Bronco Radio Mount

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A few photos of the concealed GMRS radio mount that I added to my Bronco. The goal was to be as stealthy as possible, not block any of my dash, and have the mic be easily removable when I'm not off-roading. I made a custom bracket to mount a Midland MXTA25 Ghost antenna to the back of my rollbar. The antenna wire is concealed behind plastic panels along the roll bar, above the side airbags, down the A-Pillar, and to the passenger foot panel. I concealed the Midland MXT275 radio in the dash, above the glovebox with the Mountains2Metal radio bracket, and powered it via Ford's Upfitter switch #6. A CAT-6 extension is run from the radio to the driver's side foot well where I'll plug the mic in when I need it. The Mic is supported by the Archetype Racing BPM / SLAP accessory mount + their 1" B-sized BALLS, a long RAM arm, and the Tackform CB mic mount. With my initial test, I got 1.5 miles of range in town, which is plenty for me.
  • Gonna try to fabricate a little Midland Ghost antenna mount outta this metal
  • Bout to do my first fabricating
  • First time really cutting and shaping with metal
  • Ghost antenna cut out
  • I probably should've bought a metal brake
  • Test fitting the mount
  • Reshaped the mount to match the speaker bracket
  • Painted custom ghost antenna mount
  • Painted custom ghost antenna mount
  • Bout to install the Mountains2Metal concealed radio mount, Midland MXT275 radio, MXTA25 Ghost Antenna, custom antenna bracket, and the Archetype Racing SLAP/BPM dash mount
  • Midland Ghost Antenna mounted to the rear Bronco rollbar via the rear speaker mounts
  • Ran the antenna wire above the side airbags with some sticky wire clips
  • Midland Ghost antenna tucked out of the way and hidden inside
  • 3' CAT-6 Extension will be tucked behind the center console panel when not in use. Then I can just pull it out and plug the mic in when I want to run the radio.
  • Radio tucked up into the dash, above the glovebox and wired into upfitter aux switch #6
  • Archetype Racing SLAP / BPM + BALLS mounted
  • RAM arm with the Tackform CB Mic Mount
  • Mic fits perfectly
  • GMRS Mic cable routed under the dash