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Where does everybody have their CB's mounted? I can't really seem to find a decent place for mine. Does somebody sell some sort of bracket for the Ram?

Thanks

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2001 4x4 High Output 6-Speed, Driftwood, JRE 4" Exhaust, Van Aakan Box, Leer High Rise Camper, Custom front and rear bumpers, truly offensive bumper stickers, more to come soon...

 

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I have a Cobra from WAL-MART. Its case hase an upper and lower. I unscrewed the upper/top case from the CB, drilled 4 holes in it and screwed the upper/top case into the dash directly to the left of that magic cup holder thats in the middle of the bottom dash. I then simply screwed the CB back onto the upper case. You have an extra 12 outlet there as well to tap into. Go to radio shack and get the male end that plugs into the cig lighter 12 volt acces. hole and splice you +/- wires into it. No cutting of wires under the dash, just plug the CB into the cig lighter acces.

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2000 2500 Red Sport quad cab, 4x4, K&N, DDI's, straight piped, mean looking set of 33. 5" tires, Snap On diamond tool box, Semper Fi!

1972 340 Cuda'. Original tripple black 340 car w/air! Good clean car, super stock springs, Weld Prostars, strong 340 with a 727/4000 stahl, 4. 56... . Bombs away!

 

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I built a flat wooden bracket that is bolted to the frame of the two fron seats. I painted it to match the leather seats. My Cobra is mounted to the front of this. I drilled holes out the bottom of the cab just outside the two front seats. (I have twin antennas mounted to the front of the truck box. ) I ran the cable and harness wires under the seat, cut slash in the rug under the seat and ran the antenna wire to the holes I had drilled in the floor. Make sure you place grommets on these holes before funning wire. I then sealed the holes with silicone. I had stainless steel "L" shaped brackets made about 13" long and used stainless steel bolts to mount these to the front of the box. Then sprayed the brackets to match the truck. Antennas remove with a twist and are stored under the back seat. Works great!!!!!

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2001 Ram 3500 dually, 4:10, auto, SLT+,anti-spin,custom side paint(parchment/cabernet red), Custom pin striping,Advanced Thermal Products Sound Blanket Kit, Smittybar nerf step,Geno's stainless wheel well trim, tonneau cover, air dam, chrome monster tip, mud flaps/chrome tips,pyro-trans-boost gauges, Bosch 275 Injectors

 

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I had a friend of our shop who has a sheet-metal shop bend me a piece of . 100 stainless with a 90 degree and had some taps incorperated too... I used the 2 middle seat bolts and mounted it there... . JB

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99 Quad,Long bed,4x4, SLT,Auto,K&N,Mobil Super Delvac 1300,fuel line up-grade from lift pump to filter and from filter to injection pump, Suncoast coverter,BD valve body and pressure-loc,Mag-Hytec trans pan,Amsoil ATF-4,Auto meter Ultra lite gauges:Boost,EGT,Fuel Pressure,Trans Temp, "true" Jet-Hot Coated 5 inch exhaust from turbo to tail pipe(over the axle)Borla shoot-out muffler,DD stage 3 injectors and boost module,HX-40 16cm,here and waiting to fab-up a a new adaptor,Next Jet-hot the exhaust manifold and turbo housing,..... finally a blue box or TST box or?????

 

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Try Michael Brolin-TDR member. He makes/made a nice CB bracket that mounts in front of the center seat-I had to modify it a bit because I also own the 2001 six speed, and his was designed for an auto. The mod is not hard, and I'm happy with the bracket. If you have the CupSmoothie from Geno's Garage you have to trim it up a bit also, to reach all the controls on the radio.
Mike-if you read this-my pictures of the installed bracket/radio didn't come out very well- but just twist the bottom brace at about 15 degrees-right side towards seat-that should take care of it. Dave

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2001 QC,SLT,4x4,Cummins HO,6 spd. ,Dark Garnet/Pearl, all options but leather/snowplow/Sport, the elusive front license plate bracket,"Cup Smoothie" Autometer gauges on A pilar, LineX bed liner, Cobra CB,Westin nerfs, Power tailgate lock,auto on/off headlights, backup alarm, More To Come! Needs a name...

 

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There is a really neat C. B. mount listed near the bottom of the classified advertising for new product tests. Its built and sold by a TDR member, and looks good. Check it out.
You're right about a place to mout radios. I'm a ham radio operator, and as big as the Rams are, they are VERY radio unfriendly!

 

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I posted a similar question several weeks back. One of the members sent me an e-mail stating he bought the Cobra unit below. I have since done likewise. Everything is in the hand-held unit. Very small and unobtrusive. Combined with a good Firestik antenna, it works fine.
However, if you already have an exisitng CB, this bit of info is worthless.

Anyway, maybe it will be of help.

http://www.valcoelectronics.com/cb/c75wxst.htm

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'01 3500 QC SLT, 5-spd. , 3. 54 LSD, Tow Pkg, Camper Pkg, White w/ Camel. (St. Louis) - Mud flaps, diamond plate,
Jacobs E-brake, Gauge Works dual gauge pod, ISSPRO EGT & Boost Gauges. Cobra 75WXST & Firestik - - - Towing a 2000 Cedar Creek 30'camper. NRA Member & Proud of it!!!!