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Old May 17, 2006 | 01:47 PM
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anyone installed an xm radio?

If so how did you do the antenna?
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Old May 17, 2006 | 01:55 PM
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I did mine out the 3rd brake light. Looks good.

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Old May 17, 2006 | 01:56 PM
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DO you have any pics of it? Our truck is currently umm torn apart lol
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Old May 17, 2006 | 02:18 PM
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on my 3rd gen, i ran it out the hinge area up the weather striping and up in the windshield gap to the center of my roof centered on the center clearance light. a nice and easy install. the 3rd brake requires the liner to be removed (boo)
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Old May 17, 2006 | 02:21 PM
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I'm liking the 3rd brake light idea, our truck interior is gone right now so one more thing isn't going to kill us, I hope. But the cable is long enough so looks like that will be the way.

Edit: ok so we fed the wire through the 3rd brake light. Didn't even have to drop the headliner. ran it along the "c" pillar and along side the factory speaker wires. Pretty easy. Now we just have to finish running all the power/speaker wires for everything else we're putting in. Thanks for all the input.
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Old May 17, 2006 | 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by 2-Stroke
on my 3rd gen, i ran it out the hinge area up the weather striping and up in the windshield gap to the center of my roof centered on the center clearance light. a nice and easy install. the 3rd brake requires the liner to be removed (boo)
I ran my Sirius over the windshield. Thinking about moving it to out the third brake light. Something to do when I'm bored.
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Old May 17, 2006 | 06:44 PM
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I've got my antenna in the middle of the dash inside the truck. I don't lose reception very often at all
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Old May 17, 2006 | 06:55 PM
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I just velcrowed mine on the dash about an inch from the windscreen it seems to work just fine
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Old May 18, 2006 | 09:37 AM
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I ran my Sirius over the windshield. Thinking about moving it to out the third brake light. Something to do when I'm bored.
I just go fishing
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Old May 18, 2006 | 09:43 AM
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Ran mine out the center running light on my one ton. Sits about 2 inches behind the light.
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Old May 18, 2006 | 04:44 PM
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ran mine in the third light look at my picks
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Old May 21, 2006 | 11:51 AM
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I put mine through the 3rd brakelight, had to use a little silicone, water would follow the wire down and leak into my cab......

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Old May 21, 2006 | 05:13 PM
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I also ran my antenna wire out the third brake light housing. It sits about two inches forward of the light in the center of the roof. I had to notch the housing just a bit where the wire came through and I used a touch of clear body silicone to seal it. No issues since. has been that way about two years now.
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Old May 22, 2006 | 07:15 AM
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here is mine mounted - it is very simple vs the 3rd brake light route.


9 ways to skin a cat though!
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