MOUNTING TD28 TRAFFIC STICK FROM 911EP

[ericsze]

Driving a SUV and trying to mount an arrowstick with no success. Suction cup mount to the rear glass in an SUV. Problem is that the freezing weather causes the suction cups to lose elasticity; they release suction after an hour or so. I'm looking for a more "temporary" solution, I'd rather not drill into a leased vehicle.

Any ideas?

[jmead]

Thought 1 - Hmmm...Maybe you could find some clips that would go over the plastic housing at the top of the window. ie. there's usually a plastic lip. then you could screw the light into the nicely clipped on bracket.

Do I have any idea where to get clips like these???? aaahhhhNO

Thought 2 - Get a whole bunch of double-sided foam tape and tape the unit directly to the plastic ledge (if any) at the bottom of the window.

Will this be very hard to clean up when it's time to remove the light? Of course!!

Thought 3 - Mount it on the roof rack at the rear utilizing the factory type tie-down spots.

[nmfire10]

Driving a SUV and trying to mount an arrowstick with no success.

Any ideas?

Pull over and give it a try?

[wazzzzzzzzup]

ok i have a solution for you that will work fine and be very easy cleanup on glass..i am a big fan of silicone sealant it really does have 1000+1 uses. i use it to keep all my radios positioned together on my station, i use it in the car to keep my radar detector mounted to my dash and any temporary radios i want to mount, i silicone them to the dash or my center console and when i dont want them in the car anymore, i can twist them off the dash with very easy cleanup, the silicone usually stays stuck to the radio and not the dash. peeling it from the radio is fairly easy, once and a while i need to breakout the razor blade to get a portion off but that is no big deal either. ok heres what you need, not just any silicone because some is very tough stuff and goes on easy but comes off hard. the product line i like is found at lowes and home depot. GE SILICONE II (100% silicone sealant for doors and windows). i sugest this be the brand to get as i have tried many, and many of them are too hard after drying and make it rough to remove. the same GE series also has white, clear,almond. and black. often i prefer black as it matches the radios and is fairly rubbery. as for siliconeing your light to the rear window, you will need to get something to hold the light in place for the day, atleast several hours. be sure to not let the tube or the wet silicone get too cold, as it wont cure.(if the tube is left to freeze and then thaws, it wont ever cure again.(learned that the hard way one cold night i left it in my car) i would recomend doing it in the daytime. you might need to expierement several times of putting your light up, start out with placing 25-50% of silicone over the part that contacts the glass, if it cures and the light is still too heavy, cover more than 50% of the surface contacting the glass. (as for putting silicone on radios that lay flat or are at a slight angle on the dash, i would start out with several small dime or quarter size silicone drops tward the middle of the bottom surface of the radio, sticks well and still makes it easy to twist off) one tube should do fine for atleast one project. OHH... another thing i do with silicone, i seal ALL my ham antennas so they all have a nice coating of silicone to keep the weather away from the aluminum, been doing that for years and all my antennas still look like brand new under the silicone. i even seal antenna connectors, and just razorblade the silicone around them away if for some reason i need to unplug the coax. BTW one tube of GE silicone as mentioned costs about 4.79 at home depot and a cheap caulk gun is about 3.00 hope you find this helpful.

[mikerabbit]

Use good quality velcro usually holds great and will cause no or minimal damage when removing! I use it for just about everything!
Mike

[YoChief]

Go to this site: http://www.wattco.net/

Then click on the big truck to enter. Click on 'gallery' and then 'Ford Expedition'. Check out the arrow stick install they did using the luggage rack.

You'd have to route the control cable in another way though.

[code3media]

Only drilled 2 holes for the brackets. Best part is that when you go to turn it in, you flip the roof mount support over and you cant see the holes. I will take some pictures and send them out tomorrow. Or, you can e-mail me for the pics.

Ryan
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[code3media]

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