UHF aerial mount (no bull bar)

[Bmhdg1976 Member Find all posts View Profile Close Bmhdg1976]

Evening all...

well as as the title suggest, I am looking to find the best way to mount a UHF aerial when you don’t have a nudge bar or bull bar.

i have seen the Hilux front guard types, but I think they will bend too much with the weight of the aerial.
I have come across a mount that attaches (I think) to the bonnet hinge bolts

This is for the Hilux, but have been in contact with the manufacturer and he said others have put them on to Fortuners and used them for aerial mounts.

My question is has anyone seen these type of brackets before or have any thoughts on them?
they seem quite solid as is using 4mm powder coated steel.

Edit: link for those that may be interested...
http://www.budscustoms.com.au/hilux-...ts-bracket-kit

thanks

BJ

[Spook1205 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Spook1205]

They look pretty solid and bonus is if it doesn't work out you can just unbolt it. How are the guard mount ones attached you looked at?
I have drilled a few guards in my day for guard mount aerials on land cruisers and there is no turning back.

[Bmhdg1976 Member Find all posts View Profile Close Bmhdg1976]

Seeing as has been a long while since I posted this, has anyone tried these out or found something to attach an aerial without a bull bar/nudge bar?

[Frazza Member Find all posts View Profile Close Frazza]

Hi BJ, the installer I used put a bracket of the underside of the front roof rack. The cord goes up on the side of the windscreen, can hardly see it. They use some silicon too on the cord to hold it in groove on side of windscreen.

[Anthony Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Anthony]

A guy in our 4WD club's done similar to Frazza. His aerial is attached to his roof top basket on one of those fold down antenna bases. He puts it up & down as needed.

[Bmhdg1976 Member Find all posts View Profile Close Bmhdg1976]

Thanks
do t have roof racks or the like at the moment so not an option.
Going to grab a set of these tomorrow and hoping to install Friday so will let you know how we get on.

[Bmhdg1976 Member Find all posts View Profile Close Bmhdg1976]

Ok so grabbed these today and they look very solid.
Have satup beside the bonnet mount and are going to sit very nicely. Can’t wait to get them installed!

[Bmhdg1976 Member Find all posts View Profile Close Bmhdg1976]

Couldn’t wait and got the bracket installed... will do uhf tomorrow.
Bracket sits perfectly!

[Razscarl Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Razscarl]

Howdy,
looks great. How has it held up?
Im looking at the same thing and wondering if you’ve had any probs?
where did you get them?

cheers