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05-10-2012, 12:56 PM
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CB Radio install Questions
I have an automatic reg cab so there isnt much space in my cab for a CB, but i had a friend (Who isnt very reliable) tell me to take out my ash tray and cigaret lighter port (bottom one) and use the wires from it to huck up my CB.
Now my questions are is this a good? will it work? and if so how do i take out the lighter port? (i got the ash tray u just pull.)
thanks
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05-10-2012, 01:58 PM
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Re: CB Radio install Questions
hey man, go to the interior tech forum and click the thread thats titled "01 cb radio mount". he had a lot of the same questions. look through that thread and you should find a lot of answers. like i said on that thread, you can go to radioshack and get the cigarette lighter adapter where you just wire in the power and ground into the adapter.
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05-10-2012, 04:54 PM
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Re: CB Radio install Questions
thats great for the lighter adapter but i need to take it out to fit my CB. im not kidding when i say i have no other room
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05-10-2012, 05:22 PM
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Re: CB Radio install Questions
you have to take off the radio bezel to fit the cb?
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05-10-2012, 09:16 PM
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Re: CB Radio install Questions
what about on the ceiling?
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05-11-2012, 06:28 AM
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Re: CB Radio install Questions
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05-11-2012, 07:24 AM
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05-11-2012, 09:56 AM
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Re: CB Radio install Questions
This is what you fellas need if you want to talk more than 3-5 miles on a clear day.
Nice loud radio driving a 200 watt linear amp driving a 1200 watt final amp. If I can hear someone, I can talk to them.
Antenna is a Wilson 5000 base load magnet mount in the center of the roof.
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05-11-2012, 01:00 PM
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Re: CB Radio install Questions
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Originally Posted by dvrich
This is what you fellas need if you want to talk more than 3-5 miles on a clear day.
Nice loud radio driving a 200 watt linear amp driving a 1200 watt final amp. If I can hear someone, I can talk to them.
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And every time you key the mic, the headlights dim and the engine stalls.
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05-11-2012, 01:23 PM
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Re: CB Radio install Questions
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And every time you key the mic, the headlights dim and the engine stalls.
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I had a bracket fabricated and have a 2nd alternator installed just to run the CB equipment.....a 250 amp. Not too much room to do this, but it barely fit.
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05-19-2012, 11:41 AM
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Re: CB Radio install Questions
ok so i got it in all i did was take out the ash tray and the aux plug right beside it scerwed into the plastic above it and sid it right in it looks great! thanks for the help guys
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