[snunicycler]

Are there any grounding options in/near the driver's a-pillar?

Here's the deal, I Mounted my cb in my headliner (Its pretty secure, I put another bracket above the headliner and bolted to that, no problems yet, we'll see but it's petty small and lightweight). Anyway, I've got my wires running above the headliner to the a-pillar. I'm going to extend the power wire another 5 get or so to get it to the fuse box. That leaves me with the ground... I can extend it too if I need to, or if there are any options for grounding in the a-pillar or ceiling that would be perfect! I don't really know what would constitute a good ground other than it needs to be bare metal...

Here are some pics, haven't decided on the Mic mount yet but for now this works. Oh ya, it's a cheap 19 cobra ultra III if you're curious.
Thanks!

 

[cuong nguyen]

Sheet metal screw?

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[snunicycler]

Well of course I could do that. But I keep reading about the importance of a quality ground for CB radios. I was hoping to find a factory ground point if possible, just haven't found one yet.

 

[cuong nguyen]

Closest joint one is probably up under the kick panel. Quality is based on prep. If you're really anal you could bust out the multimeter and hook them both straight to the battery.

Best is a separate ground not a joint ground terminal. Lots of screws next to your radio to use. your ground for your antenna is more important next to location of the antenna.

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[snunicycler]

Ok gotcha, so with the proper prep work, I can just put the ground on one of those bolts that is attached to the body?

 

[clifffalling]

Use the map light ground?

 

[snunicycler]

I think if I were more confident in my wiring skills I would have trapped into the map light ground but... I'm not, haha! I ended up grounding to the ground on the wall under the fuse box cuong mentioned. Thanks!

Also, I've got the coaxial cable running along above the headliner on the drivers side back to the hatch, I'll drop it down wherever is convenient and mount the antenna above the tail light.

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