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Old May 8, 2013 | 11:13 AM
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Hey I have beein googling, looking at different mounts, reading here and still not sure what to do.

I've got a soft tonneau cover on my truck and would like to mount a cb antenna. ideally, id like to do a dual antenna setup, but not sure where to mount.

I thought about mounting to the bed between the cabin and bed itself but its too narrow for a mount to fit in there. I ran out of ideas, short of mounting to the bed and making 2 small holes in the cover itself for the antennas to stick out through... but it would only be a matter of time before the holes ripped into bigger ones.

 
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Old May 8, 2013 | 04:59 PM
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You could try to make 2 Flat brackets that come out under then Tonneau out the sides.

something like this
 
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Old May 8, 2013 | 08:02 PM
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One thing you can try is putting a hole grommet. So you understand hears a link. I know I have also seen them mounted on the bumper, or between you cab and the bed. You may have to bend the antenna a bit, but should still work fine.
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