CB Radio
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CB Radio
Well if anybody has noticed, there arent to many open places to put a cb radio in a ranger. the only place i can think of to make it still look flush is to put in on the center console. does anybody have any ideas on where to put it, what kind is the best to get and how to run the antenna. i really dont know hardly anything about cb's but i know that i want one.
#2
I put mine on the roof behind my OHC.
EDIT: See this post for a BUNCH of ideas on mounting: https://www.ranger-forums.com/forum2...ead.php?t=2985
EDIT: See this post for a BUNCH of ideas on mounting: https://www.ranger-forums.com/forum2...ead.php?t=2985
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where does everybody have their wires run? mine tucks under the door sill and then out under the back door through a plug in the bed. i wouldnt mind it hidden a little better outside of the cab though.
my cb is mounted on my sub box which is roughly the jack hider thing but forward about a foot.
my cb is mounted on my sub box which is roughly the jack hider thing but forward about a foot.
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Originally Posted by n3elz
Ha ha! "Stealth" mounting!
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Originally Posted by RangerBoy02FX4
...or did you just sink some self tapping screws to the roof support?
Yes, the roof brace runs down the center. When you drill, slide some kind of sleeve over your bit so it's only an inch of so showing. That will keep you from drilling through the roof sheet metal or denting it if the drill catches. I just used a yellow crimp "butt splice" to slide over the drill for the pilot hole for the screws. It fit over the drill bit and was about the right length. Any piece of hard tubing would work, though.
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Originally Posted by n3elz
I like that a lot. Only nitpick is I wish you could slide the CB back further and make the front panel "flush" -- but I know from what's back there you can't with a unit that deep.
Nice job on the relocated heater controls!
Nice job on the relocated heater controls!
Hurry up and install that cb brenton, i wanna use mine this weekend.
#24
I haven't done it yet, but I'm mounting mine on the pass-side rear jump seat. Probably underneath the seat, so that when the seat is up, the dials will face the center console. The base of the seat is steel plate.
For a removable unit, mount the CB on a nylon cutting board, or nice chunk of wood, and then use adjustable straps the attach board to the jumpseat.
For a removable unit, mount the CB on a nylon cutting board, or nice chunk of wood, and then use adjustable straps the attach board to the jumpseat.