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Old Jun 6, 2009 | 10:23 PM
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I have a Sony Vaio with Datamaster and trying to see if anyone has had any luck with a mounting system for laptops in C4s. I have searched all the old threads and found a few posts requesting the same, but no answers or responses. Some recommendations, but not from people who have or installed it.

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A buddy riding shotgun works best for me
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A buddy riding shotgun works best for me

or no buddy and place it on the seat and record away....
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Thanks for the advice, but I usually ride along when tuning and I have tried it on the passenger seat but the way I drive this ZR-1 the laptop will break when banging the gears and it closes too.

There are some expensive ones out there, but I will probably try this cheap one since I don't need this often and can simply bolt it to the seat bracket as needed.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...TQ:MOTORS:1123

Just trying to get some input from someone who has actually bought and tried one out that works on the C4s.
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I asked the same question a few years back and the only responses I got were things like, "WTF are you talking about?!?" and "Huh?!?". So I concluded that the only options would be to either:

a) get one from a police cruiser,

or

b) make your own

That one on eBay in your link looks good, but I have doubts about a "universal" mount working in a C4. Call me crazy, but there isn't much that's "universal" about these cars.

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Originally Posted by TheCorvetteKid
I asked the same question a few years back and the only responses I got were things like, "WTF are you talking about?!?" and "Huh?!?". So I concluded that the only options would be to either:

a) get one from a police cruiser,

or

b) make your own

That one on eBay in your link looks good, but I have doubts about a "universal" mount working in a C4. Call me crazy, but there isn't much that's "universal" about these cars.
Thanks for your reply and for not asking "WTF are you talking about?". For the price, I might try the one there. Looking at how it bolts up to the seat bracket, it might work. There has to be others that tune with laptops in the C4s.
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