hey guys just installed my new cb this morning. its a "Uniden Pro510XL". and i got it with a 4" antenna for about $60. from Rightchannelradios.com. today i was doing a radio check and i was picking up people about 7 miles from where i am. any who, i'm just glad i got compact one. cause i almost ran out of room down under the ac controls. heres the pictures where i put it and how i set it up..
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^^ i had just enough room left to still open the ash tray
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^^ i connected the positive wire to the #22 fuse, but this was not a problem because it is used for the seat warmer, which i do not have. the negative wire is grounded to a screw. (be carful which one you choose, otherwise you may hear the engine through the speaker on the cb. this happened to me and i just changed screws until i found one that worked.)
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^^ after that was done i wired the antenna cord through the middle and under the seats and then out through sliding rear window.
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^^ i then drilled holes for the mounting hardware for the antenna and hooked it up.
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^^ finished. it took about an hour to do by myself.

so what do you all think?

 

I'll post up some pics of my CB it looks nice where it is and there's room for the mic to go in the door. However I'm getting my tranny built right now so It'll be in a week

 

I think the wire sticking out of the back window is tacky as hell, i think you should work a bit harder on making it a tad bit more professional looking. If the wire is not long enough extend it, maybe run it down under the cab and up between the bed and cab. Thats what i would have done, not only will that fix any "leaking" issues it would hide the wire and look a lot better.

and sheesh i just noticed the wires hanging the cab to.. man tuck that ****.. its not hard lol.. i have like a MILLION accessories in my truck and none of them have wires showing. Its easy to tuck and hide that stuff. It just me though i don't like wires running everywhere in my cab where people can see.

 

yeah i know i need to tuck it in, it came with a 6 ft wire so it was just long enough to run it like that. there was about an inch of slack left. but as soon as i get more money for a longer wire i will be running it under the truck. and its the same with the power cord too., but down where i live, if it works, it good enough. and my tuck has dents and scratches and paint baking ad pealing and spray painted over all over the place. so its not like it needs to look pro. :/

 

i like the obama sticker better!!!!!

 

i think if you bring it up here i'll run your wires and make the whole shebang look factory
but if it works for you then it works

 

and another reason i dont have the money is im kinds sorta trying to open up a garage.