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Thinnest CB
clbarclay:
I have a through the roof mount on the V8, its a standard one from 4x4CB, which has a rubber/soft plastic piece rounfd the bottom to make a good water tight seal.
The only trouble I have is finding a good way to run the coxial cable from the rig on top of the dash to it, the current route is relativerly very neat, but can suffer from interfrance from the EFI loom. Mounting the rig on the roof would be much easier for routing the cable, but range rovers don't have handy map pockets so its no as quick and easy as dash mount.
The thing I dislike about running cables through doors is the either you can't put the window right up (if routed through it) and can also make opening the door awkward or the cable gets piched between door and seal which won't do it any good in the long run.
Steve ray:
When I fitted mine last year, I did this:
1) tap into the live feed from the internal light (only a small hole required to fit power lead through - very neat job)
2) run aerial inside headling and out of rear passenger door (5 door model).
3) fill the small grove between the roof and the rear 3/4 panel with black silicon
4) use s/steel gutter mount on rear 3/4 and push cable into silicon - hold in place with masking tape whilst it 'sets'
Not my idea I'm afraid - many thanks to Chris (Doodlebug) for helping me fit it - cheers mate :D
thermidorthelobster:
After much deliberation the Midland 78 and 121 seemed to be as thin as any. I ordered the 78 but they were out of stock so I've gone for a 121.
Because of my roof rack, if I mount the aerial to the body it's going to twang the roof rack. So I'm going to drill a hole in the roof, run a socket through the roof and seal it, then run a patch cable from the socket to the roof rack. This should mean I don't have to worry about getting the cable through a door seal, and if I need to remove the aerial / roof rack I can just unplug it and leave the socket in situ.
Skibum346:
--- Quote from: "thermidorthelobster" ---After much deliberation the Midland 78 and 121 seemed to be as thin as any. I ordered the 78 but they were out of stock so I've gone for a 121.
Because of my roof rack, if I mount the aerial to the body it's going to twang the roof rack. So I'm going to drill a hole in the roof, run a socket through the roof and seal it, then run a patch cable from the socket to the roof rack. This should mean I don't have to worry about getting the cable through a door seal, and if I need to remove the aerial / roof rack I can just unplug it and leave the socket in situ.
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Very clever.... 8) hope your sealing is better than Disco sunroofs! :lol:
andrew2986:
--- Quote from: "Skibum346" ---
--- Quote from: "thermidorthelobster" ---After much deliberation the Midland 78 and 121 seemed to be as thin as any. I ordered the 78 but they were out of stock so I've gone for a 121.
Because of my roof rack, if I mount the aerial to the body it's going to twang the roof rack. So I'm going to drill a hole in the roof, run a socket through the roof and seal it, then run a patch cable from the socket to the roof rack. This should mean I don't have to worry about getting the cable through a door seal, and if I need to remove the aerial / roof rack I can just unplug it and leave the socket in situ.
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Very clever.... 8) hope your sealing is better than Disco sunroofs! :lol:
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A lump of chewing gum would be better than the seal on a disco sunroof !!!
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