday night, so the G is back in Jersey. When I get back I will attempt to improve the base mount even more (if applicable).

 

Nice job with the install. This thread is going to help me quite a bit with my own project.

 

Thanks. Good to hear that. Good luck on your install

 

Nice job, but seems like an awful lot of work. I accomplished pretty much the same thing, but don't have an extra adapter outlet...my '04 already has 3 of them up front, so don't need a 4th.

Here's what I did, and it only took 15 minutes:

I epoxy'd the metal disc to the back of the front face of the cubby hole. Then I hardwired the unit using a different power adapter than the one that came with the unit. I drilled a 1/4" hole in the back left side of the cubby, and then attached the spliced end of the wire on the end of a thin metal coat hanger & quite easily was able to fish the wire down the hole & came out near the gas pedal (out of the way) and snuck the wires under the steering column and above the fuse box, down into the box. Then I grounded the black wire & stuck the red/hot wire into the fuse slot for my power adapter.

 

Nice clean install, but are you able to close the GPS unit into the cubby when not in use?

 

I have a NUVI 660 too and your installation looks great!

Can you please post some pics of the mounting inside the cubby?

Thanks

 

Great work`~ looks awsome

 

Reeaaalllly nice install

 

Thanks!

Go to thread #31 for more detailed picts.... https://g35driver.com/forums/audio-video-electronics/120929-garmin-nuvi-660-navigation-unit.html

Here are some more options on how to mount it:

https://g35driver.com/forums/showthr...ht=garmin+nuvi

 

What do you mean "close the GPS into the cubby"? You cannot fit the Navi unit & the mount inside the cubby (actually have never tried), but you can close the cubby (AFTER removing suction cup from the disc). The disc does not interfere with closing the cubby. Make sense?

 

looks great man! good choice with the nuvi.