iPad dash??

[blairwilder97]

Anyone ever done the iPad dash in their ram?? Been looking into them lately and really thinking about going with an iPad instead of doing a double din with apple car play features!


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[Ajwalk2008]

You will have to still run a head unit or get a Bluetooth amp


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[Wahrsuul]

I've seen it done, but you have to mod the dash yourself to fit it in, and I;m not at all sure about the hookups.

 

[BadHabit2Break]

if you go on youtube and search for soundmanca, he does ipad dash kits. You can see what he did for his F150.

 

[CavRedBigHorn]

I’ve seen it in a modified way in a friends 300 but I hear the ‘19 rams are supposed have a 13” touch screen


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[Wahrsuul]

I’ve seen it in a modified way in a friends 300 but I hear the ‘19 rams are supposed have a 13” touch screen

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It's actually 2 8" screens put together. Pretty neat idea, but if I was buying one, I wouldn't want it. But then I wouldn't want the iPad either, but I have a thing about apple products. I thought about building another carputer, but in reality, I hardly used the capability of the last one. An aftermarket unit would do the same and be easier to install.

 

[adrianp89]

I would just buy the new Ram. I had iPad in my dash in my Challenger, more of a cool factor that provided less usable (driving) functionality then a dedicated radio.

 

[blairwilder97]

I’ve seen it in a modified way in a friends 300 but I hear the ‘19 rams are supposed have a 13” touch screen


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Very interesting. I will have to look into that for sure!


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[blairwilder97]

Definitely made my decision for the iPad dash. Not gonna happen when it could cost easily 5k to get it all done after buying everything for it and having a shop do all of the work. I’ll just stick with my stock radio and eventually upgrade to a new screen! Lol


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[Wahrsuul]

Wow, that's some serious $$.

 

[BadHabit2Break]

yeah, its not cheap to do right.

Then there is the part of having to replace the iPad once the old one becomes unusable.

 

[blairwilder97]

Wow, that's some serious $$.

Oh yeah. I didn’t figure it to be that much but once the guy was naming all of the stuff that I have to buy and he said it would take about 2 days of work to mold everything into the dash and make it look perfect. He basically told me there is no advantage of having an iPad over a regular aftermarket screen. So I made my mind up on that idea real quick lol


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[Wahrsuul]

Yeah, I think my carputer was around $500 with the 7" screen which fits in a standard double din bezel. It'd be a cool novelty, but hardly worth all the effort.

 

[blairwilder97]

The shop I was talking to about the dash was over here in Houston. He told me instead of the iPad, he can do a nice pioneer 7 inch screen, dB drive component sets all around, amp for the doors, all installed for less than $1800. That’s all the parts, labor, and accessories I need. And he gave me a demo on the dB drive speakers and holy crap those are the loudest speaker I have ever heard in my life! And I’ve been around car audio for a long time


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[adrianp89]

dB drive are not great speakers. At $1800 that better be the Pioneer 8200. Even then the quote is still high.

 

[Wahrsuul]

At times like this, I'm glad my hearing isn't so hot - I'm pretty content with the Alpine system in the truck now.