Yeah so i went to the carwash and forgot to turn off radio and my antenna is now gone...

so i was thinking about making a shark fin antenna...looks cool and I need to fix my antenna...so what do you guys think?

Is this possible?

How hard would this be?

 

yes its been done before...i would opt for jetta or 350 anteena......i just dont remeber who did it or i would post a link for you

 

was it ludacris

 

What is a shark fin antenna? Please post pictures.

 

shark fin antennas come on bmw's and such....they look like a fin....if you wanted to install one, you'd need to redirect your antenna wire and shave your old antenna's old otherwise you'd have an ugly hole in the side of your car.....has anyone ever just replaced their old antenna with a smaller one in the same location?

 

i disconnected my antenna so it never goes up

 

and how does that work reception wise? how about in tunnels, under bridges or in heavy wooded area as opposed to having the antenna up?

for example, do you notice that where you used to have good reception it now sucks?

 

does anyone have any tips for me...i dont really know much about antennas.

what would i have to do to make it work?

What do I use for the "antenna" part?

 

They are usually active antennae which mean they have a low/noise detector circuit inside. The output to the radio is amplified.

 

I'm either gonna put a small antenna or just cut power to the motor in the stock one. I tried already but couldnt figure out how to make the antenna stay down. How did it?

 

Just disconnect the B/R wire at the antenna. It should retract the mast.

 

just replace the power unit with a 350z or s2000 antenna...i am gonan do this this spring...its seems every year i have to replace the mast for some stupid reason

 

I keep my antenna shaft nicely greased and it always works with no problems.

 

I rarely listen to the radio now, just listen to cds, so I don't even see a point in me havin an antenna, but ya, if ayone has pics of a max with sharkfins or even photoshop the thing, definately curious as to see how it would look like

 

was it ludacris?

 

OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

So do I .....but something always happens where is gets bent or a little frozen

 

that inspired your shark fin fantasy

 

i have the shark repellant from the original bat belt

 

was it ludacris?

 

well, was it ludacris?

 

Was it ludacris?

 

rofledofle

my antenna

 

survey says

 

whats up with all these avatars everyone has.

 

 

What are you talking about? I think your jealous cuz you don't have one.

 

Nissan 6 oh hush silly boy
All men should be proud of their non-homophobic mentality.

 

don't be mad just because we are happy

 

which wire is it to disconnect the power to the antenna motor?

 

werd im getting scared

 

and how does that make you really feel?

 

The B/R wire at the antenna is the antenna signal from the HU. Disconnecting it will keep the antenna down.

 

WtF H4xOrZ?!?!?1?1?

WhY wOuLd YoU wAnT a ShArK oN yOuR rOoF??/

 

Sounds ludacris to me...

 

OK thanks SVI30! I'll try it soon.

 

nice afro haha

 

nice afro haha

 

I disconnected my antenna so it doesn't go down. It used to stay down all by itself and my radio reception was terrible. I pulled it up manually, disconnected the wire (you can disconnect it -- don't just cut it), and have been enjoying better reception ever since (ever since it was stuck down, that is). If you ever listen to the radio, I would recommend against making a permanently retracted antenna.

 

Is it the really thin red wire with the black stripe? If so how do you pull it out? My only thought was cutting the wire. If you've cut the wire or whatnot, is the reception real bad? There seems to be mixed reviews on this thread....