CB Radio Dash Conversion

[STEALTH]

so i had my cb mounted it the space where the tape player used to be, it fit sung but there were gaps on the sides, so this is how me and my main man lents solved this problem

so first heres a befor pic

after we took it out we cut the flap handel off and sanded it smooth

this is how the car looks with out the peice

next we cut the inside lip off just on the space behind where the gaps were

next comes bondo!!!

then fiberglass (woh hooo)

then more bondo!!!

next comes sanding primer and paint

then in she goes!! (the whole process took about 6 hours with lots of light sanding to ensure a tight fit)

 

[kickitandholdit]

haha nice

 

[puckhead]

NIce work looks pretty clean! had that same CB radio, walmart garbage if you ask me. used it for a week and trashed it. Not worth it imo. really like the install job though, might try it out. I just need to cover that hole

 

[STEALTH]

well ive had that cb over a year and ive had no problems with it yet... haha

 

[puckhead]

Worked alright for short stuff, but nothing long at all, over a couple hills and your done for lol. You must have a good one!

You do all that work at a school shop or in your garage?

 

[STEALTH]

yea i only use it for short range chattin, but i do all my work with a friend of mine in his garage

 

[puckhead]

yea i only use it for short range chattin, but i do all my work with a friend of mine in his garage

NIce! Never used bondo, if I just fill a hole that big with it, is it good to go?

 

[STEALTH]

NIce! Never used bondo, if I just fill a hole that big with it, is it good to go?

no, you need to have somethin for the bondo to set on like the fiberglass i used

 

[puckhead]

Gotcha, dont know how to do that stuff lol. Would a piece of plastic hot glued/superglued to the back work? or you think it would fall off. Sorry for gettin your thread off topic, you did a sweet job though

 

[Eagle]

so why did you cut the handle off?

 

[STEALTH]

Gotcha, dont know how to do that stuff lol. Would a piece of plastic hot glued/superglued to the back work? or you think it would fall off. Sorry for gettin your thread off topic, you did a sweet job though

Yes, If you dont like to fiberglass or wait on it to dry the other alternative which is ABS plastic welding. You would still need to use Bondo so that you can make it flush if thats what your aiming for.

so why did you cut the handle off?

We cut the handle so that everything would be flush. I am soon to get a Scanguage II or something close to it so that we can mount it in the door. Originally we were going to make everything flush, but the screw mounting points are behind the door so we threw out that idea.

 

[RumorsOFsurF]

Clean install, but can you even hear the CB now with the speaker blocked? Isn't the speaker on the bottom? I almost mounted my Uniden in one of the cubbies on my '03, but I was afraid I wouldn't be able to hear it.

 

[STEALTH]

Clean install, but can you even hear the CB now with the speaker blocked? Isn't the speaker on the bottom? I almost mounted my Uniden in one of the cubbies on my '03, but I was afraid I wouldn't be able to hear it.

well since i did this i havent even used the CB but that could be a problem, but i have a small speaker that i can plug in the back of it and mount it any where, i used to have it under my seat and it was plenty loud