Heres mine, not as fancy as some of yours but it looks ok and works great.

 

I thought I had pic of antennae mount but dont. I mounted it INSIDE on the top of dash, dead center at base of windshield instead of on the roof. The wire runs down into defroster vent and cant be seen. No leaks in windshield and reception is great!

 

My XM reciever, mounted behind the back seat:



Its a Pioneer unit thats controlled by my Pioneer Head Unit. This probably wasn't the type of reciever your looking at but it has far better sound than any of the FM modulated units. The FM modulated units convert the digital signal to Analog so it can be sent over the FM frequencies. Of course to use a unit like this you have to have an after market head unit.

 

One thing that I considered when mounting my MyFi (or, for that case, any Sat Radio Unit) is visibility.

I, for one, don't want to be looking down surfing stations (as I'm known to do) and end up rear-ending someone. Hence, I went with more of a 'forward mounted/heads up' type of mount.

I love the way that the cig tray installs look but, I'd hate looking down to check a station ID... blam-o.

RP

 

Same thing here.

 

the only one that looks good is purpony all the others look like they were just stuck on . The one ontop of the dash if someone did that to my truck i would be real upset, the way the wire goes thru the dash and the crooked receivers on the roof. I would make whoever did this for you to redo it neatly. These new trucks come apart so easy it's not hard to do a good job, just take some time and thought. I went for a new XM head unit with an adaptor it looks good and has alot better features besides just XM that makes it way better than stock.

 

FYI. The antennas were straight when installed, but take your truck through the car wash a coluple of times, that is if you even have the antenna mounted on the roof, and see what happens. Also what is wrong with the wire going through the dash?

 

Some folks don't mind drilling holes, or cutting things, others do, even if it means exposed wires. My install looks exactly like RP's, and I didn't have to drill a thing. The wires don't bother me at all. The mount is designed specifically for our trucks, not generic, so again, no drilling.

Yes, the XM ready head units are the cleanest way to go, but I can pick up my MyFi out of the cradle, plug in headphones, and walk down the street listening to satellite radio. Try that with a head unit.

Basically, you make certain choices based upon what is important to YOU.

 

Thanks for the reply..

Only thing I am worried about is leaks... My Sat antenna is relatively large about half the size of a pack of cigarettes. It's magnetic and quite strong. Never moved on my Ranger and had it mounted for over two years.

I guess I will have to pop the plastic and see what it takes to get into the inside. I thought about running the wire along the weather stripping down to the cowl and down to the base of the drivers door and through the weather strip at the base so I wouldn't get a leak. I wasn't too concerned about my old truck that had 200,000 miles but I'm a little protective still of this one.. I haven't bought new in over 20 years but did on this one because of the deals this summer..

Question...

did you silicone the wire at the third light entry point?

Jack.

 

No, I did not. Let me tell you something though make sure you tighten the third light screws real tight. I didnt do it the first time around, and on rainy afternoon I got in the truck, and the back seats were wet. Best thing to do is run the wire, screw the third light back on and hold a running hose over your third light to make sure it sealed correctly.

 

Well, Thanks for your time and responses but I decided that it safer, and potentially less troublesome, to set the antenna under the plastic cowl in back of the hood. It has a solid metal base for the magnet and it seems to work. I won't know if I see a degradation of the signal until I run my normal routes. I'll know because the dead spots should still be right where they always are.

If I have a marked increase in dead zones I will move the antenna to the roof...

Jack