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MudPlugger:
Does anyone know where I can get the screw to mount it to the mounting bracket?
And does anybody know how Thermidor has mounted his in the map pocket, looks like he's cut it but I'm not sure...and where is the best place to mount the aerial as some places are saying guttermount and others are saying on the roof...totally confused.
And what's the best way to route the wiring?
clbarclay:
For best effect the ariel should be mounted at the top of the vehicle and in the middle, though a number of people mount them on the bumpers were they are effective enough.
When routing the airel cable keep it as far away from other wires as practically possible to reduce interferance. I once routed the areil cable on mine from the rig on top of the dash, through the dash, along the transmission tunnel, under the passanger seat, and then up the B pillar to the ariel. This was very neat, but it could suffered from interferance. some times when I reved the engine you could hear a frequency change exactly matching the revs :roll: you could stop it by increasing the squelch, but I've since rerouted it. Some mounts require the ariel cable to route outside, some peolpe just trap it in the door which is simple enough, but can damage the cable.
MudPlugger:
Another couple of quick questions!
Will a Mini steering wheel fit the disco, have been told it will but before I commit to buy I want to make sure of this it's from a 25th anniversary Mini...
And what size tyres can I go upto I am not bothered at all about cutting the arches, was going to do it anyway but I want bigger tyres after a friend remarked that I should get "big off-road tyres" I thought they were big...I was looking at 35's but would settle for 33's, does anybody know where I can get a set fairly cheap? would be looking at about £250-£300 tops just for tyres?
sMUDge:
--- Quote from: MudPlugger on September 13, 2008, 20:04:32 ---Does anyone know where I can get the screw to mount it to the mounting bracket?
And does anybody know how Thermidor has mounted his in the map pocket, looks like he's cut it but I'm not sure...and where is the best place to mount the aerial as some places are saying guttermount and others are saying on the roof...totally confused.
And what's the best way to route the wiring?
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http://www.thunderpole.co.uk/ Do pretty much anything you could need for fitting a CB ;) :D
thermidorthelobster:
--- Quote from: MudPlugger on September 13, 2008, 20:04:32 ---And does anybody know how Thermidor has mounted his in the map pocket, looks like he's cut it but I'm not sure...and where is the best place to mount the aerial as some places are saying guttermount and others are saying on the roof...totally confused.
And what's the best way to route the wiring?
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I removed the plastic map pockets and cut it - looks very neat and keeps everything out of harm's way. I picked up a 12v feed off the electric sunroof I don't have fitted.
Up to you where you put the aerial, but the centre of the roof is ideal, as apparently it acts as a better ground plane. If not, gutter mount or roof rack is fine, but try to make sure the mount earths to the mounting point well (ie scrape through the paint etc).
I routed my aerial wiring through the roof. Drilled a hole in the roof and used a connector which I can screw a CB cable to both inside and outside of. This is actually much easier than running cables up and down all over the place, and it's fully sealed with silicone so won't leak. If I remove the aerial for any reason, I can just cap off the connector to leave it nice and neat. I got the connector from Communication 11, at www.4x4cb.com.
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