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On Thursday, January 30, 2014 2:03:04 PM UTC-6, Ralph Mowery wrote:

I've still been too chicken to drill any holes in my
newer Toyota, and haven't run any radios from it yet.
If I want to run mobile, I have to use one of my old trucks.

I have seen some clever mounts that slide into a trailer receiver. Some
home brew, some commercial.

"Sal"

On Friday, January 31, 2014 3:34:25 PM UTC-6, Sal M. O'Nella wrote:
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On Thursday, January 30, 2014 2:03:04 PM UTC-6, Ralph Mowery wrote:



I've still been too chicken to drill any holes in my

newer Toyota, and haven't run any radios from it yet.

If I want to run mobile, I have to use one of my old trucks.



I have seen some clever mounts that slide into a trailer receiver. Some

home brew, some commercial.



"Sal"

There isn't much way to attach one of those on that car. There
is no real bumper per say, and underneath is just trunk floor,
which doesn't look too strong.
But even if I could do it, I'm not sure I would bother.
Hitch mounts are a horrible place to mount as far as performance.

I've pretty much given up trying to do anything with that car.
If I really had to have it, I'd drill a hole in the truck like
I did the Accord. But I found with that car, after a period of
using the antennas, the flexing and such sort of warped the
trunk lid a bit around the hole. And that was with it reinforced
underneath with a steel plate. I don't want to risk that with this
one. I'd pondered maybe using a trunk lip mount, but even that
makes me nervous.