Final iteration of the E9X phone holder has been installed into my car

Kinja'd!!! "E90M3" (e90m3)
11/20/2019 at 16:26 • Filed to: None

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You may remember back that a friend/coworker has been trying to make a market a phone holder for the E9X platform and that my car has been the test mule.

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After a couple of months of testing, he nailed down the final version.

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I think it came out really nice.

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Really nice to have when I need GPS. It isn’t the easiest solution, but it’s one of the cleaner ones I’ve seen. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! :

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DISCUSSION (16)


Kinja'd!!! davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > E90M3
11/20/2019 at 16:31

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Would this fit in your M3 as well? My 12v is on the other side (2008).

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Kinja'd!!! arl > E90M3
11/20/2019 at 16:33

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Slick! 


Kinja'd!!! E90M3 > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/20/2019 at 16:33

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Yeah it would, the plus for that is on the left side, we ran the wiring to the 12v outlet in the passenger foot well in my E92. It is different wiring, but he was going to ask smokers pack vs no smokers pack and include the plug you’d need to make it work.   


Kinja'd!!! davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > E90M3
11/20/2019 at 16:36

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Gotcha.


Kinja'd!!! E90M3 > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/20/2019 at 16:38

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The opening is the same, it’s just the wiring and the insert, from the factory, that’s different. We scavenged the junkyard for some E9X center consoles. 


Kinja'd!!! Textured Soy Protein > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/20/2019 at 16:47

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My ’11 335xi has no 12v in that space, it’s just an empty bin. The only front seat 12v is in the armrest, there might be something in back but I can’t remember.


Kinja'd!!! davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Textured Soy Protein
11/20/2019 at 16:57

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Smoker’s pkg FTW.


Kinja'd!!! Nibby > E90M3
11/20/2019 at 16:59

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your temperature is 69, NICE


Kinja'd!!! Textured Soy Protein > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/20/2019 at 17:33

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But if I had the smokers package I couldn’t do this!

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Kinja'd!!! Sovande > E90M3
11/20/2019 at 18:14

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It seems like it's low, too close to the steering wheel and blocking access to some things on the console. I like mine to be higher up and a bit further away so when I glance at it, I'm not effectively looking at my lap.


Kinja'd!!! E90M3 > Sovande
11/20/2019 at 22:17

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That’s fair, with the idrive screen, I couldn’t really think of a better place for it. 


Kinja'd!!! Spanfeller is a twat > Sovande
11/21/2019 at 10:49

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I think you could adjust the holder avoid covering the AC controls.... sacrifice CD controls. 


Kinja'd!!! E90M3 > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
12/11/2019 at 14:13

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Would you actually be interested in something like this? My friend is trying to figure out how to market these. Don’t know if this is too much effort to ask for someone to do. He is working on plug ins for both smokers pack and non-smokers pack cars. 


Kinja'd!!! davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > E90M3
12/11/2019 at 14:55

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I don’t have a personal need for one (have a good existing solution), and I have no idea about the best way to market it.


Kinja'd!!! E90M3 > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
12/11/2019 at 14:57

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Gotcha, figured I’d ask as you’re one of the few other E9X owners I talk with. 


Kinja'd!!! davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > E90M3
12/11/2019 at 15:14

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Not sure what it costs to become an approved vendor on Bimmerpost. He might look into that, and maybe send free samples to interested E9x “influencers” on Instagram.