Hi Guys.
Some of you may have seen on the wanted section that I was after a 350z and I finally took the plunge on a lovely Azure blue example with only 30,000 miles. The modding started straight away and I have already had an Invidia Gemini exhaust with decats fitted along with the interior bulb changes. I wanted something more from the ICE so I decided to follow some of the guides on here (this forum is great) and fitted a Sony XAV601BT.
Whilst I was doing this I thought I could do something a little different. I wanted a solution to charging my phone in the Cubby hole so I could use the Sat Nav and music functions but did not want to make holes in anything or have cables flying around inside of their. I have an LG G3 (great phone) which as standard comes with wireless charging, it also fits perfectly into the Cubby hole like it was made specifically for it.
I bought a Choetech wireless charger off eBay and ripped it apart to unveil the insides:
I had already taken apart the dash at this point to attach the Sony head unit so tested it on the back of the Cubby hole. I positioned the charger in the correct place and to my delight I found that my phone was charging.
Positioning charger:
Phone charging (see small red charging LED):
I attached the wireless charger to the back of the Cubby hole using double sided foam tape and it was secured in place:
I wanted a very seamless install so I spliced into the original front cigarette lighter and attached another one from Maplins which was surprisingly easy to do
From this I attached a Samsung in car charger and simply taped it up so it would not come detached. I then fitted the USB cable into the car charger and the wireless charger.
Samsung charger:
USB into wireless charger:
With all this done I simply refitted everything along with my new headunit and fired everything up.
Everything works great and I now have a Bluetooth music player along with a free Sat Nav screen, as you can easily see the phone from the drivers seat. It looks pretty good and seamless I think, especially with no wires to see at all.
Without phone:
If you want to do this yourself some new phones come with wireless charging inbuilt but you can also buy cases that do the same thing that quite a few iPhone users have. Also make sure to buy a 2amp in car USB charger, anything lower will not give you a strong enough wireless charging signal to pass through the Cubby hole plastic.
I thought this might be a bit interesting for some of you on here as it is something a little different. Thanks to all the people who have done guides on here previously as well, without them I would have not known where to start with my head unit fitting (busters Mod is great!)