KJ.Kate

"Zombywoof" <Zomby-Woof_dogs_@cox.net> wrote
-snip-
: >Rock just isn't the same unless you can listen to it fast and topless.
: >
: So drop yer top.

The best I can do now isopen it, I cant take it off.

KJK

 

Deputy Dog

"KJ.Kate" <KJ.Kate@WhoseHotMail.com> wrote in message news:0cSsf.71559
> : >
> : So drop yer top.
>
> The best I can do now isopen it, I cant take it off.
>
> KJK

That must piss the hubby off :-P

Dave
>
>

Cobra Boy

I have no problem finding a song I like either, I just pop in a disc when i
want music. I listen to a local sports channel on the radio and that's about
it for the radio. I get tired flipping from one commercial to another with
the promise of 40 minutes of commercial free music coming right up after
these few breif words from our sponsors. lol So I listen to alot of discs,
or I turn it off and listen to my little baby purr.
Cobraboy '98 convert.

wabbitslayer

....there are other channels besides Hair Nation?
Interesting...veddy interesting.
Actually, I was scrolling through stations at lunch
and ran across a Sam Kinison bit on Raw Dog....made my day.




Wabbitslayer
01 GT vert

drsmith

wabbitslayer wrote:
> ...there are other channels besides Hair Nation?
> Interesting...veddy interesting.
> Actually, I was scrolling through stations at lunch
> and ran across a Sam Kinison bit on Raw Dog....made my day.

I know what you mean. My radio almost never wanders from that station
even when I'm at home. Great variety and not too much in the way of
idiotic chatter. The pop stations are the worst for that.

Anyway, to answer the orginal OP: For my saturn, I made a custom
bracket out of 3" wide 1/8th steel from the local hardware store. I
started out cutting paper into the shape I wanted to get a good fit. I
then used the paper as a template and cut out a flat piece using an
angle grinder. Drilled some holes for the mounts, bent it in a vice to
match the bends in the paper, and finished it off in flat black spray
paint. Looks professional and you get to mount it anywhere you like in
the vehicle. Total time for the bracket I made was about 5 hours plus
a couple of trips to the hardware store.

I haven't figured out what to do for the mustang, but I'll come up with
something eventually that doesn't involve making holes willy nilly in
the interior like I did with the saturn. One approach I may use is to
buy a replacement panel for the center console and make my holes in
that instead. At least I can then put the original panel back when/if
I ever decide to get rid of the satellite radio.

KJ.Kate

Since mine is built in to my vehicle, I am not sure how badly one needs a
mounting bracket for these things but a thought occurs to me.
Why not adhesive backed velcro????

No damage, and you can remove it when you need to.


KJK


"drsmith" <drsmithhm@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1136056850.625232.240310@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
: wabbitslayer wrote:
: > ...there are other channels besides Hair Nation?
: > Interesting...veddy interesting.
: > Actually, I was scrolling through stations at lunch
: > and ran across a Sam Kinison bit on Raw Dog....made my day.
:
: I know what you mean. My radio almost never wanders from that station
: even when I'm at home. Great variety and not too much in the way of
: idiotic chatter. The pop stations are the worst for that.
:
: Anyway, to answer the orginal OP: For my saturn, I made a custom
: bracket out of 3" wide 1/8th steel from the local hardware store. I
: started out cutting paper into the shape I wanted to get a good fit. I
: then used the paper as a template and cut out a flat piece using an
: angle grinder. Drilled some holes for the mounts, bent it in a vice to
: match the bends in the paper, and finished it off in flat black spray
: paint. Looks professional and you get to mount it anywhere you like in
: the vehicle. Total time for the bracket I made was about 5 hours plus
: a couple of trips to the hardware store.
:
: I haven't figured out what to do for the mustang, but I'll come up with
: something eventually that doesn't involve making holes willy nilly in
: the interior like I did with the saturn. One approach I may use is to
: buy a replacement panel for the center console and make my holes in
: that instead. At least I can then put the original panel back when/if
: I ever decide to get rid of the satellite radio.
:

drsmith

No damage...except that adhesives tend to get very permanent after a
couple of years in a hot car. You could then possibly try removing the
residue with some sort of solvent, but unless you know exactly what
materials are involved, the solvents can do more damage than good. For
me, I'd just plan on replacing whatever I stuck it to(via adhesives,
fasteners, or whatever).

Otherwise, velcro is a potential solution. I skipped the velcro route
in the saturn because the location in which I wanted to put the radio
wouldn't have been possible with velcro. I wanted it next to the cd
player/am/fm, and there just aren't any flat, open surfaces near there.
In the mustang, it's pretty much the same situation from what I can
see. The best alternate location is between the air vents, but that's
also very high-up on the dash. Better would be to see if it's possible
to put it near the ignition switch so you could read the display
through the steering wheel, but that only works if you have one of the
smaller units - like the starmate replay.