I'm hoping to get mine on this weekend.....
6th Annual 100s in the Hills - Silverton, CO July 29-31 2016
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I'm hoping to get mine installed before HIH, but wrench time is going to be hard to find this week.
I wish!!! We are leaving in exact 36 hrs so I highly doubt it!
I find it quite amusing so many of us are attempting to scramble to install a part we bought months ago
I have pretty much followed this rule on every trip I have ever gone on. And that is pretty regularly. Nothing like a due date coming up to boost your motivation. Glad to see I am not the only one.
Lol I need to check the old thread and see if someone did a step by step instructions
Nope. The only real useful info in the order thread is that driver side and passenger side need to be swapped because they come from a market that is right hand drive.
Ok that sounded confusing. Parts marked driver side go on the right hand of the truck. Parts marked passenger side go on the left hand of the truck.
I just bought my 100 a week ago, so...I find it quite amusing so many of us are attempting to scramble to install a part we bought months ago
@bamabrock
285s remove running boards, sliders, and peel out
285s remove running boards, sliders, and peel out
That's the plan. BFGS going on this weekend as well as all maintenance (fluids and filters) brought up to date. All major services are done on this rig.
Trying to find sliders to get to me before next wekeend but have no problem bashing running boards if I have to or I may just pull them off. I only touched the sliders once or twice at HIH3 while not paying attention. Not really a big deal for this type of wheeling.
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@bamabrock i dos HIH5 without sliders no problem!
My computer shorted 3 weeks ago and got replaced but I'm traveling right now and my truck was brought to my house two days ago. I have no idea if everything works. Eek. Talk about bad timing. At least I have lockers now.
Whats the easiest way to get a CB radio going for this trip? I'm not 100% on how I want to mount the antenna so I don't want to spend a bunch of money on the labrak or gamiviti mount just yet.
Any ideas? should I just slap a magnetic antenna on my roof and buy the Cobra 75wxst?
Any ideas? should I just slap a magnetic antenna on my roof and buy the Cobra 75wxst?
Great time for my steering rack bushings to fail...
I was in the same boat. It wasn't cheapest option, but I liked the flexibility, so I ordered a Midland 75-822 with the car kit and a Wilson 1000 magnet mount antenna. I figure I will cleanly route the coax, leave the Wilson base on the roof, and only have cb and antenna mounted when I'm offroading.
I did about the same thing. @TheForger has a pretty good write up on installing the midland with cleanly routed coax.
DIY: CB Radio Install; Lots of Pics!
What's the car kit? Can you give me some links? Where did you run the cable to? The back roof?
Here is a company that is supposed to have good support, though you can find slightly better prices elsewhere.
Midland 75-822
Wilson 1000 Magnet CB Antenna
I haven't run the coax yet, but i was thinking I would route it through the trucks hatch much like @TheForger did in the above posted thread.