Some practical advice from over 100 years of combined experience installing Cellular Phones.

NO HOLES PLEASE:  We have yet to find someone that was docked value or penalized by a dealer or leasing company because they traded in or turned in there vehicle with a Cellular Mount in it. We did an informal study of lease companies and car dealers and found that as long as the mount or holes from a mount are not overly conspicuous there won't be any problems. Now, if you used one of those vehicle specific type mounts and the installer broke off some of the little pegs that hold your dash together when they installed your mount you may have to pay big time. Our advice, leave the mount in the vehicle when you get rid of it. Chances are it won't fit in your next vehicle anyway.

CIGARETTE LIGHTER PLUG MOUNTS:  Don't feel bad if you bought one of those things and don't like it, your in the same boat as a couple million other people. Cigarette lighter holes are designed to be plug-ins for a cigarette lighter or auxiliary 12volt appliance, they are not mount receptacles. The electronics on most of the "hands free" gizmos works fine as long as you have the microphone and speaker far enough apart. If you don't you will get feed back between the two. Purchase a mount, we have adapters available that should allow you to use our mounts with your hands free kit.

DOUBLE STICK TAPE MOUNTS:  We have tried every brand and every type of double stick tape there is and they all turn to goo in a hot car. Some will discolor your dash and that is worse than having a hole in it. Enough said.

VEHICLE SPECIFIC TYPE MOUNTS:  These mounts work fine if who ever designed the mount you need took into consideration that you don't want the cell phone mount to obstruct your air vent or your ability to easily get to the controls on your dash. They are not very flexible so you will end up putting your phone where ever they figured it should go. They are not generally good for mounting GPS or PDAs. A lot of them out there are poorly designed. We suggest you use a body shop or qualified installation center to have these mounts installed. In some cases it can be extremely difficult getting your dash apart without breaking the installation pegs off. That takes practice. Also, these type mounts, although advertised as "no hole needed" can mar your dash where they are attached. This is worse than having a hole.

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