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Installing a CB radio

Discussion in 'Northern California' started by TacomaTSP4, Mar 14, 2010.

  1. Mar 14, 2010 at 6:45 PM
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    TacomaTSP4

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    Hey does anyone know how to install a cb radio going through the firewall to the battery and then connecting an antenna mounted in the bed?
     
  2. Mar 14, 2010 at 6:50 PM
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    Pretty easy man. You run two wires into the engine, one to the pos on the battery and one to a ground. Then with the coax, what I did was ran it through the rubber plug under the passenger seat then hit it with silicone.
     
  3. Mar 14, 2010 at 6:51 PM
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    o really...im an iodiot when it comes to doing that stuff lol im usually just the driver and i have someone else do my car work haha
     
  4. Mar 14, 2010 at 6:54 PM
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    Trust me, I am the same way, and I hooked up my CB by myself. The hardest part is finding where I wanted to mount it.
     
  5. Mar 14, 2010 at 6:55 PM
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    i used a coat hanger to pull the wires from the firewall into the engine bay, rounding the end of the hanger kinda like a question mark (?). i used a firestick NGP antennae for the bed and drilled a hole to run the coax its hidden under the inner plastic fender skirt and ran along the frame zip tied to a larger wire bundle and through grommet that comes under the driver's seat.
     
  6. Mar 14, 2010 at 6:57 PM
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    Ya, I used the coat hanger when I installed my lights, but when I installed my CB I removed the lights and tied the CB wires to the light wires so when I pulled the light wires the CB wires came through.
     

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