Changed out the electric antenna today for the Tacoma Whip setup. There are plenty of instructions around the web detailing this but I'll still share some pictures.

Here is the part number from the standard fixed antenna base:


Here is the black tacoma whip antenna:


Thought it cool the antenna came with a little wrench to keep in the glove box:


To get to antenna base, you have to remove part of the inner fender well. I found this very difficult even following the instructions I found on the web. I think the biggest difference was the person that put up instructions and pictures didn't look to have limited fenders and mine does. What I found is on the back of the limited fenders there are clips holding the liner. Also, there are a few bolts to remove. Here are some pictures.






This is the power wire coming pretty high up in the fender above the coax entry point and above the tire. This is where the motorized antenna connects for power. After disconnecting this harness plug, I just wire tied it to the hose so it wouldn't rattle.


Coax entry point. Comes out just inside the passenger foot well kick panel. The rubber grommet came with the new antenna base.


New antenna base. This mounts to the same spot as the electric motorized antenna base. Basically one screw holds the bottom and the top is sandwiched through the sheet metal body.






And all installed. Has a little lean, and I'm not sure if that is normal or if I somehow have the top off center, but actually I kind of like it as it keeps the antenna a little more inside the path of the truck if that makes sense.

So when are you installing those bilsteins?

Waiting on bumpers to install the Sonoran 1.2 suspension. They set it up based on sliders, bumpers, winch and skids. Without the weight the front will be too high for the CV's

That said, its getting harder and harder to wait.

Ha ha it is like money burning a hole but instead it is part screaming at you saying "INSTALL ME ALREADY!!!"

Put down at least 2 solid overlapping layers of the roadkill extreme deadner in the rear cargo area until the resonance of the sheet metal sounded lower




Then put down a layer of peel and stick ensolite from raamaudio onto the deadner





Didn't get a ton of time to work on it today but got the rear cargo area almost ready for the next step anyway.






Next I'm working on test fitting and mounting the head unit and CB radio into the dash radio bezel.

love the direction your going. I thought when you first talked about the color change it might be a little bold but it looks great. cant wait to see all the goodies youve got installed, looks great now but its only going to be better.

The past few nights I've been playing around with the pioneer head unit and the uniden CB. They will not fit the stock brackets.

Couple of issues

> The CB is about 1/4 inch wider than the pioneer radio
> The CB is a good bit deeper than the pioneer radio and has the antenna and power connections on the back.
> with the pioneer radio on top and the CB spaced out the front door to access the CD slot won't open without hitting the CB
> with pioneer on bottom the CB shields view of the radio
> pioneer rcs connections are on back of radio which means even with short plug RCA wires they still are hitting the vent somewhat


So far, my solution looks like it will involve spacing the two out of the dash an inch or two with a custom made bracket and then a trim ring around them as needed to dress it up a little. I purchased some aluminum stock to tinker with it that's as far as I've made it so far. I'd really like this to work rather than putting CB in another spot but we will see I guess.

So given the desert tan color, would something like this be totally wrong, goofy, disrespectful, etc?




Just looking at the many historical military vehicles and the modern day Oscar Mike jeep, I was thinking a similar theme might look neat on the runner using vinyl graphics. This would just be for fun and not an attempt at anything historical obviously but just curious what others think about the idea.

Personally not disrespectful. Actually I have seen a few Jeeps don't this ways ZRVs (Zombie Response Vehicles). I think having a classic looking, retro style 4Runner would be pretty sweet, my brother is NG and would probably do something similar

Wouldn't bother me a bit. I think it would look great. AMERICA!

When I saw the tan, all I could think of was adding some vintage-inspired '84-85 color gradient decals...

That might look cool too. Ill give that some thought as well.

Okay, I think I finally have a plan of action on the CB / Radio mounting situation. Rather than space the units out of the dash via custom brackets, I'm going a different route. Understanding this may not work out well and will kill the warranty, it still seems like the best option.

Took the cover off the Uniden Bearcat 880.



If you look here you can see the power, speaker and antenna connection points.




My basic plan is to convert the hard antenna connection to an external pigtail, the hard power connection to an external pigtail and possibly route the speaker connection out the same way and create an external speaker out of it. This allows the CB to sit flush in the dash with the Pioneer and not worry about space needed behind it as much.

Easy, right? What could go wrong? LOL. Fingers crossed.

Fairly certain that I've made a mess of this. I'm not happy with the way it has turned out for the moment as I don't have a good way to keep to coax pigtail from moving the fragile antenna solder joint.

Anyway, here are some pictures of the destruction for your entertainment

Couldn't get the connector to unscrew without damage to the wire soldered to it so I clipped the rear panel like on the slee website


Solder removed but since I couldn't get the connector nut off, I had to clip this solder joint to be able to removed the connector

Connector removed


Prepping the pigtail wire and connector


Soldering the PL-259 connector onto the RG-8X pigtail wire


Pigtail taking shape


A little dressing


Untangling the braid for a ground to CB chassis.


Chassis ground prepared and ring terminal soldered on


Ground strap attached


Hard to see it but center coax wire soldered to antenna connection wire that I clipped earlier


Power wire pigtail



And finally, the way the back currently looks.





The grommet I used isn't quite tight enough to provide a real strain relief for the wire and as such the wire can move which moves the internal connection. I think I have an idea to solve it but got tired of playing for tonight. If I can pin this down, ill seal up the hole with some sort of glue or sealant to add some additional strength and strain relief. Then on to the speaker and hoping this all actually works out well without compromising the radios communication range and what not.

I wish I had the confidence to try something like this. Looks like you did a great job. I think it will work fine for you.