This is the door jam antenna mount, got mine off Amazon and it came with 18' of cable for $25.
I did my write up because I placed the mounting bracket behind the rear taillight because I could not bring myself to drill any holes in my truck that could be seen everyday.
Okay, First off remove these two 10mm bolts from your taillight.
And carefully pop off the light by pulling straight back.
You will see in later shots I just placed the taillight just inside the back of the truck.
Now you have to bend the door jam part of the bracket I didn't take any pics of this because I did it the weekend before. A 2lb hammer and a vice would be best, if not use Vicegrip pliers any hammer you got.
Now decide where you want to place the bracket. I went low for the main reason I decided to mount behind the taillight, vertical clearance.
And use a marker to mark your holes.
Now check and make sure the dog is still in his own yard.
You can stall a little here to build up courage to drill the first hole in your beloved truck. I told myself, "the holes are behind the tail light, it will be okay."
Now time to screw on the bracket. I started the fist one by hand so I wouldn't risk stripping out the sheet metal.
Then stop to check out my new tires....
and finish the last three screws,
Then hopefully for you the third screw's head will not pop off.
I took the mount apart to bend it last weekend, so now put it back together.
I put the antenna in to make sure it is going vertical
Now pop out this little guy, and pull the "D" pillar cover back.
Start at the top and work your way down, but watch out for these two little guys. In the other thread the guy took off the top plastic piece, I just pulled it back didn't fully remove it.
And watch this guy on reinstallation. (little light blue guy toward the bottom.)
Now we are going to run the cable, I pulled the light wires to the left and made a small incision in the rubber gasket.
and feed the cable through, while reaching around back and carefully pulling.
Here is a good time to check out the thread from the top, I didn't take enough pictures here, but you do have to remove this hanger, and just push the cable up and in there.
Pull the "C" pillar back a little and push the cable in and up into the head liner.
Now pull the seal out, don't worry it goes back in.
I did my write up because I placed the mounting bracket behind the rear taillight because I could not bring myself to drill any holes in my truck that could be seen everyday.
Okay, First off remove these two 10mm bolts from your taillight.
And carefully pop off the light by pulling straight back.
You will see in later shots I just placed the taillight just inside the back of the truck.
Now you have to bend the door jam part of the bracket I didn't take any pics of this because I did it the weekend before. A 2lb hammer and a vice would be best, if not use Vicegrip pliers any hammer you got.
Now decide where you want to place the bracket. I went low for the main reason I decided to mount behind the taillight, vertical clearance.
And use a marker to mark your holes.
Now check and make sure the dog is still in his own yard.
You can stall a little here to build up courage to drill the first hole in your beloved truck. I told myself, "the holes are behind the tail light, it will be okay."
Now time to screw on the bracket. I started the fist one by hand so I wouldn't risk stripping out the sheet metal.
Then stop to check out my new tires....
and finish the last three screws,
Then hopefully for you the third screw's head will not pop off.
I took the mount apart to bend it last weekend, so now put it back together.
I put the antenna in to make sure it is going vertical
Now pop out this little guy, and pull the "D" pillar cover back.
Start at the top and work your way down, but watch out for these two little guys. In the other thread the guy took off the top plastic piece, I just pulled it back didn't fully remove it.
And watch this guy on reinstallation. (little light blue guy toward the bottom.)
Now we are going to run the cable, I pulled the light wires to the left and made a small incision in the rubber gasket.
and feed the cable through, while reaching around back and carefully pulling.
Here is a good time to check out the thread from the top, I didn't take enough pictures here, but you do have to remove this hanger, and just push the cable up and in there.
Pull the "C" pillar back a little and push the cable in and up into the head liner.
Now pull the seal out, don't worry it goes back in.
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