I was getting tired of wheeling without a way of communicating with the group… so I installed a CB. Big thanks to my brother for helping with the installation, my friend Aaron for some parts, and of course my wife for giving me a 4x4 birthday fund!

I am pretty happy with the way it came out. My goal was to make it look at “stock” as possible. On to the pictures:

How do you like my custom bracket fabrication? Plumbers tape FTW!



Interior shots:





Antenna Mount:





Exterior shot:



Parts:
Cobra 7 Ultra CB
Firestik Door Jam Antenna Mount
Firestik 18' Fire-Flex Coaxial Cable
Firestik 4' FireFly Antenna

Questions / comments are welcome!
Joshua

 

Nice clean install

 

That is a Perfect looking install you did! Looks great!

 

Very very clean...good job!

 

Looks great. I would recommend adding a spring on that antenna though.

 

excellent brotha! that's how i plan to do mine - if i ever get around to buying one.

 

Why is that?

 

That is a nice clean install. Congrats and well done!

 

When you hit something, the antenna has more "flex" and give.

Looks like you almost have the same deck as me, haha.

What cb is that, uniden?

 

it looks like a cobra, and that spot is good. I have ripped off a lot of antennas clean off the base.

 

Great install!!!

 

wow, looks great. thats the next thing i need to buy

 

Great Job, I'm getting a CB within the next week or so, now I know how I'm doing it.

 

that looks good. i need to do that

 

x2 on spring, i had to learn the hard way , though if you dont plan on going in overgrown roads then you probably dont need one. but if you do get one get a tennis ball on there so you dont dent your rig up.

 

I'm a diesel mechanic. I work on big rigs I'm constantly replacing broken antennas on logging trucks. I have gotten to know a few of the drivers and have talked them into adding springs and they love them. it doesn't affect their range or anything but they aren't replacing antennas every week.

 

Thanks for all the compliments! The CB specifications are in my first post. It fits perfectly in the ash tray slot. Requires some cutting... but wasn't too hard. I am surprised no one made fun of my plumbers tape fabrication.

 

That looks seriously stock and clean! It doesnt matter what you use to hold it as long as it gets the job done and you can not see it lol.

 

I learned the hard way and snapped my antenna off with it mounted like yours. Time for new antenna and now a spring.

spring ='s cheap insurance if you offroad!

 

Could you give me the dimensions of that CB. I tried googling it but couldn't find it. I guess they don't make it anymore.