this is where i put the UHF (centre console), decided it was safer here and the less wires running to the overhead console the better i thought. works really well though now that i put that aux speaker on the dash

http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1388813672
http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1388813649

heres where i mounted the aerial, the damn top bit rattled off somewhere! or was stolen….. anybody know if you can buy just the top bits? its a uniden AT770
http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1388820232

does anybody know if you can get a sort of extension lead for the handheld bit of the UHF? I'm thinking of maybe running an extension to somewhere on the dash and then only plugging the mic in when i use it… kind of an unnecessary mod but hey, would be cool

nice work on the overhead console i did a similar setup, how big is your's 200mmx100mm? i made mine about 300mm from memory but it took some getting used to as its close to my face lol

The Rubber Ducky TJ Build
 

Yep 200x100, no trouble with it getting in my face or anything

OK so managed to score a pretty nice rear bar and tyre carrier from a guy on here. Its a blackjack welding model, hardly a nick on it and gave it to me for a great price! will have to get my housemate to help me put it on i think… more pics when its on the car. if you have any pointers or things i should know about before taking the old bar off and putting this one on, let moi know!!!

http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/...pslsa6e9im.jpg

http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/...psxncqvx6x.jpg

the rear bar and tyre carrier are now on and looking gooooood

http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/...pszz1z3hhd.jpg

http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/...psbewyfndz.jpg

there were a couple of issues… the bar has 6 holes (you can sort of see in a previous post) on each side to mount to the car, however the car only had 2 holes on each side….. i ended up drilling another two holes on each side but the middle two would be drilling right inside the chassis rail? so theres no way i would have been able to get a nut onto the end of it. anyway hopeful the 4 on each side (plus the frame tie-ins) will be enough to keep it solid as a rock

http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/...pskee3ysx4.jpg

The legend that sold me the rear bar threw in some new style wing mirrors too, on of them was broken as pictured. Having had no lucky finding just the drivers side mirror for sale anywhere it came down to fixing it or sticking with the older style mirrors. Us jeep lovers love to fix things almost as much as we love new kit for our rides so i started the fix!

in the end it was quite easy, once i had managed to separate the two parts.

here is the break:
http://rs1034.pbsrc.com/albums/a427/...pp.jpg~320x480

i had to use needle nose pliers to pull the metal ring off to separate the parts:
http://rs1034.pbsrc.com/albums/a427/...6y.jpg~320x480
the two separate parts:
http://rs1034.pbsrc.com/albums/a427/...th.jpg~320x480

so my original plan was to keep the two parts together in the right position and then fill the indie of the join part with some kind of filler and then put a screw through the whole set up, the filler would stop the inside cylinder being pulled towards the outer shell as there was nothing in between, with the screw being the key part of the fix. in the end i found some builders bog and used that to fill the gaps but once the bog set it was rock solid and i thought the screw would just look tacky and theres always the possibility of rust so i decided the bog would suffice
http://rs1034.pbsrc.com/albums/a427/...9t.jpg~320x480
http://rs1034.pbsrc.com/albums/a427/...ef.jpg~320x480

So far seems to be working perfectly, the only thing i might comment on is that its TOO solid. the mirror gets slightly more vibration than the other side and i can only assume that the original construction absorbs some of the vibration and with the bog holding the two parts so tightly together, the mirror gets the brunt of it. Still, its a s*** load better than the old style mirrors
heres the finished product (sorry for poor pics)
http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1394706811
http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1394706691
http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/...pszc4bayak.jpg
http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/...psmzzvxhyp.jpg