Radio mounted bracket works great for me along with the universal phone holder. I have an iphone 5 now but will be getting an iphone 6 in June/July. Should fit no problem. The holder can be removed easily if you want to close the radio door. I have had no complaints about leg room on the passenger side as it tilts/angles towards the driver without impeding much on the leg space. Unless the passenger has huge legs, shouldn't be a problem.

 

Well I'm going to go with the dash bracket for now. I may end up with both to see which I like more since they aren't expensive.

 

I really like my flexible Akron mount. It mounts to the pax seat bolt; is easily removable. I can put my Tom Tom on it or a cupholder. All kinds of mounts go on the universal "T" receptacle. It does not interfere with the radio lid or shifter. You can move it anywhere you want. Passengers are not bothered by it.

I looked at the Modfry mount but it was ugly there, a pain to install and remove.

 

I like the Dash bracket. I also have the cup holder. I used the dash bracket to mount my apexi neo and wideband.

 

Thanks for the pictures guys. Lots of good options...

That Akron mount looks pretty neat. Does the bottom part interfere with a charger?

 

I have the Modifry Dash Mount... I considered the radio mount, but I didn't like the idea of looking down while driving... I know that I shouldn't even look at my phone while driving, but let's face it...sometimes you do... And if you recognize that you do, I feel it is better to have the phone mounted near the windshield so that you have some of your peripheral vision on the road...

At first, I picked up the dash mount with a nice graceful and unobtrusive product called iMagnet (photo included). I love the fact that the mount looks good, even without a phone attached to it, and that it used a simple magnet to secure the phone in place. On paper, it was the ideal solution for me. In practice though, it was a nightmare. The iMagnet mount was mounted too low, and as a result, unless I was very careful and held my stick shift at a low point, I bumped into the power cord everytime I shifted. This would be bad with any mount, but because it was a magnet, the phone would come undone and fly all over the cabin (okay, maybe an exaggeration...but you get the point).

What I also found was even if you weren't shifting, you were still moving your hands about the cabin...and the phone held loosely by a magnet was always in the way. I knocked it free on several occasions just moving my hands around to adjust the rearview mirror, or screw around with the HVAC controls.

So I ended up returning the iMagnet and went with the X-Grip product. It's working well for me. I got the 3-inch long arm, which is attached to a ball joint on the Modifry bracket. This raises the phone nice and high so that my shifting doesn't interfere with the power cord when it's plugged in and charging. Also, because it is a physical grip, not a magnetic one, you can unintentionally bump it and it won't go flying around the cabin. Comes with a lifetime guarantee too... It's not as graceful looking when the phone is not attached, but I am not bothered by it... Here are some photos.


iMagnet

As you can see, it looks great with or without the phone mounted... But check out that second photo and imagine shifting around and hitting the cord... It's not a good solution... I wanted this to work so badly...but it doesn't...





X-Grip by RAM

I really like this mount... The 3-inch arm raises it up closer to the windshield and is VERY usable... The X-Grip arm is spring loaded and secures the phone quite well. As you can see in the photo, the phone is mounted high (but not too high...it just peeks over the dashboard), and the cord is away from the stick shift.

 

I have the radio mount.

It doesn't really interfere with leg room once in the car, but I've had many people hit it with their knee as they get in. My only real complaint other than that, is that I don't like the angle of the mount. From Modifry, it is angled towards the driver, which is great.. but once I mounted the phone holder, it interfered with the radio door, so I had to bend the mount until it was almost parallel with the dash making it very awkward to use. I will probably switch it out for the dash mount at some point.

Also, I wasn't a big fan of the phone holder that Modifry sells. I used it with a Galaxy S4, and it did not hold my phone very well unless I really squeezed it on tight.. and it ended up breaking 2 weeks after I got it from trying to tighten it too much. This was my fault for trying to tighten it too much, but the holder's fault for not holding my phone very well. It did hold my iPhone 4 much better though, likely because of the square sides that nested into the holder a lot better.

Bob is a great guy though. Very responsive and fast shipping. Would highly recommend getting his dash control module if you have an aftermarket head unit!

 

From the site:
http://www.modifry.com/index.php?rou...&product_id=93

If your gadget isn't designed to be used with the AMPS industry standard -- and I don't know of any smartphones that are -- then you need an AMPS compliant mount.

If it goes anywhere then you have bigger problems than your phone coming loose as that would mean that your dash fallen apart. What's going to determine how secure your phone is held in place is really the device holder you use with the bracket. I use the ProClip device mount that has a Lightning connector and a spring loaded clip that secures the top of the phone -- just not with the Modifry bracket.

The problem I have with my Modifry bracket is that the steel is a bit thin and flexes. It has to be because of the way it mounts. I originally used the Modifry bracket with my Droid -- the original one from Motorola many years ago -- and it wasn't a problem then but the ProClip iPhone mounts I use now are just too much bouncing weight along with the iPhone. My bracket, however is very old and I think he changed the design since then so later versions may not flex as much. If you can find a light device holder it also may be less of an issue.

I'm currently using the Panavise bracket instead. Not as ideal a location but the Panavise doesn't flex at all and is also securely bolted. If there's a Panavise bracket for a vehicle it's usually my first choice. No such option for the 981 Boxster though so we're using the ProClip vehicle mount.

Nope. It has been there for many road trips -- to each coast and up north to South Dakota. I've never had problems with it while sitting in the passenger seat either. However, it does stick out a bit so it may depend a bit on your passenger.

With the device holder it does get a bit in the way of the radio door. I can open and close the door but it takes some attention. NBD for me since I always leave the door open.

+1 to all that.

I don't != no one does. People have certainly had issues with suction mounts. That said, not all suction mounts are equal. I'm not inclined to rely on them but YMMV.

 

I was referring to the phone and universal mount having movement, not the bracket by itself.

 

I have the dash bracket and the universal phone holder Modifry sells. $33 shipped. The install was more difficult than I expected, but I am happy with the results. It would be nice if it placed the phone a little further up and away from the shifter, but I will adapt. I will use it to hold my cell phone and then an Aim Solo.