Better late than never...
Well, I got busy this summer with work, and I wound up trading in my 2007 JK for a 2014 GMC Sierra 1500. But I did finish those antenna mounts I was talking about and got some pics…
Here's my Cobra 75 CB installed:
This is just a pic of the original Arizona Rocky Road mounts I had installed. 3ft Firestick CB on the left (driver) side, 3ft Firestick AM/FM on the right (passenger). Both are on Firestick Med Spring Mounts.
Same, but with the spare tire removed…
Since the mounts are made out of 1/2" square tubing, I went to my local big box hardware store and bought a couple feet of material to build my custom 3rd antenna mount. I started with a cross bar and built a raised rectangle to get the antenna above the 3rd brake light:
Once everything was welded, I added a small section of flat plate (1/8" thick) for the extra stud mount. Then I painted it black to match the existing coating on the original mounts. Next I routed the cables back up to the mounts and used small zip ties to hold them in place.
And here's the final version (w/o the spare tire). The middle antenna was a 18" Firestick MURS antenna I used with my scanner until I traded in the Jeep.
It was a great set-up, but for reasons I'll mention in my 2014 Sierra thread, it was time to move on to something different. Bright side, trade in values on JK's are pretty high…
But I'd be lying if I said I didn't have trouble handing over the keys… Good thing I still have a '79 CJ5 in the garage!!! That's a whole different build story for another day...