It's solid, but only if...

After a lot of looking, measuring and figuring, I bought this item in the 22" inch version. It took a little engineering to bolt it to the floor in my '91 xj, but it finally went in solidly. The important thing to prevent wobbling, is to secure the 3/8" inch aluminum rod that's inside the plastic cover close to the top, as well as on the floor. Don't secure the plastic cover, a conduit clamp for this is included with the hardware but isn't very effective. Instead cut around the plastic cover where you want to secure the rod, the closer to the top end the better, slide the plastic cover back, then fasten the rod itself down with a plastic 3/8" inch wire bundle clamp, then let the plastic cover slide back into place. It's solid then. Bend the rod pretty close to where you want it before bolting it down. The comments you read on here that the ends of the item broke are because they bolted the thing down and then tried to force the rod into position. Get it pretty close before installation. The only thing I wasn't crazy about is the 'phone holder itself. It's plastic and probably a little flimsy. But, there is an adapter plate included so I think, with a little engineering, you could mount any 'phone or tablet holder you wanted. This thing will hold up a tablet easily. This item is easily modified, the rod can be shortened easily, the brackets that hold the thing to the floor can be cut and drilled if you have the necessary tools. But, this mount is pretty much stationary. If you bend the rod continually I suppose it would finally break. If you need a mount that needs to be constantly re-positioned, this probably isn't the one. So, I recommend this item, but only if you don't ask it to do things it wasn't designed to do. If you can't secure it close to the top as well as on the floor I wouldn't buy it, I think It'd be way too wobbly, at least for my purposes.

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