Mud-club
Vehicle & Technical => Freelander => Topic started by: wanabeoffroader on May 29, 2007, 21:39:11
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hi does nebody know a good way of fitting a cb aerial to my 5 door with no sunroof and are they easy to wire in also nebody know of ne good places to go offroad in or around cleveland/north yorkshire thanx
ps im new to this lol
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Depending on the size of the CB unit, several in the Freelander Club have fitted their's above the heater vents, and I know one who had his in the panel between the passenger airbag and the glove box.
Aerials are more difficult, but most seem to use mag mounts, with the cable either around the rear door or side door.
Off roading, the Freelander Club have a fairly active group up by you. have a look at:
http://www.freelanderclub.co.uk/
and
http://z11.invisionfree.com/Freelander_Club/index.php?
or for more extreme:
http://www.mad-freelanders.org.uk/forum/default.asp
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Hi why don`t you check out the Mad Freelander website.Go onto the forum and check under equipment.G3orge has posted some info about mounting CB aerial............. :D (http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z240/n22aps/cbaerial.jpg)(http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z240/n22aps/cbaerial2.jpg)...............If your not a member of Mad its worth joining 8)
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Beat me to it :lol:
Mounting an arial is not the easiest thing on a freebie if you don't have a rack you can mount to.
As Graham has said - quite a lot use a mag mount, but I will be making one like the pic soon so I can have a permanent fixture.
Lanes around Yorks??
We've (MAD FL) just had a full week-end around N Yorks lanes and had a great time.
2nd pic below shows another mount for an arial (if you want to drill the car :shock: )
(http://www.thestokers.net/images/gnsfl3.jpg)
(http://www.mad-freelanders.org.uk/forum/uploaded/G30RGE/200752714505_mfl_yorks_d1c.jpg)
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Hi
I'm just waiting to collect my Freelander, but have had a hand held CB unit for the Defender for a while, and intend to continue using that in the Freelander.
It's great for shortish (i.e. well spaced convoy) distances, and if you need to transmit further then you just have to get out of the vehicle.
Saves worrying about an aerial straight away... I've got a gutter mount aerial for it, which can easily be removed, but is more secure than a magmount. Not worrying about fitting it just yet though - I'll wait and see how good (or otherwise) the handheld one is!
Cheers
Ben
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Hi
.. I've got a gutter mount aerial for it, which can easily be removed, but is more secure than a magmount. Not worrying about fitting it just yet though - I'll wait and see how good (or otherwise) the handheld one is!
Cheers
Ben
Interesting - where did you get a Freelander with Gutters ??
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Aah - the gutter mount is from the defender, but is currently attached to the defender roof rack (you just invert one of the pieces of metal, and it will go around a thin tube instead) - I was going to go for the same method if I find that the handheld's aerial isn't powerful enough... Just need to get a roofrack with the right diameter tubing :lol:
Ben
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Requires a bit of drilling...details on mad freelanders link at bottom.
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g63/doobreydog/CB%20Dash%20Mount/dashmount013.jpg)
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g63/doobreydog/CB%20Dash%20Mount/dashmount018.jpg)
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g63/doobreydog/rear%20carrier/rearcarrier005.jpg)
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g63/doobreydog/CBAntenna002.jpg)
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g63/doobreydog/CBAntenna001.jpg)
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thank you for your help ive got sum good ideas to try out now