Silver Strike painfully cheap build thread
JK Freak
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From: Independence and Lexington, KY (depends on the time of year)
Thanks to both of you! If you're in Georgetown were really close to one another! I'm in owenton. Nice to see some central ky jeeps on here! Were heading to windrock in May! Hoping to get my suspension installed and doing a shakedown run in April at the dirty turtle if you guys are interested?
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Got some more goodies in the mail today! Terraflex cam bolt eliminators and my new cb. In keeping with the painfully cheap theme I went with a cobra 19dx IV... Installing the radio tomorrow pics to follow!
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So I got bored and couldn't sleep (night shift worker syndrome) and I went to the shop and installed my cb. At midnight. Anyways I'm not a big fan of drilling holes so I came up with a pretty cool mounting system... I know this isn't for everyone as it's not the most user friendly location but here it is. I took a magnet that goes with a paint gun liner dispenser and placed it behind the carpet on the passenger side trans tunnel and poked a very small whole in the factory rug. Then bolted the supplied bracket to the magnet, cut a small x in the carpet for my coax and power wires to go through. Then I started searching for a way to get the power wires through the firewall. I was texting my fellow insomniac jk505 and he enlightened me on the hole between the removable dash panel and the cowl panel used a coat hanger as an impromptu fish tape and wired it up! I'm very happy with the finished product even though the display and knobs are not very ergonomic. I didn't have to drill my dash and I'm tickled with it. Then I needed a way to hold my mic again I never considered drilling my dash panel. I lucked out here. I bought a stream light pocket flash light about a year ago and it came with a lanyard that has an adjustable choker built into it and a break away clip on it. It worked perfectly to go to my freedom panel L latch. And when the tops out the quick detach will go into the window frame latch . Now just gotta get it tuned!
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JK Enthusiast
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From: Greenville SC
I think it's called "cool mounts" could be making that up but it's a popular mic mount I used one on my last jeep. Very nice, no drilling. But are you not concerned with the magnet messing with the cd signal? I'm not a cd expert by any means tho.
JK Super Freak
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From: Nokesville, Va
I was curious about this too. I know magnets can destroy memory but I don't see that being an issue with a cb. I could see how it would possibly be problematic near the antenna maybe? I'll be interested to see how it works.
