![]() This process will take quite a while, so be patient. Using your favorite sanding tools (you can pick up a set of small files at home depot), sand down the lip on the ABS circle to the same size as the recessed area of the dock adapter. I recommend using a small c-clamp or similar tool to keep the two pieces together while you are working on them. Using the plastruct bondene, bond the dock adapter to the ABS circle following the directions on the bottle. Using an x-acto knife (or the cutting tool of your choice) cut a hole in your ABS circle that is slightly smaller than the recessed area of your iPod dock adapter. Just find the one that fits your iPod at the online Apple Store. It is tedious work and I would recommend using one of the iPod dock adapters instead. If you are using an iPod dock, as I did, you will need to disassemble the dock using a spudger. It should fit pretty snugly between the cupholder trim and the cupholder. Next, you will need to cut a circular piece of ABS to fit the spot that was left behind by cutting out the rubber grip. You will also need to cut the rubber grip piece in half so that it only works on the side that you will not be utilizing for the iPod dock. Then just sand them down to get rid of any rough edges. The easiest way to do this is by simply cutting them off with an X-acto knife. ![]() You will need to remove these tabs from one side of the trim piece. They are meant to hold the rubber grips for the cupholder. Looking at the bottom of the trim piece, there will be about six tabs on the inner ring of each side of the piece. The first thing that you will need to do is fashion the dock itself. ![]() You will need the following parts to build the dock using these instructions:ġ) Your favorite iPod control device (ICE:Link, DICE, OEM adapter)Ģ) An iPod dock that you don't need, or an iPod dock adapterģ) A sheet of 2.0mm thick ABS Plastic - (Plastruct) - Available at most hobby shopsĤ) A plastic bonding agent - (Plastruct Bondene) - Available at most hobby shopsĥ) A variety of cutting and sanding tools In May of 2004 I came up with The R53 iPod dock. This led me to try and build an iPod integration that was both functional and had a pleasing OEM look to it. ![]() Solutions like the Dension ICE:Link and later the DICE or OEM iPod adapter filled this void, but were aesthetically disappointing. The R53 MINI did a lot of things very well, however music connectivity was not one of them.
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