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Old Oct 20, 2011 | 02:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Cain64
i built a bracket that mounts to the center seat bolt and it can be removed without making holes in any panels its 2 type of L brackets
i may have to look into that.
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Old Oct 20, 2011 | 02:41 AM
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On most CBs there is a place to mount the mike hangar on the radio. RadioShack also used to have a hangar that would go on with 3M adhesive. I have mine mounted to the left side of my radio, which is centered more. My truck is the 5 on the floor so mounting the hanger on the right side of the radio presents a problem of having to reach around the shifter. I'd recommend making it easy and mounting on the radio...
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Old Oct 21, 2011 | 12:13 AM
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Originally Posted by zap
On most CBs there is a place to mount the mike hangar on the radio. RadioShack also used to have a hangar that would go on with 3M adhesive. I have mine mounted to the left side of my radio, which is centered more. My truck is the 5 on the floor so mounting the hanger on the right side of the radio presents a problem of having to reach around the shifter. I'd recommend making it easy and mounting on the radio...
dont know why but i didnt think of that. thanks for the tip.
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Old Oct 21, 2011 | 02:14 AM
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Have you wired in your pa yet? did you use an amp?
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Old Oct 21, 2011 | 10:16 AM
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Have you wired in your pa yet? did you use an amp?
no i have not. and no i did not, what would i need the amp for just the pa?
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Old Oct 23, 2011 | 01:04 PM
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I have the temperature thing overhead, but I used a small bungee cord, strung it between my sun visors, and make a mic hook out of wire...
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Old Oct 23, 2011 | 01:41 PM
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I cut the wires to my cigarette lighter and spliced in my cb.
I plan on wiring some super bright spotlights in behind my grill or on a grill guard and a trainhorn just for the "special" people who can't figure out the left lane is for passing.
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Old Oct 24, 2011 | 02:27 AM
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Originally Posted by grumpy bear
I cut the wires to my cigarette lighter and spliced in my cb.
I plan on wiring some super bright spotlights in behind my grill or on a grill guard and a trainhorn just for the "special" people who can't figure out the left lane is for passing.
You might look into the old 6 volt (I know this doesn't sit well with some of y'all) Chevy horns. Louder and deeper than OE, will turn heads and make some people jump but not nearly as pricey. I've had them on mine for a long time (third generation in the family to have used them). As far as off road lights go, my favorites so far are KC 130W lights which I use every night going down the highway. They do a much better job when compared to my old Hella 500's and I had them laying around the house so I figured why not upgrade.
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Old Oct 24, 2011 | 04:40 AM
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You got the Cb mounted in far less time than I have. Parts are still in the box... Good work on mounting it. I'll keep checking this thread for up dates.
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Old Oct 24, 2011 | 12:24 PM
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I hooked up my lights and my CB yesterday, only took a little over an hour to do all of it

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sorry no pictures of the CB. I put my mike right next to the gear shifter which was a bad idea because now it falls off a lot
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