NJ B.S. Thread

Still got your y pipe if you need it back, then you fan sell the DT. Hit me up via cell. We can work someyhing out for sure.

 

Thanks haha I have cut pieces of angle iron I mounted to the front radiator support and have the lights hanging upside down. Unfortunately since I have so little space back there since the billet grill takes up a lot of space they have to get re-aimed often. I hope to get a BAMF setup eventually and hopefully fix that. I'll try to get pics the next time the grill is off.

Thanks!

Yeah I think I'm going to run 1" spacers until I can afford some SCS wheels. I got the alignment done when I got the tires put on. It will give me the wider stance I want too I think. Hopefully I can hit up my buddy with a garage in a sometime soon so I can get the locker fixed for RC.

 

If I was closer... and had money... and didn't need tires first

 

It worked on mine! I used an old truck tire inner tube and cut a couple pieces and wrapped the ends

 

I'll go

 

Thanks for the feedback

 

Alright cool! I'm going to see if I can put the lights that I have in there...i have 2 4inch round leds. After seeing 01tacomas mirror lights...it's making me consider putting them there too. Are u still plannin to come to rausch?

 

Welcome bud

 

CB newb question for you guys -

The antenna stud tells me to mount it in the folowing order from the bottom up

Stud - nothing - Comet mount - plastic washer, metal washer, lock washer, coupling nut

Can I replace "nothing" with a metal washer? The hole is just too big for the stud and the coupling nut on the bottom doesn't hold it in place well, not sure why...

 

Text mike lol he fixed mine and tuned it

 

We disagree about this lol. I don't think my comet mount is serving as a ground (since it came with no instruction, i have no idea, but my multimeter says it isn't, neither is the painted surface its mounted to. If it is serving as a ground, that washer may make unwanted connections, but that bottom coupling nut would be touching the metal anyway. I'm not sure. maybe I have the wrong stud or something, but it says it fits all firestiks and blah blah blah. My stupid antenna should be here today and i'm gonna attempt the install tomorrow - i have to cut some paneling and route the cable and wire it up which i can hopefully do in my 6 hours between classes

 

Hell yeah man. I will be coming for Friday wheeling, and staying into Saturday. You should have no problem getting 2 4 inch LED's back there. My Hella's are 7 inches I think? The problem is in their depth but even so there is enough space to aim them.

 

Oh yeah, Brad, did all your shit come?

 

No idea what mount your using but here is how it should be done and you should be running a grounded antenna. If you bought a "no ground plane" type return it.


If your putting it somewhere that's not grounded - run a ground wire to the bottom. If you are trying to ground through paint or powdercoat it's not going to work. Need bare metal.

 

Thats what I'm confused about. I'm using 259 connectors which, to my knowledge, the inside male part is hot and the outside is ground - see left most image below. Thus, the connection should ground the mount, right? I linked the mount below too. So, it shouldn't matter if I throw another washer underneath the mount because it'll just help the "outside" ring of the 259 ground the mount. Does that make sense?



http://www.cheapham.com/products/Comet-RS%2d720-Lip-Mount.html <<<< MOUNT

 

Yes.... and if the mount is not grounded simply run a ground wire to it on the bottom. That white bushing for the top has a outer lip to keep the top portion of the connector from touching the sides of the hole.

 

and.....WTF kind of mount is that? I'd ground that sucker to the frame. My antenna is mounted to my plate bumper and I still have an aux ground running to the frame.

 

Right that's what I figured. So I'm in good shape then

 

DT Y-pipe too? Curiouser and curiouser....