Mitsubishi Delica Owners Club UK™

[General lee]

I intend fitting a CB to my new L300 shortly and I'm not sure where to mount the ariel.

Are there any favourable positions on the L300.


L400 2.8TD EXCEED
L300 2.5TD

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[BFG]

The "Best" option is to stick the aerial directly in the middle of your vehicle, on the roof,  as this gives the best all round reception/range.
I didn't want to do this as it required the running of cable either through a drilled hole (No way was I doing that) or some other means to an entry point and I didn't
fancy a mag mount ruining the paint work.
I couldn't make my mind up for ages between Mounting it on the bull bar or to gutter mount it.

In the end I opted to gutter mount it on my L300 just behind the drivers side door, I fed the cable through the top corner of the door. The door actually closes
on the cable but is fine as theres loads of space there with door seal etc and as long as you leave a few cm of cable slack, soon takes a shape that the door dosent rub against.
Then I ran the cable along the inside top of the door frame Levering off and pushing the panels back on, with cable behind, as I went.
The cable came out level with the top of my dash and plugged into my CB radio that I screwed to the top of my Dash (above the speedo).

I wasn't sure on radio placement, but glad I ended up putting where I did as I can easily hit the scan butten etc without leaning too far and taking my eyes off the road for too long.
You can also remove the altmeteter/temp sensor dash readout and run the power cable down the same hole as I did.
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K Reg Mitsubishi Delica Star Wagon 2.5T D.

Dreaming of what MOD to do next!

[swizZer]

I too have a gutter mount with a 5ft springer. Works great for me. Only difference is I drilled a small hole in the body and fitted the wire through it (using a waterproof grommet of course). Lovely neat job
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. 92 L300 Exceed, Corse Grey/Grace Silver (with some bits of red)