Simple CB Install Locations

[DuManchu]

I have a Cobra 18WXSTII that I plan on one day installing in the dash below an aftermarket radio. However, I don't plan on installing a new head unit for some time, but I want to install the CB in a place where I won't have to cut anything up, or drill any holes.

I've done a search but "CB" gets left out and "Citizens Band" only returns the thread with acronyms.

Where would you recommend mounting one as a temporary install that's easy to remove?

 

[alkaline747trio]

EXTREMELY sticky doublesided tape to the side of the center console?

 

[TiredIronGRB]

Velcro it to the back of the center console.

 

[DuManchu]

Velcro it to the back of the center console.

Aha!

I knew it wouldn't be long before someone said something so genious and simple that I completely overlooked it. Sounds like the perfect solution, although now I feel stupid for not having thought of it myself. Oh well.

Awesome, thanks!

 

[alkaline747trio]

I GUESS velcro would work too...

 

[photogod]

I took out the cup holder and bolted the mounting frame to that spot. You can see it to use it. If you put it on the back side of the console you cant see it to use it. OK for temp solution I guess. What ever work is the righ way to do it.

 

[Slomo]

FWIW I just wrote up a thread about a permanent install of multiple radios in the dash around an aftermarket head unit. Definitely not the simple solution that you are looking for right now but as a later install I definitely reccomend it. Clean, subtle and it works great with minimal permanent modification to the truck. I could change it back to stock with only a few screw holes in the center console and a few switch holes down low. Also I used my CB on the back of the center console as suggested above for awhile and it only required the occasional glance back to check the channel that didn't bother me.

 

[trojan_knight]

if you go the velcro route i would get the 2 inch wide "industrial strengh" stuff from wal-mart. it is as close to permanent as one can get with velcro. it will hold my portable DVD player to the rear cargo door.

 

[TiredIronGRB]

Mine's been mounting on the back of the console for a year of heavy wheeling and it works great there with good access.

 

[Tools R Us]

Mine is velcroed it to the side of the console and only put it in for the trail. The velcro needs to be replaced about once a year in our heat.

 

[-Spike-]

I don't even velcro mine, it sits on the other side of the center console from where Tools' is, the passenger seat holds it snugly. None of my passengers have complained.
Same deal with me; I'm waiting to change out the radio before I mount it permanently.

-Spike