BigVaz

Looking for some mounting ideas so post your pics!
Post pics of your antenna's too!

1) What are some good brands?

2) What should I expect to pay?

3) Where did you run your wires to hide them?


Thanks!

boardmanXJ

some of my friends that have after market rear bumpers mounted the antennas to them. it looks really cool but he forgot to add a spring and it broke. ill find some pictures.

another one of my friends has an xj beater and he mounted it right above the tailight with a homebrew bracket. he ran the wires right along the tailight wires. once again i will try to get some pictures

BigVaz

Yeah, i've seen some by the tail light. i like that.

REWSTER

here is my CB it is a corbra 19 from walmart i got it for christmas but i think there only $40 then i went to the local truck stop for the antenna and wires and built the bracket my self,
heres the antenna


here is were i mounted the CB it works for me cause this is a family truck so its out of the way but still easy to access

boardmanXJ

like i said its just his beater and he did a bad job. good idea for the location but he welded part of it to the body and used white caulking to go around it. its a black xj too...i personally like the bumper idea and i am going to do it as soon as i get my new rear bumper/tire carrier

Stillwater Outfitters XJ

Ok i have a short antenna mounted to my roof rack i ran the wire down through the back hatch under all the panles under the rear seat under the mats in the rear till i got the wire under the passanger seat then mounted my CB on the cup holder panle close to the dash i then have my speaker mounted on my dash ran the power wires into my fuse box found a fuse that is always hot tied it in sounds geat, looks great I have a cheap cobra one i got at wallmart for $40 has all the features of the nice ones Ill take some picts later and post them for an idea

3shifty

I really like the placement of the antenna, I think I'm planning on doing something similar, that's clever.

MasterShakeXJ

sometimes with mounting them to aftermarket bumpers is a pain, especially if its really thick steel. i have a wilson flex antenna. firestik is also a good brand. as for the radio, cobra is good, uniden, etc. check out www.walcottcb.com for some good stuff.


heres the mount for my antenna.






heres where my radios mounted. for some people this would be in the way, but i like it and have gotten used to it. it doesnt really bother me since in not that tall. if you dont like that you can do it on the console on the P side, or down by your steering wheel. you can do the overhead mounting by making your own hardware, use some form of plywood to screw it into or i've also seen people utilize the screws on the sun visors.

BigVaz

Yeah, did you drill holes for the bracket? What are the details to make it work?

REWSTER

its held on by the tail light bolts right now,i was reading an artical about how the antenna had to be grounded so im not shure if its grounded right but i havent had any problems yet so its kinda not priorty

whowey

Here is my radio mount. That is the dome light hole right next to it. It faces the front of the jeep. I can have the radio barely turned on and I can hear it perfectly over all the other noises inside of the Jeep.



Here is the antenna. It uses a ball mount and a spring. It does bounce around some and smack the side of the Jeep. But its not too annoying.

BigVaz

So no new drilling required? I like that... Can you buy those brackets anywhere?

REWSTER

mine is homebrew but you can buy simmilar ones i dont have any links saved but ill try to find them

REWSTER

found only one for now
http://motionoffroad.com/catalog/ind...b64c05525531ba

Stillwater Outfitters XJ

This is my setup