Im contemplating getting an 8 when the weather turns nicer out here in chicago. I have a gps enabled PDA, and have it mounted with a powered PDA mount that attaches like a radar detector to my windshield. Can one of you helpful souls measure the distance from the edge of the top of the dash to the windshield? Just would like to know if I will need to buy a longer mount or not.

don't wait till the weather gets better or you will pay more....now is the time to buy dang nabbit!:D

I'm not sure if this is what you're asking for, but from the edge where the display is (middle of the front of the dash) to the back side of the dash (where the windshield comes down) is 15.5"

I took diffy-screw (differential equations) @ JJC one summer...

Originally posted by spdspappy
I'm not sure if this is what you're asking for, but from the edge where the display is (middle of the front of the dash) to the back side of the dash (where the windshield comes down) is 15.5"

I took diffy-screw (differential equations) @ JJC one summer...

Thanks man thats exactly what i needed..

JJC?

Originally posted by flatso
don't wait till the weather gets better or you will pay more....now is the time to buy dang nabbit!:D

I get cars for S-Plan..so I get the same price no matter when I buy it.

If I bought it now... I wouldnt have enough money for a set of winter tires/wheels.

So then i would be without transportation..

Fuzzbear:
My PDA is 5 1/2" x 3" x 1". I took the following photos. Where the NAV try begins it slopes down pretty dramatically and I would guess you will find that the space is unusable to support anything not anchored to the windshield from above. I'm pretty sure the same dash exists on the cars without the NAV. Hope it helps.

Standing up straight and touching the windshield... right at the base of the NAV tray where the slope begins.

Again, vertical and touching the windshield...

Last one... the PDA is vertical and touching the windshield, and the yellow ruler is 12" long. I think the space on the engine side of the de-frost vents is unusable.

Wow thanks! yeah Im thinking that the mount I have for it now will be good.. I dont have to worry about it getting in the way of the Nav, Ill use the nav on my PDA that only cost me 200.. instead of $2000 LOL


Where exactly is Green Oaks, IL? Ive never heard of it

If Theres a Bright center to the universe, Im in the suburb thats farthest from.

LOL. Green Oaks is a northern suburb, between Libertyville and Lake Forest/Lake Bluff, about 15 min. south of Wisconsin.

Originally posted by MEGAREDS
LOL. Green Oaks is a northern suburb, between Libertyville and Lake Forest/Lake Bluff, about 15 min. south of Wisconsin.


Cool... that would explain why ive never heard of it..
I dont get up that far north.. I used to have friends that lived in carpentersville. But they moved a while ago.