Just did my Antena :)

foxracing7469ab · Post by **foxracing7469ab** » Sat Nov 13, 2010 5:43 pm

So i cut it down its about 14" now

Here s some pics

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heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Sat Nov 13, 2010 5:56 pm

Looks good. I think you should have went a tad bit shorter though.

Post by **occasional demons** » Sat Nov 13, 2010 6:26 pm

You'll poke your eye out with that thing!

foxracing7469ab · Post by **foxracing7469ab** » Sat Nov 13, 2010 7:36 pm

I'm still thinking about it, it was super easy

and won't be hard to take a little more off

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Sat Nov 13, 2010 7:42 pm

I think it looks good at that height. I cut mine a little lower on my old car and the radio reception sucked after that. We have a ton of hills and valleys here so that doesn't help. Now the 3" chode antenna on the silver car.... yeah I get bad reception with that thing

FYI... your thread title is BEGGING for a joke to be made about it. Like literally, you're WALKING into it... but I won't go there

r/tguy02 · Post by **r/tguy02** » Sat Nov 13, 2010 7:59 pm

when i saw this thread i was prepared to see a cowboys pennant hanging off the antenna but you proved me wrong

Good job though

did the modification affect your reception at all?

foxracing7469ab · Post by **foxracing7469ab** » Sat Nov 13, 2010 9:26 pm

r/t guy02--well i haven't drove anywhere since i put it back on but while the paint was drying i drove to my dads (which is out in the country) than into Rockford and no problems really

And yea sidepipe i think i like it the way it is i keep debating but im pretty sure i wanna leave it there and i knew you would comment on that bahaha i knew it would grab peoples attention so that way i got feedback haha.

Post by **racer12306** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 12:15 am

I need to make another shorty antenna. Unless Hudson isn't using the one I gave him a couple years ago.

foxracing7469ab · Post by **foxracing7469ab** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 12:31 am

I love it, i wasn't going to do it but than i looked at a few on here and i really liked it

Post by **racer12306** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 12:38 am

This is what I'm talking about:

I made it at my Dad's.

XxWhiteNeonxX · Post by **XxWhiteNeonxX** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 9:45 am

sidepipe87 wrote:I think it looks good at that height. I cut mine a little lower on my old car and the radio reception sucked after that. We have a ton of hills and valleys here so that doesn't help. Now the 3" chode antenna on the silver car.... yeah I get bad reception with that thing

FYI... your thread title is BEGGING for a joke to be made about it. Like literally, you're WALKING into it... but I won't go there

chode antenna FTL! i get absolutely no reception with it

foxracing7469ab · Post by **foxracing7469ab** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 10:48 am

Yea those are nice and i thought about doing one of those just because mainly i dont use the radio, i have the ipod on all the time

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 11:21 am

I still get fine reception with mine. I listen to morgantown channels too (~hour away).

Its a little shorter then the roof. Not much smaller then yours.

foxracing7469ab · Post by **foxracing7469ab** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 11:44 am

looks great man i like it

00Neon RCR · Post by **00Neon RCR** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 4:45 pm

sidepipe87 wrote:I think it looks good at that height. I cut mine a little lower on my old car and the radio reception sucked after that. We have a ton of hills and valleys here so that doesn't help. Now the 3" chode antenna on the silver car.... yeah I get bad reception with that thing

FYI... your thread title is BEGGING for a joke to be made about it. Like literally, you're WALKING into it... but I won't go there

that's why you get satellite radio and just slap a shorty antenna on there or shave it

NEON PARABOLA · Post by **NEON PARABOLA** » Tue Nov 30, 2010 9:52 pm

awwww it's cute!

foxracing7469ab · Post by **foxracing7469ab** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 4:21 am

Thanks lol

orangeneon05 · Post by **orangeneon05** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 5:58 pm

heres my little guy i cut down this winter and painted black.

its about half as long as the stock one great reception.

yours looks great too.

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 6:17 pm

That's about the height that mine was on the old neon. I listen to the radio all the time, so reception was always a big deal to me, but that height seems to do just fine.

logikfive · Post by **logikfive** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:15 pm

I gotta do this..

I never realized it until I took it out for a photoshoot and saw how dang long it is. It looks like 2 feet taller than the roof of the car.. Horrible!

I think 14" is a nice length.. Those super stubby thick antennas look silly and out of place to me... JMO tho..

foxracing7469ab · Post by **foxracing7469ab** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:09 pm

14" is a good look on the neons i love mine!

orangeneon05 · Post by **orangeneon05** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 11:21 pm

this is a post i did on the same topic thought it would help

orangeneon05 wrote:hey for everyone cutting their stock antenna i have some nice information that might be helpful for the "right length to cut..
i google searched this and i found this website and yes its a ford site but thats alright i guess.

http://www.mustangworld.com/ourpics/fcar/antenna1.htm

and in the fist little bit of the paragraph it states the following

[ Reader Tip: For frequencies in the normal FM band (90-100Mhz) a length between 26 and 31 " will be fine. If you want to go smaller I recommend you use multiple of this ie 13 to 15.5" in order to maintain reasonable reception. - John the Ham radio operator and SVT driver (not at the same time ]

upon reading this i grabbed my stock antenna and measured it and it is exactly 31" so if your cutting your stock i would go down to the 15" or 13" mqrk like the website suggests.

ill be doing this mod soon and ill let you know if the lengths they suggested still provide great reception.

foxracing7469ab · Post by **foxracing7469ab** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 10:27 am

Wow that is a lot of good info! Thanks

orangeneon05 · Post by **orangeneon05** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 10:37 pm

no problem it helped a lot and has proven true to my findings.

foxracing7469ab · Post by **foxracing7469ab** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:57 am

Yea i liked that a lot it was really helpful!

esfan · Post by **esfan** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:00 am

The reception is horrible with a MPx antenna for me.

Looks much nicer with a shorter antenna OP, it actually makes the car looks lower LOL.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:21 am

I did the cut down method on mine too, was incredibly easy, and a great mod. The only problem I've had with mine is the ball fell off, so I sharpened the end and have a spike now, haha.

orangeneon05 · Post by **orangeneon05** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:12 pm

lol for me to put my ball on i filed down the tip and then tapped it on with a hammer (very carfully)

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:29 pm

I did the same thing, and it came off still.

orangeneon05 · Post by **orangeneon05** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 4:00 pm

dang that sucks....