Ok, as I have three seperate small mods I was pondering on wheather I should post them separately, or all together..............????????
I'll put them all together on one post and let you all sort them out.
Most of you know that I ordered a Lev-O-Guage from
Xtreme Off Road and was having some trouble getting it to me. Well, as I posted on another thread it did get to me, and I have just now come up with a perfect place to mount it. Since I really don't care about time and find it a useless tool (J/K) I decided to mount the clinometer over the stock clock location high up on the dash for greater visibility and added cool factor. Not necessarily a "needed" piece of equipment it is pretty cool to look at and can't wait to try it out on the trail. It is kinda fun watching it go to 30+* making turns. Maybe I should slow down a bit around corners?
Well, since I covered the clock I needed a new one......... Solution? How about a new stereo to replace the factory unit? Wait, flashback here
A few months ago the factory in dash 6 disc CD changer crapped out and would not play any cd's. It would not eject any cd's either, so now I have to rely on the radio and cassette deck for in car entertainment. I don't own 1 cassette tape. I have also sacrificed 6 of my favorite cd's to the demon cd changer
Back to the present. My wife felt that all of the mods on my X-mas list were not nearly as important as having some good quality tunes in the rig, so she being the sweet heart that she is got me a new JVC G-310 AM/FM/CD/WMA/MP3/Sirius Satellite radio. The only problem that I have found with this unit so far are the still factory speakers. The new unit is much more powerful than the factory junk and I can hear the difference and forsee the speakers being blown in a matter of a month or so. It all sounds good too. The Sirius is not hooked up as of yet, but wait about a month or so and it will be done and I will report on it then. Also, the new stereo has a clock so I can still make it to the trail run meet and greets on time.
Well, with the new stereo installed and non functioning and now not hooked up Cd changer sitting in my dash I had to do something else. I had to rescue my hostage cd's. The changer was removed, and the cd extraction was performed and successful. Sad to say that the cd changer did not fair to well during the extraction process and has gone on to the great dashboard in the sky.
This left me with another dilema. I now have a huge hole in my dash where the CD changer once was, and a wad of cash I recieved from Christmas. What to do?
After a lot of pondering, wondering, and searching I decided what to put in the empty hole in my dash...............
A Cobra 18 WX ST II CB radio. I chose this model primarily because of price and the fact that it fits in the opening for the CD changer perfectly. I did not have to make any mods to the dash to get it to fit just right. I did have to make some minor modifications to the factory mount for the CD changer to get the CB to fit right, but that was the hardest part of the install. Otherwise I hard wired it to the fuse block and Bob's your Uncle I now have CB! I can't wait to give it a good test out on the trail on Saturday.
I do have a few pics attached for you all to ponder and gaze at. Please refrain from comments regarding the filthy condition of my truck, and that you can see me taking the picture on the face of the stereo. Also, sorry for the slightly blurry photos, the batteries in my camera were pretty much dead. When that happens the pics tend to come out a bit blurry.
