Older Ford F-150 with an iPad Mini Dash Is DIY Craftsmanship

But at the same time, building a custom dash isn’t necessarily easy, and the video that we have here shows how the whole thing came to be on a previous-generation Ford F-150.

The custom bezel for the iPad mini is actually 3D printed, which is the easy way to build something that properly fits your console. This means that you can create the essential piece of the project using just the right dimensions and then focus more on the other phases, like sanding and painting.

The bezel here has been created to allow easy removal and charging, so the iPad mini can be easily detached whenever the driver wants.

The YouTuber over at Good Old Buy Customs has thoroughly documented every little step of the project, so if you’re planning to build and iPad mini dash yourselves, the video embedded below could really come in handy for the whole thing.

In case you’re wondering why an iPad is such a cool thing to have when driving, just think it’s an upgraded infotainment system with no app restrictions. CarPlay, for example, which is powered by the iPhone itself, only allows a limited series of apps to be mirrored on the car screen, such as navigation apps and music players. But on the other hand, not everything has been optimized for CarPlay, which means that a huge number of apps are actually unsupported.

This isn’t the case when a full iPad is being used, as all the apps that you can run at home can also be launched when plugging in the tablet into your custom dash mod. Including things that you really shouldn’t use when driving, like YouTube, but that’s a completely different story.