Overhead Mounting

allscan · **Posted:** Wed Dec 07, 2005 4:01 pm

Has anyone mounted a CB or other heavier device from the roof of their Liberty, or any other vehicle for that matter? I pulled the overhead lights off and looked around a little the other day and I'm not sure if there is anything to anchor a bracket to up there. I'm thinking I would need some kind of reinforcement (backing) to go behind the headliner to bolt through but I'm not sure yet.

I know Tuffy makes really nice overhead boxes for radios but they are all for mounting in a Wrangler style Jeep with rollbars.

Thanks

W3CSX · **Posted:** Wed Dec 07, 2005 11:29 pm

This is where I mounted my radios. When you pull out the overhead lights. Look about 2" back you will see a cross member. I attached a spacer (About 3/4" aluminum channel) between the headliner and this. Then using sheet metal screws attached the mounting bracket to this spacer.

You will need to pull the headliner down to do this. Pull the trim off the corner posts with a 5.5mm deep socket. The screws are in the grab handles. Then pull the sunvisors off with a torx screwdriver. Be careful with the power cord for the lights in the mirror. There is a plug to unhook these. It is held to the underside (top) of the liner with packing tape.
Under the liner there are also white spacers over the clips holding the sunvisors from swinging. Once the screws are removed these are sitting loose and will fall out when bending down the liner. The overhead lights will also have to come out to access this.

If you look at the passenger side corner post. You will find wire clips; you can easy run your wire loom thru. One of the clips holds RG8X cable perfectly. I ran the power cords up the driver’s side post and the antenna cable and control wires up the passengers.

I have a mobile scanner and a Yeasu 8900 remote head mounted to this area. The main guts of the Yeasu are mounted to the bottom of the driver’s seat. The antennas for both are mounted in the back. By the lift gate glass. see this pick. Sorry I dont have anything on the radios inside.

corwyyn · **Posted:** Thu Dec 08, 2005 1:03 am

I have an Alinco DX70 with the main unit located under the drivers seat and the remote head mounted between the map lights and the top of the window:

When I pulled the light fixture out I found that there was a plastic peice behind the headliner. This is what I drilled into so I could mount the remote head. I'm not sure if it is present in the later models or how much weight it could comfortably support.

USAFCOP · **Posted:** Sat Dec 17, 2005 2:03 am

The bracket behind the roof lights will support weight for a while.
I installed my CB there in November '01, and it is still there, not loose no vibrations, and no sagging. Works real good.

Donkeykong · **Posted:** Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:35 pm

corwyyn, is that a thousand dollar CB, or did I not read the price properly on the alinco website?
-Mark

corwyyn · **Posted:** Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:13 am

Donkeykong wrote:

corwyyn, is that a thousand dollar CB, or did I not read the price properly on the alinco website?
-Mark

No you probably read the price right, but you can find used DX-70's for around $350 or so, thats what I paid for mine. It is actually an HF (high frequency) Amateur Radio, I've just modified it to also broadcast on the CB frequencies. It'll transmit on all the Amateur bands from 160 meters up to 6 meters, and depending on propagation I can talk to people over in Europe or down in the South Pacific.

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