Thanks guy , alot , I shouldve thought of the firewall to get it outside myself , I must be getting old , thats how I will go , I was planning on puttin the antenna on the roof , on my older "other" truck I mounted it to the rear bumper and could still open the tailgate but on my titan I dont think I can still open the gate with the antenna there , so I was thinking of puttin it on the roof , not the best place i think but what are ya goin do , plus I have a topper on the truck so the bed rails is out of the question , but now at least I can run it outside and I will be buyin a new antenna anyhow so I can get whatever mount I need , unless you guys so some other ideas , but I'm not feeling the hood idea , BUT YOU KNOW , if it was a small enough antenna it might not bug me