Car Dock Arm Change? - Motorola Photon 4G

Does anyone know if there is a compatible 'arm' that will work with the Car Dock? The one from Moto is too long and lowers the phone too much for where I want the phone to go. Looks like anything with the right size ball-socket joint would work, I just need need to find mounts that use that style. I'm tempted to just take a Dremel and epoxy to the arm included with the dock, but I'd like to have a spare before I did that.

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Curious if you found anything?
I was able to use the arm from my father-in-law's old droid mount, but I have no idea where you would order such a thing.

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Any Garmin Nuvi mount should work with the car dock.
I use my dock with a cheapo "i.Trek Garmin Nuvi Sticky Mount" and it works perfectly.

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Where are you guys putting your docks that you need to change the arm?

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+1 on the nuvi
thetank170 said:
Any Garmin Nuvi mount should work with the car dock.
I use my dock with a cheapo "i.Trek Garmin Nuvi Sticky Mount" and it works perfectly.
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Blue01F250 said:
Where are you guys putting your docks that you need to change the arm?
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I actually have mine mounted from one of the cup holders, just below the center console. I used a couple of hockey pucks, duct taped together, with the suction cup mounted to the top. It wedges perfectly in the cup holder, and holds the phone perfectly below the center console, right in front of the gear shift. The weight of the hockey pucks holds it pretty securely.
I also have a mount for my bike that I got from my father-in-law. It's the exact same size as the ball-mount thing on the car dock.

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randomned said:
I actually have mine mounted from one of the cup holders, just below the center console. I used a couple of hockey pucks, duct taped together, with the suction cup mounted to the top. It wedges perfectly in the cup holder, and holds the phone perfectly below the center console, right in front of the gear shift. The weight of the hockey pucks holds it pretty securely.
I also have a mount for my bike that I got from my father-in-law. It's the exact same size as the ball-mount thing on the car dock.
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Got any pics? Would love to see this. I was thinking of finding another arm, chopping it down and attaching it to the black small plate next to the cup holder on my wrx. Car has no room to work with. ugggg

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scoobdude said:
Got any pics? Would love to see this. I was thinking of finding another arm, chopping it down and attaching it to the black small plate next to the cup holder on my wrx. Car has no room to work with. ugggg
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I'm actually out of town for the holidays right now, but when I get back into town next week, I'll take some pictures!

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ScottieRotten said:
+1 on the nuvi
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Actually, no it isn't. I own a Garmin Nuvi 265WT, and the mount is bigger than the phone.

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scoobdude said:
Got any pics? Would love to see this. I was thinking of finding another arm, chopping it down and attaching it to the black small plate next to the cup holder on my wrx. Car has no room to work with. ugggg
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Well, unfortunately, I'm still a relatively new user, and it won't let me post any of my pictures, or even a link to the photo album.
grrrrr......
*EDIT* I guess I can add links and such when I edit...
Let's try this: http://imgur.com/a/wVTN6
So here's how I did it:
This is the center console of my car, a 2010 Honda Fit. I wanted to mount my phone just below the console, in front of the gear shift.
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You can see the cup holders and the 12v power socket.
The cup holders are the perfect size for a hockey puck to be wedged into. I taped four of them together to make a pedestal to attach the car dock.
Here's the pedestal installed:
The suction cup is the perfect size to attach to the pucks. Note the wiring tucked away (yea, I know it's messy...)
http://i.imgur.com/In3EXh.jpg[IMG]
Here's what it looks like mounted:
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Z5LRAh.jpg
Here's what it looks like with the phone:
I also used the second USB port in the power plug to add a mini-usb cable to charge my bluetooth headset.