This is fascinating. You've got my attention!
This is fascinating. You've got my attention!
2007 Commander Overland / 4" SuperLift / 285/70R17 Cooper Discoverer ST Maxx / Rusty's adjustable rear UCAs / Carolina Driveline front drive shaft / Flashpaq / DRLs & Tilting Mirrors / Autolite Iridiums / Cobra 29LX Chrome LE CB & Firestik antenna / Rear fog lights / Mopar Grille Guard with HID driving lights
"4 wheel drive does not mean 4 wheel stop!" -Lee Goldberg, WABC TV weatherman
Well, here was YESTERDAY'S adventure - trying to see if things will line up where I'd like them. Like, the CB antenna.
Fairly high on the inside of the hatch, so my Wilson antenna gets maximum range, BUT... this area is mostly plastic (the mount isn't long enough to reach steel here), and with a pot barrel spring, and three foot antenna (and quick detach mount), I fear it'll be too much weight and stress on the plastic for it to last long. So I looked at another potential spot.
Three or four mounting points, in tougher plastic, with a convenient ground under the screw holding the luggage rack on... it's a thought - I've ot to see HOW tough that plastic is, though. I'm thinking, maybe between the hatch and the roof topside, and drilling through the roof there. Tube o' silicone, here I come...
Playing with the CB/scanner mount and the console, I see more problems.
The ball mount base is too wide for effective contact.
A different mount WILL work here, and power cords and coax can be stuffed under here...
'07 Jeep Commander, Rocky Mountain Edition - 287 V-8 - Superchipped - aFe Stage II R-5A CAI - Flowmaster Super 44 - 2" Daystar lift - Spidertrax spacers - 32x10.5x17 Cooper A/T's - Fastman throttlebody - Skyjacker 8000 shocks
The mounts are still too close to the seat & the console , but I think I've found a solution. Much like Lego's, Ram Mounts can be snapped together - to become longer, more obtuse, but STILL effective!
NEW idea for a mounting base!
Add ANOTHER arm to the current mounting arm - to give me another 6" of height & clearance over the console (can also be angled a bit more towards the driver's side).
Add some MORE ability to shape, angle, and locate the brackets PRECISELY where I want them! And connect them ALL with THIS!
Which will undoubtedly look SUPER funky, BUT... we'll MAKE 'em FIT!!!
Then again, this might be 31 flavors of AWESOME!
'07 Jeep Commander, Rocky Mountain Edition - 287 V-8 - Superchipped - aFe Stage II R-5A CAI - Flowmaster Super 44 - 2" Daystar lift - Spidertrax spacers - 32x10.5x17 Cooper A/T's - Fastman throttlebody - Skyjacker 8000 shocks
You may have to come here and work for us!
Those Ram ball mounts are heard to beat, and they tend to stay put too.
You'll have to paint that bracket flat black to match, I hope you know.
2006, 4.7L, QTII, Toyo Wild Country M/T 265/70R17 tires, Ultrasport 175 wheels, Rocky Road 2.25'' lift kit, HID off-road lighting, Surco 50x60 roof rack, Foxwing awning, Superchips performance programming.
By the time I'm done screwing this up, you'll disavow ALL knowledge of me!
I've been THINKING about that... I might well order a black one from somebody and do that.Those Ram ball mounts are heard to beat, and they tend to stay put too.
You'll have to paint that bracket flat black to match, I hope you know.
'07 Jeep Commander, Rocky Mountain Edition - 287 V-8 - Superchipped - aFe Stage II R-5A CAI - Flowmaster Super 44 - 2" Daystar lift - Spidertrax spacers - 32x10.5x17 Cooper A/T's - Fastman throttlebody - Skyjacker 8000 shocks
Well, the GOOD news is, my correct-sized mounts finally arrived (and I'm going to reserve the right to tear Ram Mounts a new one over their non-existent customer 'service' to date. They'll sell you a mount faster than you can say "How much?," but their ability to ACKNOWLEDGE an e-mail, drop a dime, or otherwise say 'BOO' after the sale, leaves MUCH to be desired... ), but the bad news is - even taking INTO account some foresight and additional planning, my tinkertoy setup may NOT work as envisioned. More on that later.
Time to install antennaes! Starting with the CB, I finally figured out where to do it! TONS o' crappy cellphone pics a-comin'!
Since the roof rails are aluminum, and given my choice of mount, that's where I decided to mount it - left rear edge of the rail.
Yes, there will be some stress at highway speeds (which I rarely acheive), but I'm a BIG proponent of barrel springs on CB antennaes, to help offset mount stress in such a location. My antenna is a Wilson 3 footer, so it should be fine in this location. 18' of coax to run - should be plenty leftover in a Commander, right? WRONG! Turns out, it was BARELY enough!
No holes necessary (aside from the rook rack!) - just a lotta routing, so here we go.
Down and underneath the plastic trim, and behind the tailight.
'07 Jeep Commander, Rocky Mountain Edition - 287 V-8 - Superchipped - aFe Stage II R-5A CAI - Flowmaster Super 44 - 2" Daystar lift - Spidertrax spacers - 32x10.5x17 Cooper A/T's - Fastman throttlebody - Skyjacker 8000 shocks
Ran it along underneath the hatch seal, to that split below the latch. A little of this helps keep it in place in out of sight places!
All our plastic trim in the back makes running it around and hiding it out of sight easy enough!
Hiding it underneath the plastic side trim where applicable, along the way!
After making the turn out from underneath the left rear door trim, it's under the seats, and out behind the console. Zip ties help hold it in place up against the bottom of the driver's seat, by running them through openings in the rear edge of the seat tracks.
That left JUST enough to come out, and mount into this doodad.
NO entertainment center in my Commander means, E - Z mounting!
'07 Jeep Commander, Rocky Mountain Edition - 287 V-8 - Superchipped - aFe Stage II R-5A CAI - Flowmaster Super 44 - 2" Daystar lift - Spidertrax spacers - 32x10.5x17 Cooper A/T's - Fastman throttlebody - Skyjacker 8000 shocks
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