This forum is dedicated to helping people with questions about installing radio equipment in vehicles. This can include antenna installs, electrical wiring questions/problems, and mounting systems. Pictures of installs are welcome.Note:  Discussions regarding lighting, sirens, and other equipment now has its own forum in the 'off-topic' section below.
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								by comm2  Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:17 am 
			
			
			
			
			Nice,  looks loomed and tied up good.  How well can you operate and see the scanner screen when driving?
			
			
									
									
						 
		 
		 
				
			 
				
		
		
			
				
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								by crazyboy  Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:11 am 
			
			
			
			
			Well its not my car but the person who drives it doesn't seem to have a problem.
			
			
									
									
						 
		 
		 
				
			 
				
		
		
			
				
																			
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								by Dsycutter  Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:13 pm 
			
			
			
			
			really  neat work
			
			
									
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								by crazyboy  Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:24 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Thanks for the complements guys.  I'm only a young teen too!
			
			
									
									
						 
		 
		 
				
			 
				
		
		
			
				
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								by kb0nly  Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:41 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Nice job!  Clean and neat...  May just be a scanner in this case but keep up the good work!
			
			
									
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								by 007  Thu Nov 17, 2005 1:48 am 
			
			
			
			
			Split loom and a non-geeky black scanner antenna....very nice install.
			
			
									
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								by Pj  Thu Nov 17, 2005 4:43 am 
			
			
			
			
			Stick shifts are never fun.
Not too shabby. Auto focus needs a little attention though  
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								by kb0nly  Thu Nov 17, 2005 9:40 am 
			
			
			
			
			A manual trans always makes it hard to mount stuff in a nice location.  Can't agree more with that!
			
			
									
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								by crazyboy  Thu Nov 17, 2005 11:02 am 
			
			
			
			
			Pj wrote: Stick shifts are never fun.
Not too shabby. Auto focus needs a little attention though  
Yea we were having some camera problems.  That wasn't really any where else to mount it besides the side of the console.
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								by K5MAR  Sat Jan 28, 2006 6:20 pm 
			
			
			
			
			What kind of antenna is that?
			
			
									
									
						 
		 
		 
				
			 
				
				
		
		
			
				
																			
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								by K5MAR  Sat Jan 28, 2006 6:41 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Thanks!
			
			
									
									
						 
		 
		 
				
			 
				
		
		
			
				
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								by nmfire10  Sun Jan 29, 2006 6:22 am 
			
			
			
			
			Split-loom is every installers best friend.  It has this magic ability to turn something that would otherwise look like crap into a work of art.  I buy it in bulk from Waytek!  And then my other pet peeve is antenna color.  I love black antennas.  So your installation of a scanner with wireloom and a black antenna is great in my book!
			
			
									
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								by kb3jkp  Sun Jan 29, 2006 4:43 pm 
			
			
			
			
			NICE....
			
			
									
									
						 
		 
		 
				
			 
				
		
		
			
				
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								by crazyboy  Sun Jan 29, 2006 6:02 pm 
			
			
			
			
			I hate on-glass antennas.  And with this antenna I have the ability to upgrade mounts later on. (aka drill the hole)
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								by nmfire10  Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:23 am 
			
			
			
			
			I've never met an on-glass antenna that I liked.  A trunk lip mount like that is a lot better than a glass mount.
			
			
									
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								by thebigphish  Mon Jan 30, 2006 11:04 am 
			
			
			
			
			and trunk lips are easily moved...as compared to the scrape it off the car and throw it in the trash on glass ones.