Thread: access between headlining and roof

the headlining is actually glued to a thin fibreglass shell, it is held up on to the roof by the trims, buttons and sunvisors .
If you undo the top console, undo the grab rails and a couple of other things you will be able to carefully drop one side down and get behind it to do your wire feeding etc.

uh huh! - what's coming thru from youself and from other sources is that the liner is quite rigid and I guess what i need to do is invest the time and drop the whole front end of the liner and be done with it!

I'll let the forum know how it went...

cheers ... onebob

Originally Posted by onebob

uh huh! - what's coming thru from youself and from other sources is that the liner is quite rigid and I guess what i need to do is invest the time and drop the whole front end of the liner and be done with it!

I'll let the forum know how it went...

cheers ... onebob

just remember the it didn't happen without pictures

A full head liner removal (with rear air) takes 1hr no special tools and no knowledge.
To drop just the fron half enough to do what you want, shouldn't take much effort or time, and work from the front to the centre to get enough drop,
Push the wiring from the outside in, and you probably won't need much at all.

Job done!!

proof.... headliner down, A and B pillar covers off, antenna cable routed and base mounted



Thank you all for your contributions which gave me confidence to approach the task.

onebob

Those with sharp eyes will notice the almost complete Mud Pod install - pics to follow....

That'll probably work better than the bigger aerial most of us have mounted on bullbars

Originally Posted by cewilson

That'll probably work better than the bigger aerial most of us have mounted on bullbars

Correct! - and that's why i went to the trouble, .....and i do have a new TJM bar replete with antenna tab.

Daily I look in wonderment at the arrays some drivers have mounted on their bars which through their own lack of knowledge or bad advice you will see for instance UHFCB and Mobile phone antennae mounted side x side and many times a mere 15 > 20cm between them. Any mass within 70cm of the UHF antenna will compromise the radiation efficiency of it, something that you don't want given that it is already in a less than ideal position. The adjacent antenna will alter the VSWR of the UHFCB antenna causing some of our meagre 5 watts to be reflected back to the radio rather than radiated and all with the potential to damage the radio if the VSWR is high enough.

onebob

interested in the Mudpod installation pics......

Originally Posted by onebob

Job done!!



Those with sharp eyes will notice the almost complete Mud Pod install - pics to follow....