im am still trying to find a good spot for my sirius sportster receiver in my 2005 f150 fx4. has anyone put their reciever on the dash in the area used to put suglasses and such (the area with the rubber mat). it seems that if you removed the rubber matt, the plastic piece comes out somehow. is this plastic piece easily replaceable if i start drilling holes in it and want to replace it later if i get rid of the reciever?

 

I don't know how easily replaceable the plastic piece is, but I do know that the mat can cover up some slight "imperfections", so to speak.

 

Here is where mine is mounted. I used the Pro-fit bracket and a PIE adapter.

 

i saw the pics in your gallery, but cant really see how its mounted with the pro fit bracket..do you have any close up pics of the bracket and where its mounted?

 

This is how I've got my Sirius installed. Ran the wires thru thru the dash tray.

 

before i start drilling holes through the dash tray, i want to know if i can easily buy the dash tray from ford and replace it if i get rid of my satalite radio. anyone know how much the part is and is it easy to replace? how did you run the wires?

i think i found the part...$137???? man thats alot for a piece of plastic. am i looking at the right part...

http://www.parts.com/partlocator/ind...11&catalogid=2

 

That looks like the right part. Might want to just find a wrecked one. Or a different parts website. That tray has a rubber cover, I've got 2 holes in my tray. Just made a slit in the rubber cover for the wires.

 

The entire bracket is behind the dash, I used the "ball" that attaches to the back of the sportster and stuck that out the front of the dash through the old cig lighter hole. Its sorta hard to explain, but It took me a couple of hours to play with it.

You have to bend and notch the bracket a little and play with the positioning of the bracket behind the dash in order to make everything fit correctly. Unfortunatly I didn't take any pics during the install so basically my whole post was useless :o

I bought a splitter for the power to the Sportster and the PIE unit.