Thanks to a lack of dash space on our XJ's there are not a wide variety of mounting locations in the dash. Rather than learn from 'trial and error', I thought it would be a good idea to share some XJ cb radio mounting photos to help you decide what will work best for you BEFORE you go hacking and drilling holes in your interior.
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![]() Photo contributed by "2000CHEROKEEXJ" on J.U. Uniden mini-cb mounted below glovebox. |
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![]() Photo contributed by "petermontie" on J.U. Uniden mini-cb mounted on a 'Shelf-It' overhead console. (Full-size radios are too big to mount readily onto these shelfs.) |
![]() Photo contributed by "Ray H" on J.U. Cobra mini-cb mounted between the sunvisors to a piece of metal retained by the sunvisor clips. (Sunvisor clips are held by sheet metal screws and easy to remove & replace.) |
![]() Photo courtesy of Jason West at ![]() Cobra 75WXST (remote transceiver with all controls on hand mic). For more information on this installation please click on the Jeepin.com logo above! |
Please check the Electrical Section of both On-Site &
Off-Site Tech Indexes for installation, hook up & operation of the antenna,
c.b. and linear. One interior consideration when installing a linear with your
c.b is that linears need to be located 3' feet from the c.b. - as measured
by the length of coax between them. This has to do with the amount of
reflected power going back to the c.b. from the linear and can fry your c.b.
and/or linear if not done properly!
Check out
Stu's excellent page on mobile radio installation tips.
If you have pics of your own repairs or can suggest other methods - please contribute your ideas (and pictures) to this article!
Revised on:
November 07, 2006 |