Sussex Club GTI - Technical Bulletin #9

Now that the law has changed regarding the use of mobile phones in the car, it is necessary to attach the phone to a fixed phone holder, making it essentially a car phone.

I purchased one of these cheap car phone holders from a well known high street mobile phone company, as I found that the entire fixing section on the back of it could be removed. Normally this has an arm with a sticky pad, or an air vent adapter attached to it.

• Now with the back of it basically flat, I could fix it to the car where I wanted it, without having to make an unsightly holes in obvious places.
• I wanted to mount it to the right of the radio unit, where there were some switch blanks.
• First I had to move some of the switches about, to make the necessary foom at the top of the switch area where I wanted the phone holder to be located. This is an easy job to do.

• Now I used the 2 blanks that I removed and attached them on to the back of the phone holder, making sure that the positioning and spacing was correct before any drilling was made......

• When completed it could be offered into position.......

• And with a phone installed.....

• Now the phone can be used safely in the car with the bluetooth headset that I also have (not with the shown phone though)
• It is also in a good position to attach a car charger to as well, as the cable is out of the way of the indicators and steering wheel.