Thread: UHF and gauge mount ideas into a Disco

Originally Posted by AussieAub

Go from the top down. Use a feeder wire with your cables attached and feed down from the top. You should be able to get your wires coming through somewhere under the dash, or at worst out somewhere near your steering wheel.

Does a hole need to be drilled into the top of the dash or do the wires get pushed down one of the holes in the black vent strip?

When I installed the gauge yesterday I realised that the vent up there goes directly ontop of the CD player. So I just removed the CD player, fed the hose through the vent, then used a wire to pull it to under the steering column and then through the firewall. Easy.

Here's my pictures of my installed UHF - it's mounted underneath the drivers seat where the CD stacker used to be (was gutted by the previous owner). I still haven't decided where to mount the handset, and I also want to extend the handset cable:



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I decided to wire it to only be on with the ignition and I added a power relay setup, even though the UBF only draws 3amps, as now it's there to power additional items in the future (such as my MadMan EMS when it arrives). The relay is a 30amp one, but I've only used 15amp wiring and fuse.

Originally Posted by twr7cx

I hope you're not planning on going through any deep water with it mounted there?

Yair, no radio AND no transmission

Originally Posted by Larry

I hope you're not planning on going through any deep water with it mounted there?

Going through deep water isn't a problem.

It's those who get stuck that have problems!!!

Originally Posted by Larry

I hope you're not planning on going through any deep water with it mounted there?

From what I understand the ECU for the automatic transmission is about the same height on the other side of the vehicle. Also under the passenger seat is a factory fitted DVD player and the amplifier for the sound system. So realistically I probably shouldn't be doing water crossings above the floor height...

For those who've mounted the radio where the sunroof controls go, how did you get the signal wire up there? Does it run sideways to the door pillar and then down, or some other path?
I want to mount a gps up there with a run from the rear view camera.

Originally Posted by Pinelli

For those who've mounted the radio where the sunroof controls go, how did you get the signal wire up there? Does it run sideways to the door pillar and then down, or some other path?
I want to mount a gps up there with a run from the rear view camera.

The best bet, is to remove the map shelf / sunvisor mount, and run your cables there. You will find that you can pull the roof lining down enough to get them in, then go down the inside of the A pillar.

Once you have it apart, it is quite easy to see.