iPhone MagSafe Charger/Phone Mount

[Pivot]

Hi, all. Thought I’d share my frankensteined MagSafe iPhone mount, in case anyone else is similarly inclined. So I looked at every MagSafe auto mount I could find and hated half of them and the other half just wouldn’t fit right in this truck. I didn’t want to wait around for a refined solution so I made one. Didn’t take pics along the way like I usually do but I’ll add what I can below.

Holds my 12 Pro rock solid for 90 days and counting, two road trips, and Baltimore streets...

 

[Tonyv__]

Do you use a case on your phone? I ditched mine because it barely worked with my otter box. I also think I bought a fufu one on Facebook marketplace.

 

[George B]

Do you use a case on your phone? I ditched mine because it barely worked with my otter box. I also think I bought a fufu one on Facebook marketplace.

I stuck a ring on the back of my case so it sticks to the magsafe.

 

[Pivot]

For power, I added a constant circuit to a female 12v plug under the dash, easily accessible. Into that I have plugged a 12v fast charger and use the oem Apple MagSafe puck since they have the strongest magnets. It goes in beside the vent and snakes down to the charger which is zip tied up near the obd2 port.

The charger also has a usb-a port so I ran a second Lightning charger routed into the map bin on the side of the console which goes to an old iphone that just gets used for streaming music, and will soon be used for video, etc (my main phone on the mount is what I use for nav and phone etc but not thru Bluetooth into the truck - just my preference).

This mount I used for the part that actually holds the puck. Doesn’t get the best reviews apparently but for this purpose it works perfectly. I dremeled the whole back off of this so I used only the plastic circle that the puck mounts to. It comes with double sided tape for that circle in the center to hold the puck in place....






For this mount I took the rubber cap off and the magnets below and dremeled the top into a circle. The base flexes which mounts in the location I used nicely since it’s curved slightly. Plus the ball and arm put the phone at a perfect angle. Gorilla glued this to the part above....





Trimmed the base of this second mount to fit the area on top of the vent. Taking this pic today is the first time I’ve seen the glue haze on the back. I promise it doesn’t look that bad lol - I’ll clean it up later, but you get the idea.








And this is the charger I used.

 

[Pivot]

Do you use a case on your phone? I ditched mine because it barely worked with my otter box. I also think I bought a fufu one on Facebook marketplace.

I use a leather apple MagSafe case. Normally don’t buy apple cases but this case has the magnets in it so it works great.

 

[Pivot]

Oh forgot two pics....

Here’s where I trimmed the base..



And here’s where the other charge wire comes out...

 

[dboneusc]

Hi, all. Thought I’d share my frankensteined MagSafe iPhone mount, in case anyone else is similarly inclined. So I looked at every MagSafe auto mount I could find and hated half of them and the other half just wouldn’t fit right in this truck. I didn’t want to wait around for a refined solution so I made one. Didn’t take pics along the way like I usually do but I’ll add what I can below.

Holds my 12 Pro rock solid for 90 days and counting, two road trips, and Baltimore streets...



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Sorry to bump an old thread, but wondering if anyone could give any guidance on how to snake a cable behind the dash as shown here, down to where I could plug into power?