Im thinkin of getting my antenna shaved when I get my car painted, but I already get terrible reception with the antenna down. Do you guys have the same problem?..If so, what do you do? Have any of you invested in a smaller antenna...

 

EDIT: whoops sorry, i thought i was still in the 5th gen forums...

 

there is the secondary antenna which is in the glass of the rear window. although, is that only AM? I think that both antennas are AM/FM. odd that your reception is so bad. Mine doesn't go up quite all the way, but I get fine recepion.

 

he's in general, not a gen. specific forum. although, from his member name, I would think he has an 03. My advice in my previous post above ^^^ refers to 4th gen only, I suppose.

do 5th and 6th not have external antennas?

 

wow, looks like we were just on eachothers tails. wow, I just post whored...and it felt damn good!

 

i dont have an antenna, broke wen i went through the car wash bak in the day...great reception still

 

No, last ones were the 4th gen. The back window is a poor substitute in marginal areas but my current 6th gen is slightly better than my also current 5th gen when they are side by side in my driveway. There was a similar post on one of the other forums about the metallic coating of window tints affecting reception.

 

Well actually I have a 4 gen.... I dunno, it seems like my reception goes in and out when the antenna is down(especially on the highway) Is there anything I could get to make the reception better if I decide to go ahead and shave antenna? Or should I just leave it on...

 

get xm or sirius

 

Replace your antenna with one of those shark fin deals.

 

i was actually thinkin that...but not sure how it would look...i have a black i30

 

Great Reception still even after having it shaved and Un-installed completly.

JP

 

2nd antenna is working fine. AM is coming in crappy.

 

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it would look sweet...