I dont know if anyone has posted this before but I bought a cheap shorty antenna from wal-mart...looked like this and cost me 9 dollars or something
Anywhoo, It says its a simple install only requiring 1 cut. I found a way to do it without cutting or drilling anything. This is probably the next easiest install after just screwing on a stock vette antenna.
So here it goes...
1 Remove Stock antenna (Outside part, the actual antenna) using an 8 or 9 mm wrench.
2. Peel Carpet back from the inside of the trunk.
3. Loosen 2 bolts (7mm) that hold the antenna bracket to the inside of the trunk.
3. Wiggle the lower antenna bracket until it slides out of the rubber gromet in the body of the car.
4. Take new shorty antenna and remove it from its base, its just screwed on.
5. Find a bolt to fit the base of the short antenna stud, will probably require a trip to the hardware store for most of you.-
6. Screw the bolt halfway onto the shory antenna so that half the threads are still exposed.
7. Screw the shorty antenna and bolt onto the stock antenna bracket, they're the same size, tighten everything..
8. Make sure rubber antenna grommet is stil installed in the antenna hole in the body
9. Put the shorty antenna through the rubber gromet and simply pull it through the stock rubber grommet. (It is a tight fit which may require some lube
10. You wont be able to install both bolts to hold the antenna bracket into the body unless you drill a hole, (One holds itt just fine)
-Just tighten it up and Wa-lah.
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if you need help installing an antenna, im sorry you should not be modding a car.
[quote=ßãggéÐÇåv98 (Ûñqùðtäߣè Øñé)]if you need help installing an antenna, im sorry you should not be modding a car.
Well then half the people on this site shouldnt be here.
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well god help those half of people get through life
[quote=ßãggéÐÇåv98 (Ûñqùðtäߣè Øñé)]well god help those half of people get through life
Seems like lately God has been made obsolete by
welfare.
Seriously though, I still poke around these forums even though last Fall marked the first time I had even changed a tire. Oddly, it coincided with the purchase of my MR7 rims. I managed to crossthread and mangle most of my rear wheel studs. Some would question what business I have even touching a car, but I learned from the error and didn't repeat the mistake.
Bottom line -- what better vehicle for the inept to tinker with? There isn't anything on these cars that can't be found in quantity at any auto wrecker, and even new parts tend to be cheap.
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what was i thinkin uesing an antenna off a mid to late 70's Triumph that i smuggled out of the yard when i could have spent 9 buck instead of a 5 finger discount. mines cooler
ShowOff Customz
03 Cavalier
73 Beetle
68 Fairlane 500
corection its off a 72 Fiat spider. ford product fits GM !!!!
ShowOff Customz
03 Cavalier
73 Beetle
68 Fairlane 500
stock antenea looks better then that thing. It made be shorter but its huge, it looks liek a dildo, I'd rather have the longer skinner one
Mine took 5 seconds to screw on, cost 4 bucks and looks better.
If you cant replace an antena.. ouch
haha, you also think body kits look good so whats that say
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Darkstars wrote:stock antenea looks better then that thing. It made be shorter but its huge, it looks liek a dildo, I'd rather have the longer skinner one
thats one narrow dildo. :roll:
i got mine off ebay for like $8 shipped. took less then a minute to install. just unscrew the original and screw the new one on.
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cavmania wrote:haha, you also think body kits look good so whats that say
so your basically dissing every car that has a bodykit. the last time i checked tho the best looking cars on the org had kits of some sort, bodykit and lip kit
BaggeDCav98 (UnquotaBLe One) wrote:if you need help installing an antenna, im sorry you should not be modding a car.
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i know some people here who can wire in accessory lights and have put on a/m antennas.. and well if u cant figure it out im sorry for ya cuz then ur making these couple guys look really smart.. there not.. but ur def making em look like it
and i agree with Darkstars.. i hate those thick rubber ones.. The stock one looks so much better..(to me, dont get a panty bunch) thats why i spent $20 on a good antenna instead of a ugly fat one
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g115/manta_z/newantenna.jpg
Why would you say cars with body kits look bad... are you serious? to each their own but i mean woah
Body kits are retarded. They serve no function other than making your car look gawdier than a normal cavalier.
Your car looks like it runs 10's but It'd probably be lucky to break 15's
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So why bother coming to a J-Body modding forum if you're just going to bash things that people do?
cuz hes a freakin punk thats why
ShowOff Customz
03 Cavalier
73 Beetle
68 Fairlane 500
Well im not trying to impress you or anything, I put looks over speed. Alot of people would rather have a nice looking car over a faster car.
BUT since you wana tell me why my car isnt up to par...
I think having a "Anodized blue fire extinguisher" in a car is stupid, so lets call it a day and move on.
cutting down stock antenna then soldering the ball one the top and repainting it ftw@!
halfJ99 wrote:cutting down stock antenna then soldering the ball one the top and repainting it ftw@!
x 2 cept i lost the ball... so i called it a day without it.... haha
lol sorry no pics...i gotta stop by a junkyard and get an antenna before im cutting down mine
Scotty B (AudioSlave) wrote:Well im not trying to impress you or anything, I put looks over speed. Alot of people would rather have a nice looking car over a faster car.
Hey, I agree 100%. Thats why I'm doing looks above anything else. Speeds costs a lot of money, and I don't feel like going into chapter 11/13 over modding a car, lol
