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shorter antena
Thursday, May 18, 2006 7:04 PM
i dont like the look of my antenna is there any way i can get a shorter one? maybe from a different car? i just dont like how it sits above the rood line, maybe i can get one of the VW golf and just screw it in? thanks




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Re: shorter antena
Thursday, May 18, 2006 7:06 PM
I got the little rubber mast antenna from Auto Zone. works for me.


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Re: shorter antena
Thursday, May 18, 2006 7:09 PM
alright thanks man what rims are those! i love them




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Re: shorter antena
Thursday, May 18, 2006 7:10 PM
Z24 FReQ (Jarett) wrote:I got the little rubber mast antenna from Auto Zone. works for me.


I think they actually look really good. I got one because my electric antenna broke, and everytime i turned my car on it would make this loud grinding noise. But yeah, those one's from auto zone look good, and they're really cheap, less than $10 I believe.


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Re: shorter antena
Thursday, May 18, 2006 7:13 PM
what rubber mast antenna do you have? im looking to replace mine too but just dont know which one your talking about. pics would be helpful if any. thanks maan


Re: shorter antena
Thursday, May 18, 2006 7:34 PM
I bought a "stub antenna" off Ebay. Its about 12 inches long, rubber, gives same signal quality too. Only cost me like $12 too.
Re: shorter antena
Thursday, May 18, 2006 7:47 PM
here's a view of the antenna



young_Z95 wrote:alright thanks man what rims are those! i love them


you mean the black rims? or the ones that are in my sig?



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Re: shorter antena
Thursday, May 18, 2006 7:48 PM
thanks for da pic, i think ima be picking me up one after i get off work tomarrow. thanks again


Re: shorter antena
Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:52 PM
Exodus 259 wrote:I bought a "stub antenna" off Ebay. Its about 12 inches long, rubber, gives same signal quality too. Only cost me like $12 too.


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Re: shorter antena
Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:04 PM
I think I got mine for about $7


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Re: shorter antena
Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:18 PM
i got mine for like $5-7 and i think it looks way better than a tall stock antenna. Only thing is is when your going down the road it gets bent way back, and then i occasionally have to bend it back straight.




Re: shorter antena
Thursday, May 18, 2006 10:51 PM
what is required to install one?? is it a "plug and play" type of deal?
might be another project for me tomorrow... i have from 11-6:30 to kill... so i plan on hopefully washing the car, if i get taht accomplished then wax it... may add this to my list!!





Re: shorter antena
Thursday, May 18, 2006 10:57 PM
the old one just screws off, the new one just screws on. you might need a small pair of pliers if the old one is on too tight.


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Re: shorter antena
Friday, May 19, 2006 3:31 AM
hell i just took a dremel to my stock one.. i hated how tall the stock one is but i thick the thicker shorter rubber ones look goofy.. so i just took a dremel and cut about a foot off of it.. actually put the end right around the roof line.. then i just cut the lil copper ball tip off the peice i cut off and used some JB Weld on it to the remaing peice to make it look factory.. i love it.. not majorly noticable but it is a nice touch.. then i just used some black paint and painted teh end if it was scratched or sumthing..




Re: shorter antena
Friday, May 19, 2006 3:55 AM
Z24 FReQ (Jarett) wrote:here's a view of the antenna



young_Z95 wrote:alright thanks man what rims are those! i love them


you mean the black rims? or the ones that are in my sig?


the black rims




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Re: shorter antena
Friday, May 19, 2006 5:37 AM
i dont have a rubber one

i just have a small metal one with like a coil lookin thing in the middle...



Re: shorter antena
Friday, May 19, 2006 6:27 AM
i have a nice small billet antenna i got off ebay...check my cardomain site...i love it...no loss of reception....


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Re: shorter antena
Friday, May 19, 2006 11:11 AM
If you're getting any body work done, that would be a good opportunity to just shave it completely. That's what I did. Now I have one tucked up inside at the top of my rear windshield.




Re: shorter antena
Friday, May 19, 2006 6:02 PM
i use a "on-star" antenna instead.
Re: shorter antena
Saturday, May 20, 2006 1:01 AM
Manta Z (The Primered One) wrote:Hell, I just took a dremel to my stock one. I hated how tall the stock one was, but I think the short rubber ones look goofy. I took a dremel and cut about a foot off of it. Now it is pretty much equal with the roof line. Next, I cut the little ball off and used some JB Weld to make it look factory. I love it. Nothing majorly noticable, but it is a nice touch. Finally, I used some black paint and painted the end of it because it was scratched.

I did the exact same thing to mine. It was 31" before and now it's about 16". I love the way it looks. I think it looks much sportier now than it did before.



I too hate the short rubber antennas. Whenever I see them in pictures they are all bent and ghetto looking. Just my .02 though.







Re: shorter antena
Saturday, May 20, 2006 8:01 AM
I got mine from Auto Zone for 5 dollars lol




Re: shorter antena
Sunday, May 21, 2006 10:29 AM
Exodus 259 wrote:I bought a "stub antenna" off Ebay. Its about 12 inches long, rubber, gives same signal quality too. Only cost me like $12 too.


x3 looks great



Re: shorter antena
Sunday, May 21, 2006 10:34 AM
i got a Corvette 8inch antenna...it doesn't bent liekt he rubber ones and has pretty good reception





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Re: shorter antena
Sunday, May 21, 2006 11:23 AM
i have a two inch tall antenna that i custom made and i'll post a pic on friday when i put my new rims on and im already taking some pics.
Re: shorter antena
Sunday, May 21, 2006 4:49 PM
wow lots of different antennas lol all of them are what im looking for
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