Friggin Idiot
Senior Member
Initially I was looking for a mount to hold my phone, then I decided I wanted it to hold my 8" tablet too. Ram Mount makes a mount for the 4Runner, but it's a laptop mount that uses both of the front seat brackets on the passenger side, takes up some room, and costs a pretty penny (~$150+).
After talking with the guys over at Ram Mount, they verified that was their only offering specifically for the 4Runner, that the universal post wouldn't work, and he suggested one of their cupholder mounts. I've heard bad things about them being too low and swinging around during turns, and it wouldn't have handled the tablet.
My phone rests here while I'm doing most driving, but on cross country trips I use my tablet in the same spot. I use both to play mp3's via bluetooth, but on the long trips I like to listen to movies that I've seen a million times as well.
In the end I decided I'd try the universal mount, even though they said it wouldn't work. It's not available in a package with the X-Grip II, but it turns out it was cheaper to order them separately via Amazon anyway. So I picked up the Universial Mount and the X-Grip II for about $55 total.
Well the guys at Ram Mount were right, it doesn't bolt in properly. The interior seat mount on the passenger seat rail is at an angle upwards and back from the floorboard. When something doesn't fit, beat it into submission right!? 10 minutes in a vise with a rubber mallet making small angle changes to the angle of the mounting base worked like a charm. The post is now vertical from the floorboard, and the bolt hole is at the correct angle to align with the seat mount. The hardest part was tightening the clamp around the bottom of the post as it was against the transmission/transfer case tunnel. Tighten this before fully securing the seat mount back in place.
I was worried about the seat not being able to travel fully forward, but once it was all installed I found this isn't an issue. Nor is the positioning of the post as it's thin and doesn't get close to passenger legs. It doesn't even bend the HuskyLiner far enough out of place to be a worry about deforming the mat!
After talking with the guys over at Ram Mount, they verified that was their only offering specifically for the 4Runner, that the universal post wouldn't work, and he suggested one of their cupholder mounts. I've heard bad things about them being too low and swinging around during turns, and it wouldn't have handled the tablet.
My phone rests here while I'm doing most driving, but on cross country trips I use my tablet in the same spot. I use both to play mp3's via bluetooth, but on the long trips I like to listen to movies that I've seen a million times as well.
In the end I decided I'd try the universal mount, even though they said it wouldn't work. It's not available in a package with the X-Grip II, but it turns out it was cheaper to order them separately via Amazon anyway. So I picked up the Universial Mount and the X-Grip II for about $55 total.
Well the guys at Ram Mount were right, it doesn't bolt in properly. The interior seat mount on the passenger seat rail is at an angle upwards and back from the floorboard. When something doesn't fit, beat it into submission right!? 10 minutes in a vise with a rubber mallet making small angle changes to the angle of the mounting base worked like a charm. The post is now vertical from the floorboard, and the bolt hole is at the correct angle to align with the seat mount. The hardest part was tightening the clamp around the bottom of the post as it was against the transmission/transfer case tunnel. Tighten this before fully securing the seat mount back in place.
I was worried about the seat not being able to travel fully forward, but once it was all installed I found this isn't an issue. Nor is the positioning of the post as it's thin and doesn't get close to passenger legs. It doesn't even bend the HuskyLiner far enough out of place to be a worry about deforming the mat!
