WRUT470 Posted November 11, 2022 Report Share Posted November 11, 2022 Looking for drill free options to mount an antenna on a aluminum body truck. If anyone found anything that worked well and would not mind sharing options/pics of the set up I would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRKC935 Posted November 11, 2022 Report Share Posted November 11, 2022 JB-weld a mag mount to the top of the vehicle weaverrm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayoverthere Posted November 11, 2022 Report Share Posted November 11, 2022 (edited) The spendy option is the bulletproof diesel 3rd brake light mount, which slots in between the light and the body, and gives one or two nmo mounts. They run in the 350-500 range, depending on 1 or 2, and truck. https://bulletproofdiesel.com/collections/antenna-mounts At the more reasonable end are geotool.com and breedlove, primarily stake pocket mounts. Geotool does require drilling in some, in the bottom of the stake pocket only. Afaik, both options ring in under $100. https://breedlovemounts.com/store/ols/categories/stake-pocket-bracket https://www.geotool.com/antmount.htm On the inexpensive end are the bracket mounts that go on one of the fender bolts and sit in the gap between hood and fender. Both generic and model specific options exist, and range from $15 to 40 or so. https://www.amazon.com/Laird-Technologies-Shaped-Antenna-Bracket/dp/B004Z8RT3O (this one is $17.50...going to be switching one of my mag mounts to this shortly, actually) american radio supply has a few ford specific brackets: https://www.americanradiosupply.com/2015-2020-ford-no-hole-antenna-fender-mounting-bracket-am-412/ valley enterprises also has a wide variety of specific and generic fender mounts https://www.valley-ent.com/store/brackets/ Edited November 11, 2022 by wayoverthere added links WRUU653 and WRUT470 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxCar Posted November 11, 2022 Report Share Posted November 11, 2022 I have a Land Rover and use a trunk lip mount on the hood, WRUT470 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gortex2 Posted November 11, 2022 Report Share Posted November 11, 2022 I drilled a hole. Will be much happier in the end. 3/4" NMO will outlast the vehicle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bd348 Posted November 11, 2022 Report Share Posted November 11, 2022 A self-adhesive metal disc which sticks to the hood and allows a magnet mount. A nice advantage is that the mag mount is not scraping the paint job, thus saving the aluminum underneath. TAF DISC3.5 There is a larger size as well. Midland has a few mag mounts available with similar metal discs. WRUT470 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRUT470 Posted November 11, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2022 This is perfect.....thanks so much for all the info and the links to these products!!! wayoverthere 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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