Make your Mini more iPhone friendly

If you’re the owner of both an iPhone and a Mini Cooper, perhaps you’re frustrated with the current set up for plugging your iPhone into the car’s audio system. Todd Schneider was, so he took matters into his own Dremel-laden hands, hacking apart his Mini’s interior in order to provide a better resting spot for his beloved iPhone. He even posted the pictures to prove it.

Why Mini choose the location of the iPod adapter to be in the lower console is beyond me. If you’ve got an iPhone you’ve got to stuff it upside down in the cup holder. And the adapter is too short to use a Profit vehicle mount, its ridiculous.

I made my own adapter extension with cradle and relocated it from the console to the arm rest. It replaces the phone adapter kit and it works perfectly. The cradle fits nicely inside the armrest so you can slide the iphone in and out easily.

If Todd has inspired you, you can follow his example at the link above, where he also walks through the process step-by-step; the parts cost about $75 (assuming you have the requisite tools), but the result is awfully pretty.

[via The Apple Core]

Category: Hacking

Posted by Dan Moren on Apr 28 2008, 4:14 PM ET

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