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Budasac
10-18-2011, 06:18 PM
Hey guys. Made a little antenna mount today and thought I'd share it with you. I basically copied the Saguaro mount but theirs is $26 and I got enough material for 6 mounts for $6 total. 1" x 1" angle from Home Depot 36" long. Then an hour or so cutting and grinding and drilling some holes. It was a nice easy little project. Definately worth the time if you need two mounts since there is so much material left over. Also it's alot easier to make more once you have the first one figured out.
Matt
10-18-2011, 06:30 PM
Nicely done!
pjmjr508
10-19-2011, 04:43 AM
Great work
ScorpionCrawler
10-19-2011, 05:35 AM
Looks nice.
Are you going to put your antenna on a spring?
Sal-XK
10-19-2011, 05:53 AM
Nicely done man!
EvilJager
10-19-2011, 10:12 AM
Copy cat! Haha j.k. ill have to post the one i made up
Budasac
10-19-2011, 01:09 PM
Thanks for the comments guys.

@ Scorpion, yes, I have a spring for it. I didn't use one for the 2' I have, but I bought a spring for the 4' Firefly.

I mounted it today. Looks much better all painted. It's raining out but I'll get some pics later.

And Chris, if mine looks like I copied off you, then you must have copied it from Saguaro as well. lol
EvilJager
10-19-2011, 01:19 PM
Lol nope mine is one of a kind! Lol ill get a pic when i get it back! The one i made is all enclosed
Budasac
10-19-2011, 01:27 PM
Lol nope mine is one of a kind! Lol ill get a pic when i get it back! The one i made is all enclosed

Ohhh, so you copied the first mount I made. lol. Doesn't 4xguard have an enclosed one? I'm pretty sure that's where I got the idea for the first one.
EvilJager
10-19-2011, 03:03 PM
Lol then its prob close to your first o e then cause thats where i got my idea from
Budasac
10-19-2011, 06:41 PM
I debated boxing it in but that would have meant pulling out the welder, which typically isn't a chore but, I'm 90% done building a new shed and all my lawn crap is in the garage.

I just finished making up new ends on the antenna wire since I had to cut off the section that was pinched by the tail light. Too dark and rainy for pics though. I think it looks pretty good now that it's all finished. Just have to find someone local who can tune the antenna.
EvilJager
10-19-2011, 06:56 PM
I understand completely lol... i boxed mine in and molded it to the body so it would look a little neater. But ill prob end up buging the 4xg one... i cant leave anything alone. Im always changing something on my jeep lol
hoaxci5
10-19-2011, 07:49 PM
Looks good, I boxed mine in, but it basically because I was looking for a reason to use my welder :p
Budasac
10-22-2011, 04:32 PM
Yeah, usually I'm just lookin for an excuse to weld, but it wasn't all that accessable so I went for the simple route. I'm happy. My biggest concern was strength and this thing is solid as can be.

I finally had a chance to take somer pics of the finished install:
EvilJager
10-22-2011, 04:34 PM
Looks good
Budasac
10-22-2011, 04:46 PM
Looks good

Thanks Jager. Where's the pic of yours??
Matt
10-22-2011, 04:55 PM
Job well done!

This reminds me... i need to get a CB...



Thanks Jager. Where's the pic of yours??

He's afraid to post his after seeing pics of yours :eek:
EvilJager
10-22-2011, 06:10 PM
Lol not scared. Still donr have my jeep... ill look thru my photobucket and see if i have it but dont think i do
EvilJager
10-22-2011, 06:13 PM
Wow ihad some...

https://theultimatejeep.com/images/imported/2011/10/Resampled95201107169515542195433-1.jpg
https://theultimatejeep.com/images/imported/2011/10/Resampled9520110716951554109590-1.jpg
Budasac
10-22-2011, 06:15 PM
Nice. That looks clean.
EvilJager
10-22-2011, 06:17 PM
I like it i just want to make it smaller. Its not huge but i duno lol