Shorty Antenna...

Post by **racer12306** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 6:27 pm

iThane wrote:
racer12306 wrote:Clockwise - tighten

counter clockwise - loosen.
"righty tighty
lefty loosey! "

only if you are looking at it the right way.

iThane · Post by **iThane** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 6:30 pm

racer12306 wrote:
iThane wrote:
"righty tighty
lefty loosey! "

only if you are looking at it the right way.[/quote]

very true.. it doesn't always work i've discovered lol.

Post by **occasional demons** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 6:53 pm

orangeneon05, if the one from Modern was aluminum, it prolly corroded in there, and seized. Some antiseize may have helped future removal. But this advice only helps those looking to install an aluminum antenna. If the threaded part is stainless steel, be prepared for your life to suck drilling it out. Stainless is a pain to machine, and that is a small diameter "screw", so there is little room for error, and the easyout needed will be small and fragile. If you snap it off in a blind hole, you are done.

iThane wrote:
"righty tighty
lefty loosey! "

probably the only thing i can remember from my one week
experience in boy scouts. i soon realized that i was surrounded
by a bunch of tree hugging gospel singers so i bailed as soon as
i could..

Be glad they didn't start calling you "Righty", and inviting you for a nature walk.

darthroush · Post by **darthroush** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 9:20 pm

The antenna ball wouldn't come off on mine, so I heated it up a lot with a propane torch, put the towel on with vise-grips and it popped right off.

orangeneon05 · Post by **orangeneon05** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 10:59 pm

i just barley twisted my ball with vise-grips on both ends and cloth and it popped right of easy peasy.

SXTwolfe · Post by **SXTwolfe** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 5:35 am

tried heating mine. had it on a flame until it was hot enough to feel the heat from about three inches away and still nothing. its currently at 14 inches long right in the middle of the suggested 13-15. quality is not bad just cuts out to nothing at all alot. i personally do not listen to the radio much so does not bother me. probably going to end up buying a shorty or seeing if i can rig one of the "laid back" antennae you normally see on the newer cars.

orangeneon05 · Post by **orangeneon05** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 12:24 pm

the laid back antenna... is that the shark fin antennas?

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 12:53 pm

I really wanted one of those shark fin antennas like the BMWs have. Those suckers are damn sweet!

orangeneon05 · Post by **orangeneon05** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 12:54 pm

i know i would get a black one however im not about to cut my roof.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 12:55 pm

I would imagine you'd only have to drill a hole for the cable to come through. Perhaps another one or two for bolts too, but that's nothing major.

orangeneon05 · Post by **orangeneon05** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 12:56 pm

what about waterproofing it?....

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 1:06 pm

I imagine there's a gasket between the roof and the antenna, much like on a spoiler.

orangeneon05 · Post by **orangeneon05** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 1:07 pm

yea i would assume so. i think the shark fin would be wicked

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 1:08 pm

Sooooo... go do it!

orangeneon05 · Post by **orangeneon05** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 1:09 pm

i dont have one of those antennas and i dont think my parents would like that. they dont understand half of the stuff i do to my car.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 1:10 pm

If they won't understand it anyways, just do it and show them your stock antenna being busted as the reason why you did it that way.

tell them it was cheaper to do that than to fix the one you have now.

orangeneon05 · Post by **orangeneon05** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 1:20 pm

lol hahha yea im waiting until i move out for that antenna because i want to patch the passenger side quarter panel where the antenna receiver is so its all flush and OEM looking you know.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 1:43 pm

Why patch? Just buy fiberglass fenders.

SXTwolfe · Post by **SXTwolfe** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 5:43 pm

TheRandom1 wrote:I really wanted one of those shark fin antennas like the BMWs have. Those suckers are damn sweet!

agreed. im trying to look into finding them now. will have ot look after work though. if i can manage it i would end up putting it where the stock one was that way less holes in the car.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:11 pm

You're going to put a shark fin antenna on your fender?

That's going to look as retarded as two midgets fucking a horse...

darthroush · Post by **darthroush** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 10:10 pm

TheRandom1 wrote:You're going to put a shark fin antenna on your fender?

That's going to look as retarded as two midgets fucking a horse...

orangeneon05 · Post by **orangeneon05** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 10:56 pm

i love it!