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Bumper mounting plates are fitted and drilled:
And since all the cool kids are installing them I got my CB hooked up after 15 years.
It lights up anyway, I just tested it that far to see if it worked after being in my barn for a couple years. For reasons unknown Amazon seems reluctant to ship me a cable and even if they did I don't have the bumper done so I don't have anywhere to put the antenna. Power and ground is ran to the radio anyway though.
I am not crazy about how it sits, especially the mic. It is starting to intrude on passenger legroom kinda bad. Easy to flop the mike between my plethora of shift levers but still... I don't like it. I might redo my gauge panel so the radio can sit above the gauges but I want to find a more period looking radio first.
And since all the cool kids are installing them I got my CB hooked up after 15 years.
It lights up anyway, I just tested it that far to see if it worked after being in my barn for a couple years. For reasons unknown Amazon seems reluctant to ship me a cable and even if they did I don't have the bumper done so I don't have anywhere to put the antenna. Power and ground is ran to the radio anyway though.
I am not crazy about how it sits, especially the mic. It is starting to intrude on passenger legroom kinda bad. Easy to flop the mike between my plethora of shift levers but still... I don't like it. I might redo my gauge panel so the radio can sit above the gauges but I want to find a more period looking radio first.