• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

Laptop Mount for 2002 Xterra

  • Thread starter Thread starter Ivory Reinert
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It's been sturdy enough for the most part. There is a bit of side to side play, mostly due to the flexibility of the seat rail it's mounted to, but with the laptop lightly strapped to the mount's table it's good to go for any of the driving conditions I've encountered so far.

Did you go with the "Gold Mount" that they offer...or one of their others? I assumed there would be some side to side movement, but we are on pavement most of the time so it wouldn't be too much of a problem. Also I contacted them and they said that I would be using the seat bolt method, however, you are using the seat rail correct...I wonder which would be sturdier?
 
Be careful on trying to mount something to those seat bolts too. I made a steel plate that bolted into the seat mounting bolts. It wasn't secure enough and the jotto desk was swaying a lot, so I took it off. Anyways, after taking those bolts in and out a few times it started to strip out the threads on the tapped hole going down into the floor board. I had to add a bunch of washers to get the bolt to tighten up because I couldn't get the bolt to screw down all the way any more. It was a disaster. I swear I'm just going to take an angle grinder with a cutting wheel and cut a big square out of that plastic on the floor. I just can't come up with any better way to do it and I spent a lot of time looking into it.
 
http://www.laptopproducts.com/product-p/10527.htm

I've been looking at this mount. It looks like it may work but I do have some concerns. One is that it only mounts to one seat bolt, so I'm not sure how stable it is. I also am concerned about shock absorption. Hard hits on a hard drive is not very good. If I get this I may find some way to add some shock "absorbingness" to it.
 
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