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Discussion in '2nd Gen. Builds (2005-2015)' started by sytfu510, Sep 8, 2011.

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  1. Jul 3, 2013 at 6:13 PM
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    You think the shackles are worth it or no?
     
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  2. Jul 3, 2013 at 6:14 PM
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    Not sure, guess the grease-able would be nice since it could eliminate noise.
     
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  3. Jul 6, 2013 at 1:30 PM
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    Alex could you send me the info on your fender flare guy? I might look into those. Would look sweet against the orange vinyl I ordered.
     
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  4. Jul 6, 2013 at 1:37 PM
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    Too many to list now.
    Nevermind, found them. RHDesigns.
     
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  5. Jul 6, 2013 at 8:15 PM
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    Yep.
    Checked the site and they don't list any for us...

    What am I missing here :confused:
     
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  6. Jul 6, 2013 at 8:27 PM
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    Have to contact them directly, they don't have them on the website.
     
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  7. Jul 6, 2013 at 9:04 PM
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    Gotcha, I ran into that as well.
     
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  8. Jul 7, 2013 at 7:43 PM
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    How'd you mount your Resi's in the rear? Cant exactly tell from the pictures.
     
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  9. Jul 7, 2013 at 10:14 PM
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    Hey how did you decide on what comm setup to go with?
     
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  10. Jul 8, 2013 at 10:30 AM
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    I have some curved braces welded onto the frame that the clamps the resi's. You can get these from poly performance.

    Currently I'm just using the most basic CB, eventually I'll get my HAM license. But CB is most common so always need that.
     
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  11. Jul 8, 2013 at 10:41 AM
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    That's what I was thinking too. But where did you choose to mount it inside? And what made you choose that CB and antenna?
     
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  12. Jul 8, 2013 at 10:46 AM
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    I mounted the box under the passenger seat, and put the handheld mount on the dash on the passenger side under the vent ( it's a blank removable panel ). Firestik is well known with CB's and have been around forever. Plus their tunable tip makes things a lot easier. Price wise it isn't much more than the cheaper ones so better off getting the Firestik.
     
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  13. Jul 8, 2013 at 10:59 AM
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    For the blank part on the dash, can you just buy a mouunting bracket from radio shack or something and drill it thru there to mount it? Or is there a more efficient way?
     
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  14. Jul 8, 2013 at 2:49 PM
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    The bracket comes with the CB, it's just a small clip piece, that the mic can hang on.
     
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  15. Jul 8, 2013 at 4:57 PM
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    kalieaire i didn't know they stacked sh*t that high.

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    George mounted his in the glove box. His unit is a little bit larger (Bearcat 980 SSB) so it didn't fit in any of the other normal locations you'd try to mount it. I have the same setup, but didn't have the free prefabbed glovebox. :p

    For my install, first is to remove the glovebox completely, remove the plastic panel that goes over the glovebox when closed, mount the radio with some post office box brackets I got from OSH, Once that was done, cut some holes for the antenna, power, and external speaker.

    Wherever you put it, make sure there's space for the antenna cable to come out with a smooth curve. If you have SWR issues, generally it's caused by there being a kink, a right angle, or someplace where the cable has a radius of less than 3". If you have experience soldering, I strongly suggest fabricating your own custom length cable from RG-58A/U cable. 23' and 11" is the length you need to have a nearly perfect full wavelength. Other great choices for cable length are 1/2 that or 1/4 that.

    If you by any chance decide to use RG-8X, please note the velocity factor is probably going to be ~ .75, which equates to 27' and 2.1" for a full wavelength.
     
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  16. Jul 10, 2013 at 1:11 PM
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    Okay gotcha. And how much coax did you use?
     
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  17. Jul 10, 2013 at 1:59 PM
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    what do the cables on the upper part of the bumper that connect to your roof rack do?
     
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  18. Jul 10, 2013 at 2:05 PM
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  19. Jul 11, 2013 at 11:33 AM
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    Which size antenna?
     
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