This is pretty easy stuff but I suspect there are folks out there that might be interested.

Yes, there are other ways to do this...

For those who wonder "why two GPS units?", the short answer is because they both do different things well.

Yes, the glove box still opens. No, the GPS and XM radio do not interfere with the Air Bag path. Everything except the bracket comes out in about 30 seconds for hiding while away.



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The little Crossfire is pretty easy to find in most Toys 'R Us stores for a dollar or two. Mine is a Geocaching Travel Bug. I log it into the caches that I find when driving the Crossfire.

 

One gorgeous car for pizza delivery.

 

Can you show me some pics of your install of the part that goes in the glovebox? I bought one but I cannot seem to install it and still have the glovebox open and close. I followed the directions on the website but when I do I can't close my glovebox.

Thanks,
patrick

 

Or a cross-country road trip with no wrong turns and some planned sight-seeing...

 

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for the XM radio did you use the surface mount connection to the rear window antenna to interface with the FM radio. If so do you have a picture of where you mounted it?

Thanks.

 

I went through two phases with this. The first phase I used the FM modulation built into the XM receiver and just put the magnetic antenna on the roof (centered and small in the picture below):

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In the second phase I left the antenna where it is but replaced the head unit so I could plug the XM receiver directly into the stereo, eliminating the FM modulation. This greatly improved the sound quality and also gave me addition benefits from the head unit that the factory one didn't offer:


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