Yes this looks good to me as well. Update?
My 2015 LX570 Hamilton Install
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Never heard back from him; and the unit in the pic doesn’t seem to have any identifying brand/marking to research as far as I can tell.
Sorry on the delays. This is the unit I have
I do. It was a low cost solution.
Downsides:
1. Can’t change tracks with the vehicle controls.
2. It’s connected via Aux so there are some hiding of wires though I like the route I took to hide it (through the center dash speaker grill.
3. Very very slight line of sight being blocked. Doesn’t bother me much.
No worries at all! Thanks for the link. Still interested in going this route perhaps. Have also considered an iPad mini at this location, but this seems less obtrusive for sure.
I think I’d be fine without factory track changing, but does the steering wheel volume button still work with it? Also, (and I ask this as a total newb that hasn’t yet taken center speaker grill off or removed any dash components) does the method of snaking the aux cord from center speaker to the aux plugin involve removing head unit, dash vents, etc..?
Yea volume works as is since it is connected via Aux.
Snaking the the wires only required removing the leather side panels that house the push to start and the opposite passenger side panel. Those are just clipped and and can be removed fairly easily. I used a step bit to drill the appropriate sizes to fit an AUX and USB C cable. I can take more pictures tomorrow.
I used the leatheranddirt dash mount as well if I didnt state that already.
Sweet, I like this little setup. Sure, send over any pics if it’s not too much trouble. Greatly appreciated!
Yeah, leatheranddirt is my mount of choice too; just hadn’t done anything with it yet cause I couldn’t nail down what CarPlay direction I wanted to go lol.
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UPDATE
Totally forgot about this post.
A year later and the Hamilton unit still works good.
The only issue I've been having is every once and a while the unit seems to lose connection with the phone and it goes to the initial setup screen.
The only way to get it to connect back, is to shut off the vehicle and start it back up again.
So if you're on a long drive, time for a little pit stop.
This doesn't happen very often though.
The touch screen is a little cumbersome to use which can be annoying at times, but I think that's more fault of the older crappy touchscreen tech of the LX itself.
Hope this helps!
Totally forgot about this post.
A year later and the Hamilton unit still works good.
The only issue I've been having is every once and a while the unit seems to lose connection with the phone and it goes to the initial setup screen.
The only way to get it to connect back, is to shut off the vehicle and start it back up again.
So if you're on a long drive, time for a little pit stop.
This doesn't happen very often though.
The touch screen is a little cumbersome to use which can be annoying at times, but I think that's more fault of the older crappy touchscreen tech of the LX itself.
Hope this helps!
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I like this. I would almost consider switching to it.
Do you have a link for that mount?
I hadn't heard back on this thread. I think their stock attachment is a 17 mm ball on the face but I have to test that. Looks like his dual ball holder is the 4" and I have the 6" so I can show both in action. So you just need a 17 mm to 1" adapter which is very common. I'll get that and take some pics. If this doesn't work I'd consider drilling through a TPU Ram mount ball and use a long bolt to the factory mount. (Amazeballs- Aluminum GPS Mount with [17mm to 25mm Dual Ball Adapter], Fits Garmin GPS & Phone Holder, Replacement for Suction Cup Windshield Mount, Heavy-Duty Drill Base, Arm with 1" Ball Joint. )
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