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<p><font face="Arial">I've just looked at my X-Trail and I think
I've lost any enthusiasm I had for installing radios, hi. I
think the engine block was poured in situ!<br>
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<p><font face="Arial">The main frame of the vehicle - subframe,
floor pan, roof, firewall and door frames - seems to be a welded
mass of metal to which mudguards, bonnet, doors, etc are bolted,
so any bolts attaching components to the sub-frame could be a
possibility. A "Z" bracket coming out from under the bonnet
could possibly utilise one of the mudguard mounting bolts. A
magbase on the edge of the bonnet could be earthed via a short
lead to a mudguard mount or the bonnet hinge mount. Most bonnets
are not purposely earthed so heavy(ish) straps (RG213 braid,
e.g.) around the hinges could be beneficial. A couple of
possibilities there, but this is just one specific vehicle. <br>
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<p><font face="Arial">My days of crawling over and under vehicles to
install radios ended a long time ago; these days I'm the wrong
shape for crawling under, and multi-focal spectacles don't work
well upside down under a dash.</font></p>
<p>Ray</p>
<p> vk2tv<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 04/12/17 08:23, Glen English VK1XX
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cite="mid:0c8dab1c-cbb3-e2ea-39ce-abfd9bfbe33d@pacificmedia.com.au">In
looking for a place to attach a ground strap, consider that
ideally, you want the largest continous area of metal. That is
probably the engine bay firewall (which would attach to the upper
body, roof etc) , fender mounts, or in the rear, hinge mounts of
the rear hatch, etc.
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Anyone else have any input here on where to connect on a modern
vehicle to maximise surface area ?
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comeon. ???
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I am a bit out of tough on modern vehicles. (I have a 2005 XC90
which if you pass a RG58 through a door seal will squash it flat
and cause a short... hence requiring coax entry through a bung in
the spare tyre well under the vehicle)
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