Kill Car mount or phone case?

[Doyer]

Well if you really like your case, I'd suppose you'd have to REDRUM the Verizon mount and get a mount that fits with a case like the Mega Grip:

Arkon Mega Grip Smartphone Mount for Motorola Droid X, Droid, and Devour




That's the beanbag / windshield suction mount. You can detach the suction part from the beanbag if you want and mount it on your windshield, and it rotates 360 degrees. Pop in a car charger and boom, you're in business. It's only $25 too for both.

[Horch it]

well for me the car dock works like a charm but thats because I have a dedicated nuvi ball custom holder that just happens to be the same diameter as the verizon car dock and voila, just remove the windshield arm and articulate the ball holder to the nuvi ball. The nuvi ball in mounted on a powder coated, double round vent mount that are about four inches apart...remove the the air vents, slide in the double rings with ball mount and it'd done. It even has plenty of room for the charger cable on the back...now to get the aux cable to the radio...might have to go through the air vent to the back of the radio with aux line.

to continue....since i want to use the car dock for charging and nav, I was able to return my case and get credit to buy the verizon leather holder... plus, i use the body glove case for extended times out of car, for added protection...function over form.

[dmo1028]

Kandiru, out of curiosity, what car do you drive?

Great pic!!!

[meekster72]

I have the same dang problem and it sucks!!! I paid $40 for the motorola window mount car dock and $20 for my case/holster. Wish i had done a little investigating before wasting my $.

[onlinehandyman]

I understand completely being I had the same problem - holster and Motorola's mount. I solved the problem by removing a small piece of plastic along the front of the car mount.

I very carefully used a utility knife and some really fine sandpaer to mold the new shape exactly the way it needed to be - WORKS GREAT!

You do need to be really careful though and take your time not to mess up a $40 car mount.

[SgtAl]

I originally had the Dinc and the car mount/holster for that. When I got the DX I bought the Body Glove case to go with it. Since I had the windshield mount for the Dinc I just dremeled a slot in the back of the belt clip so it would fit the peg on the Dinc windshield mount. It took about 5 min. and all I have to use for a charger is a Duracell universal lighter charger. I never have to take the phone out of the case and since I have 2 belt clips I just leave the notched on on the mount. Theres no way that the stock mount is easier to use than the hack that the forums led me to come up with. If you want photos let me know and I'll post them.

[FSRBIKER]

This car mount works great with my case, they also sell the mount with a vent attachment.

SlipGrip Car Holder 4 Verizon Motorola Droid X Phone WC - eBay (item 140431858235 end time Sep-23-10 10:50:52 PDT)

[MARVIC 1]

SlipGrip Car Holder 4 Verizon Motorola Droid X Phone WC - eBay (item 140431858235 end time Sep-23-10 10:50:52 PDT)

Very nice, I just ordered that one, thanks for posting!

[dsteinschneider]

I had an Arkon holder laying around - just like the one in the photos earlier in this thread. I got my hacksaw and dremel out and cut down the part that you are supposed to put into your vent so that it was flat and then screwed that onto my proclip mount. Working very well, not even sure I'll buy the Proclip Droid X mount once they release it. On second thought, I probably will.

[wdprice3]

I also purchased the verizon/moto case + holster and car mount... they are not compatible at all (even with taking the insert out). I did cut out the plastic tab (as I read others did that with success) but it still doesn't fit... guess I'll try some sand paper sometime...

anyone else that has done this, can you tell me where/how much to sand/remove (again I have removed the extruded plastic piece behind the removable part)