Recently acquired this Five Hundred. Our father in law purchased it new. I decided not to install the Motorola UHF as there is a lack of space and my wife rarely used it anyways. We still wanted reliable hands free communications via phone. After seeing everyone's reviews and comments on the Pro-Clip brackets, I figured this would be the perfect time to try one. Install was quick and easy. As some may have followed our previous installs, we have Motorola UHF radios and Wilson Sleeks in all our equipment, so I reused the Sleek 4G and antenna from the previous vehicle (2002 Windstar). The antenna is a dual load Maxrad that has been in service for 10+ years on multiple vehicles. We've run them on our trucks, etc for years and have had good luck with them, so we didn't change it for this application. A Wilson antenna might have been a better option as it would help with data frequencies. We are mainly concerned with voice, so we never made the switch. It's mounted on the passenger side and coax was routed under the sill plate to the cradle. With a lack of 12V sockets, I made a new power harness using a 12V extension cord with the male end removed. I didn't want to cut and splice wires in the car, so I tapped into a 12V keyed power source in the fuse block. I also installed an inline fuse holder in the new harness. The side panels on the console remove easily and there was plenty of room to route everything. I then plugged in the factory Sleek power cord and zip tied the loose wire to a support in the console. I don't like "holes" or "hacked" wiring and this allows everything to be removed quickly when it's time to sell. For hands free, we either use a Blue Ant visor speaker or a headset. This install isn't elaborate, nor was it very time consuming, but should provide safe communications.
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