Ideas for a Suzuki Samurai?

[Padovani]

I searched but found no information here in the forums. How about some pics of radio installations in a Suzuki Samurai?

I have an Icom 706 installed in the only available space - that formerly occupied by the factory radio, hanging between the dash and the shift lever. I'd like to install another transceiver and some sort of scanner (will probably need to be a handheld scanner, simply because of space limitations.)

Unlike most vehicles there's no room in the dash, in/behind the glove compartment, or above the passenger's knees. It's a tiny vehicle, with little space for anything other than the driver and passenger (and not much, at that!)

This will need to be a "creative" solution, to put it mildly.

Anyone??

 

[SmitHans]

I searched but found no information here in the forums. How about some pics of radio installations in a Suzuki Samurai?

I have an Icom 706 installed in the only available space - that formerly occupied by the factory radio, hanging between the dash and the shift lever. I'd like to install another transceiver and some sort of scanner (will probably need to be a handheld scanner, simply because of space limitations.)

Unlike most vehicles there's no room in the dash, in/behind the glove compartment, or above the passenger's knees. It's a tiny vehicle, with little space for anything other than the driver and passenger (and not much, at that!)

This will need to be a "creative" solution, to put it mildly.

Anyone??

Easiest to do would be to get radios with detachable faceplates. The faceplates can be mounted anywhere and the radios can be put under the seats, behind the seats, etc.

 

[Padovani]

Yes, that would be the easy way - and the most expensive!

 

[SmitHans]

Yes, that would be the easy way - and the most expensive!

Not necessarily. I have seen situations where it was cheaper to buy detachable head units than it was to buy the brackets/consoles required to mount 1 piece radios.

 

[Padovani]

"Buy" mounts? What is this "buy" of which you speak?

 

[SmitHans]

"Buy" mounts? What is this "buy" of which you speak?

Heh. I'm lazy.