Diamond K400 - What am I missing?

[Capt_Ron]

Ok... I'm confused

I ordered a Diamond K400 to put on either the hood or tailgate of my 2025 Wrangler Rubicon. I went to do a test fit and it won't fit over the lip on either the hood or tailgate. There appears to be what looks like a bead weld running along the lip and it is too thick for the mount. I tried taking pictures of it on the hood. I loosened the set screws all the way and removed the metal spacer on the mount and the mount won't go over the lip at all.

Am I missing something?

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[Sandevino]

I’ve got two K400’s on either side of my hood.

The K400 has a very narrow opening as it’s intended for skinny doors and lids. Widen the mouth of the opening a bit and it will slide right over the seam sealant.

Squeeze the mouth a bit once over the swam and install the screws.

On a side note, the allen screws are crap and strip easily. I replaced them with threaded bolts from Home Depot.

 

[Capt_Ron]

I’ve got two K400’s on either side of my hood.

The K400 has a very narrow opening as it’s intended for skinny doors and lids. Widen the mouth of the opening a bit and it will slide right over the seam sealant.

Squeeze the mouth a bit once over the swam and install the screws.

On a side note, the allen screws are crap and strip easily. I replaced them with threaded bolts from Home Depot.

Thanks! I wasn't sure if that would affect the mount strength. Good tip on the set screws

 

[Capt_Ron]

I tried to open up the mount and was able to get it open a little, but it's not even close to fitting.

I think I'll just go with a cowl or fender mount, or a spare tire bolt mount. I was going that the K400 would allow me to easily test different antenna locations

 

[Sandevino]

The seams are too thick on the tailgate for the K400 but they fit fine on the hood.

 

[Capt_Ron]

The seams are too thick on the tailgate for the K400 but they fit fine on the hood.

It is the same on my hood, unfortunately. I tried that the other day and again today and it isn't even close. The picture in my original post is the hood.

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