Looks good. I'm in the process of putting in a LG Gpad 8.3. Kudos for having the balls for sanding and cutting the face plate lol

 

Be sure to post how you secured it.

 

Nice install. ?

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Thanks for the compliments, guys. I will be sure to post more pictures up soon. I have been working a lot, so I haven't had too much time to mess with it.

 

Ever finish install and is it s full size ipad

 

I did finish it up. It is an iPad mini. I am away from the truck now or else I would have posted some pictures. It looks just like the first post, just painted black now.

 

this is an old post but hopefully someone can chime in for me. I am considering doing this to my T. From what I have been reading people have been using Verizon hotspot and just pandora or something similar on the Ipad to play music. I know that with the jetpack hotspot it just uses my current data. So I'm curious to know if i'm listening to music constantly on this thing roughly how much data will i be using?

 

Here was my ipad in dash in my last T. I had it tethered to my phone, and then just ran Pandora, even got to stream Netflix a couple times (for the passengers of course haha). But i have unlimited data on my phone, so i never worried about it.

 

I use only pandora. I can listen to the radio though, since all of that stuff is still tucked behind my Ipad. I use about 3 gigs a month and don't stream any videos. I wouldn't do the jetpack. While it does feed off your data plan, you still have to pay a monthly fee for the device, and its just one more thing you have to worry about charging. If I am far enough away from my truck, my mobile hotspot will disconnect, saving my phone battery. I have had this in since the original post and it still is working great.

 

So what functions do you have?
you said Pandora... running into the radio's aux jack? or USB?
how do you change source? Steering wheel control?
Is XM still functional? No CD apparently. What about USB? How do you navigate the folders/ tracks?

 

Yes, I use Pandora a lot running through the AUX jack. Since the cig lighter on the passenger side only has power when the truck is on, I spliced a USB charger to that so the Ipad only charges when the truck is on. I can still use my steering wheel controls. The only downfall to that is I can't see my volume level, or the preset radio station (i never listen to the radio). XM is still functional, but I never bought the subscription. Let me know if you have any other questions.

 

Could you send me some pictures?? i want to do the same thing, except i would probably do an ipad mini, make it alot easier, and how did you attach the ipad to the dash kit? and did you just use the factory stereo and just put the ipad in front of that and use a aux cord connected to the stock aux cable to use the music?

thanks!

 

For my install I used an iPad Mini. And yes to your questions. I mounted it to the dash kit by making my own brackets out of the plastic that came with it. I also had to make the hole bigger since it was made for a double din, and the iPad is way bigger

 

http://www.mobilesolutions-usa.com/store/c76/Tablet_Kit.html

Here is the kit for installing the mini. You mold it into your bezel and it has magnets to hold it in. It has a quick release to remove it..