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Thought I'd post my UHF installation.
Not as detailed as some other forum members, but hopefully clear enough to see the approach.
Not having a bullbar yet (don't like the IG offering), I decided to mount the Antenna on the Passenger side rear utility rail.
I also wanted concealed wiring and no drilling etc (though I did have to drill a hole through the plastic trim at the rear corner to run the Antenna cable).
So with that, I ended up at the below approach:
I mounted the radio chassis and base unit under the glove box. Bit fiddly, but a perfect fit for the small GME unit.
I couldn't quite get the trim removed at the front of the glove box, but didn't need to access as much as see from that angle, so I left it dangling by the remaining clip.
Connected to the INT 1 in the footwell.
There is some existing metalwork to bolt to with no drilling required. This and some 3M double sided mounting tape to hold in place while I worked.
The microphone was mounted using a combination of Quad Lock bits and the magnetic clip supplied with the radio. I chose to mount it on the passenger side as my phone is mounted similarly on the drivers side. No dangling cord in the drivers footwell either.
Running the Antenna wire was a headache, but worth it to have concealed.
It ran through the rear passenger side corner, through the plastic trim, then through an existing grommet, along with the other wiring under the wheel arch trim then following along with that wiring along the floor under the door/floor trim.
I made an Ali bracket and used some patina solution to make it black.
The bracket is then fixed using these Cargo rail lugs and some dome head bolts.
Not as detailed as some other forum members, but hopefully clear enough to see the approach.
Not having a bullbar yet (don't like the IG offering), I decided to mount the Antenna on the Passenger side rear utility rail.
I also wanted concealed wiring and no drilling etc (though I did have to drill a hole through the plastic trim at the rear corner to run the Antenna cable).
So with that, I ended up at the below approach:
I mounted the radio chassis and base unit under the glove box. Bit fiddly, but a perfect fit for the small GME unit.
I couldn't quite get the trim removed at the front of the glove box, but didn't need to access as much as see from that angle, so I left it dangling by the remaining clip.
Connected to the INT 1 in the footwell.
There is some existing metalwork to bolt to with no drilling required. This and some 3M double sided mounting tape to hold in place while I worked.
The microphone was mounted using a combination of Quad Lock bits and the magnetic clip supplied with the radio. I chose to mount it on the passenger side as my phone is mounted similarly on the drivers side. No dangling cord in the drivers footwell either.
Running the Antenna wire was a headache, but worth it to have concealed.
It ran through the rear passenger side corner, through the plastic trim, then through an existing grommet, along with the other wiring under the wheel arch trim then following along with that wiring along the floor under the door/floor trim.
I made an Ali bracket and used some patina solution to make it black.
The bracket is then fixed using these Cargo rail lugs and some dome head bolts.
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