After I installed the aux adaptor for my headunit I found that finding a good place for my mp3 player was a problem. It would either slide around or sit too low in the cup holder. Not to mention the fact that I couldn't find any good car mounts for my player (Creative Zen Micro) or they werent worth the price. Then I found the "Make Your own Case out of an Altoids tin." Man thats awesome! I managed to make one then after experimenting I realized that I could do more then just make a case I could make a mount. So after some tinkering I made this




I though it turned out great. What I did was I took the bottom half of a steal can, a plastic paper clamp, the bottom half of the Altoids case (sans lid) and then apoxyed them together. Also I added some foam around the bottom of the steal can to reduce the chance of scratching. it fits perfectly in a cup holder. The instructions for the Altoids case is here http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1203112
Tell me what you think.

 

Dude, that is awesome! Great job! I am all for doing things yourself and being creative! Click on the link in my signature to see what I did! =]

Great job once again dude.
- sh00k

 

Wow talk about creative, good idea. Now you have a holder for your mp3 player and it can have fresh breath too. You gonna mass poduce these puppies, you could make millions.

 

was it just me or don't the scions come with cup holder MP3 holders? I have a black molded foam thing for the iPod with a scion logo on it that came with the car.

Was I special? or do they come with these?

 

^^^ They do come with that. I have one of those too in my xB. I use it to hold my razor cellphone - lol

But you gotta admit, this thing looks cooler than that cheap foam crap the factory gives you.
- sh00k

 

I didn't get an mp3 holder with my car, i bet the guys at the dealership stole it, to put in there car.

 

that's what I call DIY. . . Looks great. . . now only if we could do that kinda thing with more parts like a S/C. . .

 

I got one...my SK2 barley fits in it but it does..

 

I didnt get one with my xA....hence why I made one. Also my original stock headunit didnt come with a aux input anyways so, if they had given me a ipod holder it would have been uselss. (I have an '05 xA=pre-aux input)

Here is what it looks like in the car.



oh and you know I'm tryin to make a S/C

 

Wow, it looks even better now, sweet, great job...

 

I have that same mp3 player, how hard was it to make

 

It took me about 45 min to an hour. The hardest part was cutting the can apart. The easiest way to make the Altoids tin part is with a Dremel, you can do it with tin snips but it doesnt cut as well. Really it was pretty easy.