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Originally Posted by Tim K
I'd say that to keep it in your line of sight the two best locations are either just above the radio (you'd have to pull it out to see if there is any room up there to recess-mount it. If you replaced the factury headunit with a single-DIN aftermarket you might have the perfect amount of room for the SG
Or you could mount it to the dash on the far left side where the dash dips down. Depending on your eyesight you could push it all the way forward so that it meets the windshield.
Here is where I currently have my Sirius unit mounted.....
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Hi John, Debbie and Tim
Tim, I'm glad you posted a picture of the Tach and Speedo because I just mounted mine and took it for a test ride to see how I like it. It's dark here so the dash lights were on, but so far I'm very please with this location.
Look through Tim's steering wheel at those two screw holes under the top of the steering wheel holding the instrument cluster to the bottom of the dash. Those holes and existing dash mount are just the perfect lenth for a bracket to hold the SG. I took a 3/4" wide X 1/16 flat piece of alumium and made a bracket to hang from those holes. The bracket is shaped somthing like this T______T and replaced existing screws with longer screws to hold the bracket under the top of the dash. I cut out a piece on the bracket so the plug going into the SG would fit. The SG slides into the bracket from the back and fits firmly in place without velcro. Did not have to drill any holes in the FEH, just added longer screws to the existing dash mount location. The SG hangs down and does block just the top of the Tach and Speedo, but I sit high on the sit and can still see the lines for the RPM and Speed. It's perfect to read and adjust settings on the SG while keeping your eyes on the road at the same time. The cord wraped twice around the steering column out of the way, and is the perfect lenth to then plug it into the OBD 11 conection.
As soon as I can, I'll post a picture of it. I will most likely paint the braket black to match the SG and the dash, but it doesn't look that bad now. BTW, I used a vise and a hammer with a rag for protecting the metal to bend the flat aluminum and a jig saw to cut the bracket for the plug. Used smaller head screws so they would allow me to get close to the bends because the screw distance just makes it for the length of the SG and bracker thickness. I don't think I'm going to find a better place and still read all the gauges. Anytime I can remove the SG and bracket and replace the original screws, and no one would know I mounted anything. It will not fall down because of cheap velcro and is mounted firmly for those bumps from my tire pressure either.
GaryG