 |
07-29-2010, 06:35 PM
|
 |
Liking the Ford Ranger Forum
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 29
|
|
CB??
Does anybody use a CB Radio anymore? If so what are your favorite brands? and do you have any tips....
Thanks, Jeff 
|
| Register and never see these ads again. |
|
|
07-29-2010, 06:43 PM
|
 |
In Memory of Jason Finn
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 748
|
|
Re: CB??
I use mine all the time... I have a Realistic and its old but it does the trick. if I buy a new one which I want to and Might it would have to be a Cobra hands down.
|
07-29-2010, 07:06 PM
|
|
Ford Ranger Driver
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 2,137
|
|
Re: CB??
Uniden owns all, js
|
07-29-2010, 07:12 PM
|
|
Liking the Ford Ranger Forum
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 29
|
|
Re: CB??
I was thinking about a Cobra Classic 29ltd or maybe the 29 Chrome. I am going to redo my headliner and build a custom overhead console and mout it up there. I will also mount a GPS and hard wire in my fuzzbuster to hang up front. I am also thinking about putting up one of those shelfs above the visors.
|
07-30-2010, 01:08 PM
|
 |
Buy a Ford
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 185
|
|
Re: CB??
I thought about a CB myself.. still on the fence about it.
|
08-01-2010, 05:38 AM
|
 |
Same Stuff, Different Day
|
|
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 455
|
|
Re: CB??
I've got one, just a cheap Radioshack mini mobile i think it's called. It's about the size of a paperback book, can mount just about anywhere. Then i just popped a 3ft mag mount Radioshack antenna on the roof. It works pretty well. I've been able to pick up people in Canada on a good day. (about 40-50 miles as the crow flies over lake Huron) I pick up quite a few people to, course, i live in the sticks so, lol that might have something to do with it. i'll post a pic of the set-up once i figure out how to.
__________________
1997 Ford Ranger XLT, 2.3L I4, Auto, 2wd, Regular Cab, 91k miles. 7.5in 4.10 Open Rear Axle
Quote:
Originally Posted by FireRanger
Experience is useless if it is wrong, and there's a lot of experienced morons.
|
Keep the air in the spare, and the bag in the wheel - Adam Carolla
|
08-01-2010, 06:05 AM
|
 |
2004 XLT with a few mods
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 312
|
|
Re: CB??
I think Cobra's are the favorite these days, but my Midland worked really good back in the day when all of my high school cronies and I would play CB tag all night long on the weekends. I had it mounted in my old '90 Ranger. It had the bare metal roof which made for a perfect mounting spot. Just ran the wires tucked up behind the glass and down the A pillar. Man I loved that truck....
__________________
2004 XLT 4.0 4x4, 3" PA body lift, 32" BFG M/Ts, Dick Cepek DC-2 wheels, Euro tailights, self-painted headlight mod, NAV/DVD/XM/iPod stereo (Pioneer AVIC-D3), Line-X, Westin step bars, AVS bug shield and window vents
|
08-01-2010, 06:32 AM
|
|
Same Stuff, Different Day
|
|
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 455
|
|
Re: CB??
That's my antenna and radio. Radio i got for like 30 or 40 bucks on sale, it's regular about 60. and antenna was 32. As far was what's better, the radio isn't as important as the antenna. a cobra 19 will work about the same as that $200 one with bluetooth if they have the same antenna. 3ft is about as short as i would go (mine is a 3) if i had to do it over again, i'd get a Wilson 3ft. just cause the base is a little smaller on it.
__________________
1997 Ford Ranger XLT, 2.3L I4, Auto, 2wd, Regular Cab, 91k miles. 7.5in 4.10 Open Rear Axle
Quote:
Originally Posted by FireRanger
Experience is useless if it is wrong, and there's a lot of experienced morons.
|
Keep the air in the spare, and the bag in the wheel - Adam Carolla
|
08-02-2010, 08:40 AM
|
|
Liking the Ford Ranger Forum
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 29
|
|
Re: CB??
Thanks guys. I am going to watch some on ebay and get the best deal that i can
I am redoing the headliner with Black leather and a handmade Cherry overhead console. Next I am chopping a hunk off of mt split bench into a pair of buckets so that I can put in a matching floor console. I will post pics as i progress.
|
|
 |
