Fitting A CB Radio To A Skoda Yeti

If you ever plan to go green laning with a group of people, we personally think it's almost essential to have a CB in your car. If for nothing other than for the leader of the group to communicate to the rear person if a gate needs to be closed after the group has gone through. Also, if you've seen our Wales off-roading video, you'll have an idea about the great sense of humour that people have 😄. CB's are also a fantastic bit of kit to have because they generally will keep working where mobile phones do not due to a lack of signal.

As with all of our other videos, they are mier guides and not how-to videos because there is a multitude of different ways this could've been done with different CB's and different antenna mounts. It's there to give people an idea on how to have a working CB in their own car if they so wish 😀. Oh, and yes, we are well aware that the drip loop isn't in the most perfect of places in the video 😁.

We opted for a non-permanent install, just like what we have done with our Freelander 2. That means no screw holes and you don't have to tap into any of the electronics to power it. We have routed the antenna wire through the existing hole behind the rear light, through the car and into the back of the CB. The antenna is mounted onto the roof by using a mag-mount base. The CB radio mount base is stuck into the car using some 3M velcro tape. Tha CB radio is then powered from the 12v power socket from within the car. Lastly, the external speaker is just put into the cubby in-between the driver and passenger seat. 😀

The only thing I'd suggest is if you do follow this video and you want to mag-mount it similar to ours, go for a bigger 6 or 7 inch mag-mount base as the small one seen in this video did fine on the road, not so fine off-road 😂.

A link to Thunderpoles website: https://www.thunderpole.co.uk/