No Drill / No Cut RAM Cell Phone Mount Bracket

Thought I'd share my first very rough proof of concept for a RAM mount.
I've wanted a cell phone mount for a while, but I hate hate hate the idea of cutting or drilling into nearly flawless interior.

The two screws that hold the center bezel on the top are secure enough for some light usage it seems. Vibration is minimal, but not zero. Resting the phone on the bezel reduces it even more. Not a problem in my first drive up my 1/4 mile washboard driveway.

It's just a thin metal plate scrap I had lying around. You could go a tiny bit thicker I think and still have the defroster vent cover snap back in place.

Anyways. I spend far too long searching through photos of mounts and didn't find anything I liked that wasn't cutting or drilling or permentantly gluing something to the interior.

I'll route a power cable later.

Anyways, thought I'd share.

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Drivers View

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Very rough version. I'll make a new one after I drive around for a while with this one and see it if needs any changes.

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Vent cover fits, no cutting.

Do you have a link to which RAM mount you have by chance?
 
@707kevin and @Mr. Bills I think this could be roughly accomplished with a short chunk of angle aluminum, what thinkness are you using?


Apropos post.

One idea I've had is to use a 2.25" x 3.25" piece of 18 ga. steel pre-drilled with the AMPS pattern and affix it to a 4" length of aluminum angle drilled for the same factory fasteners used for the center dash bezel. I would like to get away with 3/4" angle but 1" may be necessary. Thickness depends upon what will fit between the top defroster vent piece and the center dash bezel. I'd like to use angle 1/8"thick but may likely only have room for 1/16". I need some scrap pieces to play with.

My "Coronavirus lockdown" approach to this project is to use the scrap metal I already have at home. Unfortunately, I do not currently have anything appropriate. The good news is that the metal supply house is around the corner from the post office which gives me an excuse to look in the scrap room once a week when I get my mail. But that's hit or miss. I've picked up a piece of 18 ga. steel large enough for 2 or 3 brackets but no angle yet.

In the end, I will probably make a cardboard template for a one-piece bracket from the 18 ga. steel I have now. All it will require is the proper shape, two holes, and one 90* bend.
 
My version is finally finished:

https://wranglertjforum.com/threads...vigation-dash-mount-for-wrangler-tj-lj.36578/
Thank you to @707kevin for the inspiration.

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I just got this mount off eBay. It is made in America super locked in doesn’t move at all. 3 second install. I have magnet mounts in all my cars makes it super easy. Strong magnets my phone doesn’t move. http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...0001&campid=5337789113&icep_item=163976399490

Lots of solutions like that, but being a Jeep it's fun to come up with unique ideas


As always mrbills, great job
 
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