I was looking to secure my license plate holder when I needed to use the winch. I had some extra picture hanging cable from the home improvement store. I attached it to the mounting bracket screw on the back and used a bolt/nut/washer combo to secure it to the roller fairlead. Just some extra...
I took the rest of the 11/32" plywood I had from the bed project and made a panel for behind the cab. I painted it with flat black and silhouetted the tools with red spray paint. I used quick fists mounted to the panel. I have a small molle panel on order to install on the right side there. I...
Got the Rugged Ridge Hard Rolling Bed Cover recently and wanted to put all my gear in the bed including my gas cans. This is a bed mat I found on amazon. I cut 11/32 plywood to the same size and secured its edges to the plywood. I used some nickel anchors from Lowes and two straps with bungee...
The metal screw to the bed provides the grounding.
This is a no ground plane antenna. Jeeps just don't have enough metal for ground plane antennae.
It works well. I've been talking to hams via our local repeater 7 miles away.
Take a look at the pics. I used the factory drilled holes on the inside of the bed. I used a piece of flat aluminum from Lowes and bent/drilled it to fit. Antenna wire is run under cab and comes up through a factory hole in the floor in front of driver's side rear seat. No drill and no fuss.