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Where did you mount your antenna?

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by BarberRider, Apr 16, 2017.

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  1. Apr 16, 2017 at 4:33 PM
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    It's got a cop motor, a 440-cubic-inch plant. It's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas.
    Looking for a spot to mount my 4' CB antenna. C4 made a bracket to go beside the tail light but they scratched everyones paint off and they discontinued them. Bed rails wont work because of tonneau and rack/RTT. I could drill into my front bumper but it would take forever and I don't like the look. Rear bumper is out until I get a steel one. Decisions, decisions. Any ideas or pics of yours?
     
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  2. Apr 16, 2017 at 4:38 PM
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    On the roof, of course!

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  3. Apr 16, 2017 at 4:42 PM
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    It's got a cop motor, a 440-cubic-inch plant. It's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas.
    Lol holy shit. What am I looking at here?
     
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  4. Apr 16, 2017 at 4:42 PM
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    Looks good! How was the wiring in the roof liner?
     
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  5. Apr 16, 2017 at 4:50 PM
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    Permanent antenna mount (NMO).

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  6. Apr 16, 2017 at 4:51 PM
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    No problem. Nothing up there.
     
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  8. Apr 16, 2017 at 4:59 PM
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    I use a 3' Wilson, Lil' Wil magnetic mount CB antenna on the roof. Works great.
     
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  9. Apr 17, 2017 at 12:49 AM
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    It's got a cop motor, a 440-cubic-inch plant. It's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas.
    I see that, but why are there two different antennas and what frequencies are they tx/rx?
     
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  10. Apr 17, 2017 at 9:11 AM
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    Three antennas, actually. The front one is high-band VHF (fc=166MHz), the stubby one is wideband LTE (700-2700MHz) and the big black dot is, of course, GPS.
     
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  12. Apr 17, 2017 at 10:03 AM
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    Could you mount it to your rack on one of the vertical bars etc?
     
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  13. Apr 17, 2017 at 10:04 AM
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    Find something to keep the antenna from rubbing - because when bouncing around it will rub and it will eventually rub through and kill your wire. Ask me how I know :p
     
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    When I had my tacoma, I just used a magnetic whip and it worked fine.
     
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    Do you leave it on all the time? I have an 8' whip, but, as much as I like the look, it's too big and unwieldy...
     
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    The 3' Lil' Wil magnetic mount whip is a lot easier to deal with and gets great reception on the roof (after it's tuned with a SWR meter). It's hardly even visible and I leave it there all the time.
     
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    The CBI off-road tailgate mount is for the 2nd gen. Anyone know if any manufacturers or TW members have fabbed up a tailgate mount for the 3rd gen? I'm getting a camper shell so mounting anything on the bed rails ain't gonna work
     
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  20. Apr 23, 2017 at 10:53 PM
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    It's got a cop motor, a 440-cubic-inch plant. It's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas.
    C4 used too but discontinued because it was too thick.
     
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