New Mods Inside: CB & PA Installed
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From: ofallon MO
i dont have a low prfile box but i mounted both of my whips on the sides in the front corner of my box with the same type mirror mounts. still need to buy another cable and addapter to run two whips. how neccesary is tnuing i got these used so are they already tuned? with only one hooked up im getting pretty good reception. with two i asume itll be twice as good? btw they are 3' whips what kind of range an i expect?
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From: Knoxville, TN
Originally Posted by offroadjoe
i dont have a low prfile box but i mounted both of my whips on the sides in the front corner of my box with the same type mirror mounts. still need to buy another cable and addapter to run two whips. how neccesary is tnuing i got these used so are they already tuned? with only one hooked up im getting pretty good reception. with two i asume itll be twice as good? btw they are 3' whips what kind of range an i expect?
I never had to tune mine. I don't really know the range either. I live in a small town in the mountains so I have no idea what kinda range I get.
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From: Poconos, PA
Alt. CB mount point..?...
On my Splash I mounted the CB below the dash under the ashtray. Looked obvious, was kinda cramped & too close to the stick.
On this one, since I don't smoke or need the ashtray, I decided to mount it where the ashtray was. I got another complete ashtray assembly @ salvage. I removed the ash basin & used a dremel tool to cut out the concave section where the lighter went. Discarded that and replaced w/ a double accessory port below the dash. I then mounted my small CB into the ashtray slide assembly & cut a rectangular hole w/ the Dremel in the face of the ashtray door for the CB to slip through. Still uses the speaker in the CB unit (which can be heard since it fires down below the dash, and the Mic mounts to the side on the face of the ashtray door.
My mod had a slight gap (too agressive on the hole in the ashtray door), but blends in and I don't mash my knee into it. Only drawback is I mounted the Mic on the right of the CB, and the cord gets tangled w/ the shifters from time to time. (I know, Shoulda mounted mic on Left....duh!) Anyway...I'll try to snap a pic & post. Just an alternate thought... HTH someone
On this one, since I don't smoke or need the ashtray, I decided to mount it where the ashtray was. I got another complete ashtray assembly @ salvage. I removed the ash basin & used a dremel tool to cut out the concave section where the lighter went. Discarded that and replaced w/ a double accessory port below the dash. I then mounted my small CB into the ashtray slide assembly & cut a rectangular hole w/ the Dremel in the face of the ashtray door for the CB to slip through. Still uses the speaker in the CB unit (which can be heard since it fires down below the dash, and the Mic mounts to the side on the face of the ashtray door.
My mod had a slight gap (too agressive on the hole in the ashtray door), but blends in and I don't mash my knee into it. Only drawback is I mounted the Mic on the right of the CB, and the cord gets tangled w/ the shifters from time to time. (I know, Shoulda mounted mic on Left....duh!) Anyway...I'll try to snap a pic & post. Just an alternate thought... HTH someone
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