Going to tackle my antenna woes today and was hoping someone here could confirm that the instructions HERE still hold true for those of us with the later 3 knob manual A/C controls?

Still need to just pop of the AC control bezel for some screws underneath?

Thanks in advance

Actually its much easier then that. I just had mine apart yesterday.
-Pull up your ebrake.
-Open console lid and pull up on black plstic cup holder section. Just pops out.
-Pop up shift area plastic. Follow instructions for knob removal of 4wd.
-The upper part of the dash also pops right out. no screws. Remove the ashtray to make it easier. All the wires have clips that hold them in.
-(side note) I found that putting the truck in drive will make it easier to pull the main section of the dash away.
Only radio is held in by screws. No other screws hold the dash together that I know of. Only snaps.
Good luck!!!

Also you don't have to remove the A/C controls either.

Thanks 4runsport

I actually just got done, and didn't even mess with taking the 4wd nob off or cup holders. I lifted the bezel around the gear shifter and put the shifter in the farthest position toward the rear of the car to get the radio bezel clearance. I had enough slack in the harnessing that I didn't even need to unplug anything from the bezel I just moved it off to the passenger side.

I disabled my factory power antenna and replaced it with an interior glass mount dual band power amplified antenna.



Anyone looking to do this in the future, the wire you need to connect the antenna 12v line to is the same that runs the motor. I just removed the black line for the power motor and capped it off. Then hooked in my antenna amp into the radio line it was coming off of. Voila - no more MOTOR noise, its only powered when on tuner, and factory or better reception.

Total cost was roughly $32.