fitting UHF and other stuff into D3

[jimc]

Hi all..I need some advice

I have had an ARB bar fitted to my D3 and need to install my antenna. What are people's preferred route to getting the coax from the bar into the cabin? Have you covered the coax in that split corrugated tubing..or is that going overboard? I was planning on using the hole on passenger side of bar.

I will be fitting a GME TX3540..have people found these need the external speaker, or the internal is loud enough?

Also, I have a new traxide system fitted, and was looking for the best way of supplying power into the cabin for brake controller and UHF radio. Have people run a single big feed to a secondary fuse box in the cabin and connected services to this, or run each and every service back to aux battery?

after all this is done...next and last mod for a while is replace head unit. Oh the choices!!! inexpensive android or expensive name brand...might get the financial controller to make this call. Nothing worse than having 3 kids unable to sing their favourite nursery rhymes on a long leg.

[sniegy]

There is only one exit into the cab from the firewall, that is the grommet on the drivers side near the brake booster.
Don't try on the passengers side, too much of a risk of damaging something that enters the CJB.

Cheers

[Ashes]

I put a fuse box under the drivers seat as it allowed a lot of options for running other gear. Only issue might be if I get a cabin full of water but if that's the case, I've got bigger things to worry about.

I run a UHF, GPS, 2 additional 12v sockets and fridge power from thefuse box which would have been a pain to each run back to the 2nd battery.

I do run my brake controller directly from the main battery though. Coax for the UHF runs through the drivers side firewall, along the engine bay (drivers side) across the front to the passenger side aerial on the bull bar. I didn't split tube it as I don't think it will rub or pinch anywhere.

[~Rich~]

Good idea unless you have an HSE - no room under either front seat :(

[DoctorJ]

I run my cable from my antenna positioned on the passenger side of my ARB bullbar along the LHS of the engine bay across the rear and thru the firewall on the drivers side as stated above, I didn't add any tubing. I have my CB positioned by the loom above the pedals and don't need an external speaker however if the radio is going you may struggle. I have run the power directly back to the 2nd battery.

Cheers
Julian