CB antenna cable routing.

There is an access point on the outside of the B pillar on LHS under the black pillar cover (about shoulder height) which takes you into the cabin, believe it was used by VW for wiring roof lights etc in gen1 Transiberia models fitted with roof cages.

Haven't got a pic I can pull up but it only takes a couple of minutes to remove the black trim piece and you can have a look if it will work for you, you may have enough room to run 12V up there as well.

If I find what I think I saved I'll do a follow up post.

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Calcifur83 said:

I am planning to instal a CB into my 2007 facelift Touareg.

I don't want to be drilling holes into the truck if I don't have to. So I have had this crazy idea to mount all my lights and 'off Road' gubbins (spot light etc..) to my roof box and make it all de-mountable if required.

My thoughts are to mount the antenna to the side of the roof box and run the antenna cable into cabin. But how? Is there an easy access point around the tailgate?

As mentioned above if I don't have to drill holes in the car I would rather not.

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Have a look here.... Way Through Firewall?
Whilst the schematic is more orientated to the 7P model, it will give you a head start.
I have photos stored elsewhere which give more detail for the 7L. I'll see if I can dig them up.

***Sorry..... was viewing this on my phone at the time of posting (out hunting and gathering with the bride). I realise now, my info is a little skewed to your request, Apologies.

@seafarer28 ,
That's perfect! I had read somewhere about that access point but could never fully find out how you got into it. The document I saw had a special bulkhead connection set up. That could work perfectly for what I need! I will need to see what connectors are easily available to replicate that OEM-type setup.

THIS would be the best kind of thing I can find at the moment. Not sure how good it would be to run the RF antenna through this as well as the 12v supply to the lights etc. Ideally, I would like to have everything mounted to the roof box and effectively run 1x umbilical cable from the box to the truck.

@Steve_L,

Thanks for the post, I will be running some form of cabling from the engine bay at some point so any info for this is helpful. For my model, I believe the best way through is the path that the bonnet release would take on the LHD versions.

Thanks all

@Calcifur83 does that cover just pop off or are there fasteners? Yes, I'm lazy.

@C-ya there is a small plastic cover at the bottom. It swivels round to reveal 2x torx head screws. Undo them and pull the bottom of the panel out and down and it slides off.
To replace it locate tabs in the top and slide up. It's easy.


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@Calcifur83 thanks for the info. Is that a Baofeng in your cup holder? I have a couple of those. Great little hand helds for the price.

My mobile rig is an Icom ID-880H. I have the antenna cable of my mag mount antenna going through the front passenger door seal at the top rear corner the moment as that is my least used door. Looking for a cleaner install but I don't want to drill through the roof for an NMO mount.

Yeah it's UV-5R. As you say a pretty good radio for the money. Although I hardly ever use it. I got my licence years ago and rushed out and got a Yaesu FT-817. Its a brilliant little radio and does everything. But never actually use the bloody thing.

Thinking about putting a small CB (thunderpole T-3000) for off roading and a little 2m rig for accessing repeaters in the Touareg. The plan is to mount the antenna on either side of my roof box that is always on the roof and run the cables through the B-Pillar. At least it would be semi factory intended!!



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I have a Yaesu FT-100D for an all band, all mode rig but the oscillator drifts so I can't use it with repeaters. I also have a couple different CBs as they are great when traveling to keep up with road conditions. They are not permanent installs since I don't want to deal with the antennas (antennae?) all the time.

I park in the garage in the winter so I have to keep my antennas short or mounted where they are inefficient or easily moveable. That's why I use mag mounts since they are easy to move around. I use good antennas so even though they are mag mount, I don't lose much performance. When I win the lottery and build myself a new house with tall garage doors, I can leave them mounted all the time. LOL