Installing satellite radio on Mazda B400 (Ranger)

Anyone here install a Sirius satellite radio as an aftermarket add-on
to a Ranger of Mazda B-series?

I recently purchased a Mini Cooper and got the Sirius radio built in
and I'd like to install Sirius in my 97 Mazda B4000.

The installation kit comes with an antenna that must mount on top of
the roof and the small-diameter coaxial cable lead from the antenna
must snake around the windshield molding, etc., etc., into the cab.
It seems to me that I could mount the antenna toward the back of the
cab roof, drill a small hole in the plastic lens for the third brake
light (the one on the top rear of the cab), run the coax through the
hole in the lens, seal the hole with silicon sealant, then run the
coax through the same hole as the wires for the brake light, snake it
through the space between the headliner and the cab roof, then down
inside the pillar between the windshield and the door, bring it out
under the dash, and connect it to the Sirius receiver, which will be
mounted on a goose-neck mount bolted to the floor using one of the
bolts that holds the seat track in place.

Anyone else try this?

Or, tell me how you mounted your Sirius satellite radio antenna and
how did you get the cable inside the truck.

Thanks.

On Dec 3, 7:41 pm, "Jeff Strickland" <cr....TakeThisOut@verizon.net> wrote:
> The directions _say_ the antenna must be on the roof, but as a practical
> matter the antenna works just fine at the base of the windsield on the
> inside of your truck. I had XM in my car, and later in a truck that was
> stolen with the XM in it, and the antenna was placed on the dashboard at the
> base of the windshield where it worked just fine. If you put the antenna
> inside the car at the base of the windshield, you remove one of the
> attractions that thieves look for, and you get the bonus of avoiding new
> holes that you don't want to make in the first place. If your antenna wants
> to slide around on the dashboard, you can get double-stick tape or velcro to
> hold it in place.
>
> "Kickin' Ass and Takin' Names" <PopUlist....TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote in messagenews:1ada2fb4-2ffe-4a2d-9500-ce36e617b286@o6g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > Anyone here install a Sirius satellite radio as an aftermarket add-on
> > to a Ranger of Mazda B-series?
>
> > I recently purchased a Mini Cooper and got the Sirius radio built in
> > and I'd like to install Sirius in my 97 Mazda B4000.
>
> > The installation kit comes with an antenna that must mount on top of
> > the roof and the small-diameter coaxial cable lead from the antenna
> > must snake around the windshield molding, etc., etc., into the cab.
> > It seems to me that I could mount the antenna toward the back of the
> > cab roof, drill a small hole in the plastic lens for the third brake
> > light (the one on the top rear of the cab), run the coax through the
> > hole in the lens, seal the hole with silicon sealant, then run the
> > coax through the same hole as the wires for the brake light, snake it
> > through the space between the headliner and the cab roof, then down
> > inside the pillar between the windshield and the door, bring it out
> > under the dash, and connect it to the Sirius receiver, which will be
> > mounted on a goose-neck mount bolted to the floor using one of the
> > bolts that holds the seat track in place.
>
> > Anyone else try this?
>
> > Or, tell me how you mounted your Sirius satellite radio antenna and
> > how did you get the cable inside the truck.
>
> > Thanks.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thanks, Jeff. I have wondered about that. I have a handheld GPS unit
that works just fine lying on the dash and I've often thought that the
satellite radio should do the same -- after all, both the GPS and the
sat radio are receiving tiny signals from satellites and the
windshield does not bother the GPS at all.