I got a Mini Radio Shack CB for Christmas but I can't find a logical place to install it. Anybody got tips on where to locate it? :-/

Has nobody here installed a CB in a Sidekick/Tracker?

Ive seen them on top of the dash in the middle where that little pocket is.

Later,
Bill

i took the radio apart and pop rivited some alum to it and then put the cb on the bottom
i have a 3" body lift so i have some extra room

One of my friends just mounted it to the glove box door.  I would put one in but they look like a giant RC car with the huge antenna hanging off the roof.    lata stu

If you have the rear center console, Take out the rear ashtry (you don't need it anyways) Mount it facing up and the speaker towards the front, run the wires through the centerconsole. Its neat, clean and out of the way and out of sight.

I had a hole in the dash under the stereo so i put it in there and mounted the antenna to the rear bumper in front ot the passenger rear tail light. I will take  some pics 2morrow and post them.

Merry Christmas

Jacob

oh wait I forgot I cant access my web site from home to edit it, so I cant post them. Don't the pics have to be on a web page to post? If not how do you post them?
  Under my stereo was a hole where I think the ashtray ussed to be, next to the cigarette lighter. I then ran the coax cable through the hole next to the shiter and along the frame with zip ties. I used part of one of the side view mirror mounts. The part where the antenna actually hooked to the mount formed a upside down L. and i just drilled holes in the bumper and mounted it. it is subject to the stuff my passenger sider rear tire throws up but i havent had a problem yet(it is mounted on the "body" side of the bumper). I have also removed the plastic from the rear so it is just the metal frame so to speak. If some one knows exactly how to post pics I took some to night that i could post. I hope this helps

Jacob

send the pics to me. I'll post them on my webspace.

kreg|removethispart|@telus.net

I got a Mini Radio Shack CB for Christmas but I can't find a logical place to install it. Anybody got tips on where to locate it? :-/

The easiest way is to build a 6 pt roll cage and mount it on the roll cage
Zig

OK seriously, my first CB was mounted in place of the dome light. The light did not work, so I used it's power wire, grounded the CB inside the hoop, and all of the antenna cables can be ran down through the hoop, into the side panels and to the back, keeping all of it hidden. Also It will put the CB close to your head where you will be able to hear it running down the interstate with the top off. If you do this location, be sure that you wont hit your head on it bouncing down the trail.
Later,
Merry Christmas,
Zig

I just installed mine that I got for christmas on the passsanger side of the center counsle.  

Thanks for all of your ideas. I'm thinking about just above the rearview mirror if I can find a decent way to hide the wires. I also like Zig's idea of the dome light area. My '96 doesn't have a pocket/detent in the middle of the dash and my radio is the factory double DIN size so there is no pocket under it either. On the side or rear of the console is an option and so is the ashtray but my hearing ain't what it used to be so I'd like to mount it high so the speaker would be more exposed.

What about using the rear console mount as suggested and then running an external speaker up by the dome light.  Wouldn't be too hard to make a mounting pod for up there with fiberglass or something and then cover it with vinyl.  

Doing it that way it would look nice, be mostly out of the way, and you'd still be able to hear it.  

I'm thinking on mine I'm going to see about getting a couple pieces of aluminum plate/sheet and mount it in the cubby hole in front of the passengers above the glove box.  Obviously that won't work for you with a 96 but it's something to consider for us guys with the earlier ones without airbags in the way.  If you do it right with quick release type connectors you can take it out when you're not using it so it doesn't get stolen and then quickly plug the whole thing back in when you actually need it.

My girlfriend's step dad has a Nissan Pathfinder and he installed his CB on the driver side just under the dash where the front drivers side speaker would be in our Sidekicks and Trackers.  It's not very practical for us since that's where our tunes come out from, but I bet somewhere around there would be good, even for a small CB (like my GF's step dad has.)