RAM suction GPS mount

moose · **Posted:** Fri Dec 01, 2006 5:52 pm

OK, I just put together my RAM GPS mount from https://www.custommounts.com, and it is very nice. I don't know what others are using, but this thing is very sturdy. I've only had it on roads, but I'll update this after a run on 12/30.

I ordered the following suction mount...

Items Ordered: Price:
RAM-HOL-GA16U /UNPKD RAM HOLDER GARMIN ETREX COLOR $7.57
RAP-B-166 / RAM MOUNT W/ SUCTION BASE DBL ARM DIA $20.89

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Fri Dec 01, 2006 7:59 pm

Thats just awesome.. Looks like the same set-up eddo is using.. How do you like the Garmin Unit itself?

Did you get the new Mic for the cb? Whats it hanging from?

You need to drive that thing to my house and let me detail it..

moose · **Posted:** Fri Dec 01, 2006 8:18 pm

Jeepjeepster wrote:

Thats just awesome.. Looks like the same set-up eddo is using.. How do you like the Garmin Unit itself?

Nickie uses it, and likes it, a lot. I figured that this was a way to take ownership of my present...

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Did you get the new Mic for the cb? Whats it hanging from?

Yes, I got the "75" model powered mic. Until I go over to Eddo's next weekend, I don't have any way to test it. Walcott threw in a clip for hanging it from the mirror - nice.

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You need to drive that thing to my house and let me detail it..

Hey! Your looking at top quality memories there bud. Slade, Camp Jeep, & Livingston. Next thing you know you'll be wanting me to clean the mud out from the top of my skid plates! :wink:

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Fri Dec 01, 2006 8:24 pm

moose wrote:

Hey! Your looking at top quality memories there bud. Slade, Camp Jeep, & Livingston. Next thing you know you'll be wanting me to clean the mud out from the top of my skid plates! :wink:

Haha, I cleaned the mud from slade out on the way home..

Didnt get to it until the day after we went to livingston.. :lol:

I already ask you about the Mic.. Sry for the repeat..

At least if you ever get a chip in the windshield, all you have to do is stick that holder over it.. :lol:

Eddo · **Joined:** Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:01 pm **Posts:** 1214

Jeepjeepster wrote:

moose wrote:

Hey! Your looking at top quality memories there bud. Slade, Camp Jeep, & Livingston. Next thing you know you'll be wanting me to clean the mud out from the top of my skid plates! :wink:

Haha, I cleaned the mud from slade out on the way home..

Didnt get to it until the day after we went to livingston.. :lol:

I already ask you about the Mic.. Sry for the repeat..

At least if you ever get a chip in the windshield, all you have to do is stick that holder over it.. :lol:

Next time its latter in the week, then latter in the month, then is just becomes never.

Same RAM mount as mine. I think it is great.

moose · **Posted:** Fri Dec 01, 2006 11:08 pm

I thought it might be. It was so nice, I thought others might want to know how to get it.

co_chuck · **Posted:** Fri Dec 15, 2006 4:09 pm

Thanks for the pics of your mount, it is very much what I am looking for. What is the arm length (between the pivot balls), and also the diameter off the ball ends? I want to be able to easily move my unit from the KJ to a ball mounted on motorcycle handlebars. I would like an arm length between 5 and 6 inches. Do you power your vista Cx from the lighter and if so have you had any problems?

Thanks for any info on the mount!

Dumb question from a new KJ owner - What is so evil/bad about the ESP? Admittedly, from the standpoint of a shadetree mechanic, all this technology scares the foo out of me. In many ways, automotive tech reached its peak with the Model A.

Big D · **Joined:** Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:08 pm **Posts:** 349

Hey, I have the same mount. I love the RAM system with it's ability to get parts seperately. As for the main tube, it all depends at how close you want the screen to be. Mine is similar as the one in the picture. It's pretty much the shortest I would recommend. I would even go even 1 inch longer.

moose · **Posted:** Sat Dec 23, 2006 10:41 am

co_chuck wrote:

Thanks for the pics of your mount, it is very much what I am looking for. What is the arm length (between the pivot balls), and also the diameter off the ball ends? I want to be able to easily move my unit from the KJ to a ball mounted on motorcycle handlebars. I would like an arm length between 5 and 6 inches. Do you power your vista Cx from the lighter and if so have you had any problems?

Thanks for any info on the mount!

Dumb question from a new KJ owner - What is so evil/bad about the ESP? Admittedly, from the standpoint of a shadetree mechanic, all this technology scares the foo out of me. In many ways, automotive tech reached its peak with the Model A.

i'll get measurements when i get home from xmas, but esp is evil in the 6spd only because they dont have it optimized for it. we 6spd owners get a bad dogging of the engine from the esp when we pull out and turn at the same time

N / A · **Posted:** Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:44 pm

I got a univeral cell phone mount and it works perfect, use it for my ipod as well, was like $10

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