What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

10-4.

 

YOSO, you only snorkel once

 

Jealous. I'm still running the Hilux one around in my head

 

Looks awesome!!
What brand is it?

 

Looks like an ARB

 

Okay, finally took some pics. Having received my General License a few weeks ago and since the only CB traffic in my area is some hillbilly spammer, I decided to install a mobile HAM radio.

The antenna mount is a CBI Offroad, comes painted (which is a nice touch since everything else seems to come unpainted) and is very beefy. The install was easy and took about 30 minutes. The antenna is a Comet Super Slim Dual Band with a NMO base. The coax is RG-58.



I didn't take any pics but the wires were run through the firewall and down the drivers side kick place and into the drivers side storage compartment.


I used a 6-gang Blue Sea fuse block in the storage compartment. The positive and negative are 10 gauge run directly from the battery. This will allow me to add additional radios or other things in an easily accessible area.


The radio itself was screwed to the hatch cover measured 3" from the rear of the hatch to the rear of the mounting bracket. This allows easy access to the fuses and for programming.


The speaker was mounted to the back of the center console, has good sound and is out of the way.


The head unit is mounted to the top of the center console between the mic and my Steelie phone mount. It's within easy reach, easy visible without taking my eyes completely off the road and works well. The vents are also accessible so this isn't an issue. There is also a reason my the plastic trim around the radio looks hacked up. I originally had a Bearcat 980SSB CB below the radio. However, in order to make everything fit, I had to dremel the trim piece. I'll eventually replace the trim piece but it isn't a high priority right now.


Since I took out the CB but this is the method used while on the trails, I relocated the CB coax to one of the switch panels. I have a Midland 75-822 which will connect to the coax and the power plug is right next to it.

 

What's the verdict on this? I remember that someone said they ordered it but I haven't heard anything since.

 

Cool! I have always wanted to do a Ham radio install in the headliner right in front of the map light assembly. Then I realized how much Ham setups are. I'm sticking to CB for a while

 

I don't know. I would be interested to hear if he ever put it on

 

What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition





Not a Goddamned thing.....

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Looking good. How was the install?

Get ready for nightmares tonight. It will turn into an elephant trunk. lol

 

+1 Looks awesome Fernando!

 

Yay HAM!

 

Took mine out for a shakedown yesterday

 

Lol, I know right...... install took about two hours. With beer breaks and a killer hangover. Not too bad. Everything is pretty straight forward. I only measured once

Thanks Chris

Thank you sir. Its Safari

 

Installed my bushwacker pocket flares..... kind of a PITA and can't get a couple of bolts in but overall not too bad....

 

Yea im curious too i asked a couple weeks ago and someone told me to give him some time that i was asking too soon idk

 

Pulled off the face plate with the cup holder to clean it up: had splashed some soda on it and it was sticking. All nice and clean and smooth now. Since I had it off, I decided to replace the stereo with a newer one I had in my Nissan. Love how all the lines are labeled on the wire.

 

nice

 

I installed my eibach/5100 setup yesterday.