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I just purchased a used 2004 Civic Sedan. I went out tonight to mount the trunk lip antenna mounts i've used, and noticed that they don't work that well. If I mount them in the center, by the brakelight, the lip of the trunk is beveled. If they are mounted on the size, there is a seam on the underside of the trunk that keeps the screws from tightening down properly (the screws dig into the side of the seam, and slide toward the mount.)

I thought about an L bracket, but there may not be enough clearance between the screws and the sizes of the quarter panel. I really don't want to drill 3/4 inch holes for an NMO mount yet.

Does anyone know of a trunk lip bracket that has the screw holes positioned further from the edge, or another type of mount that I can use?

Thanks,

Warren
 
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wwhitby said:
I just purchased a used 2004 Civic Sedan. I went out tonight to mount the trunk lip antenna mounts i've used, and noticed that they don't work that well. If I mount them in the center, by the brakelight, the lip of the trunk is beveled. If they are mounted on the size, there is a seam on the underside of the trunk that keeps the screws from tightening down properly (the screws dig into the side of the seam, and slide toward the mount.)

I thought about an L bracket, but there may not be enough clearance between the screws and the sizes of the quarter panel. I really don't want to drill 3/4 inch holes for an NMO mount yet.

Does anyone know of a trunk lip bracket that has the screw holes positioned further from the edge, or another type of mount that I can use?

Thanks,

Warren
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Warren, any updates? I would lean towards the L bracket but you said it might not work.
 
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Warren, any updates? I would lean towards the L bracket but you said it might not work.
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I was able to get a trunk lip mount to work. I put it on the driver's size (over the driver's rear quarter panel), slightly more then 1/2 way down from the top edge of the trunk. I also pushed it on pretty hard. Doing that was enough to let the allen screws move over the weld just enough so that they would hold.

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