Originally Posted by mostlystock

CB install taking up almost no cab space. Rig mounted under the seat, and display/controls as shown. Minimal number of holes drilled, can pretty much be undone if needed, but after 2 weeks or so of work off/on and lots of sweat, I'm leaving it as is, hoping it will last. Still need to find a good spot to hang the mike, currently tossed on the floor to left of the driver's seat.

Originally Posted by mostlystock

I removed them from the radio. I will never put the radio itself back together because it was so much work to butcher it - the channel switch alone has 20 pins, which must simultaneously be unsoldered from the board. This could all be done without hacking up the CB too much by just buying additional switches/pots but the dimensions on the existing Cobra 25 controls actually fit inside the on/off-road pod (by some miracle) - so went with them. I did search for a 40-channel switch but can't find that thing anywhere, despite some part number being stamped on the enclosure.

The channel switch and LED display were actually on their own daughterboards, with only ten wires going to them (total) from the main CB board, but that would mean mounting the channel switch and LEDs in the same spot on the dash, and would require a little more space. Could be done in a couple places but I really didn't want to cut into the Jeep's dash (yet... it's new)

I think I ended up running 46 wires between the CB and the knobs/display. Broke them out into two main bundles of 25 each, and used DB25 connectors at their ends, so I can disconnected them from the CB itself if needed (helpful during install; I could take my time soldering up everything indoors, and venture out to the Jeep only to do test fits and mounting.