....to install my antenna again This is the source that goes to the back of the stereo but what attaches to this so the antenna can be installed? I'm sure I have it somewhere but a pic would be extremely helpful to help me remember what it looks like! Thanks. Marc
There should be three holes on the top of the inner fender to mount that antenna base. As it is currently (incorrectly) mounted the antenna would stick out the passenger side of the car towards the car in the next lane. It should be relocated to the top side so that it points upwards ... through the hole in the fender.
Understood, thank-you. I remember now I was attempting a mod to have the antenna under the fender and out if sight. Saw it here at some point. I must have abondened it! Wish I could remember what I was doing
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Originally, there were three screw holes on the top of the frame rail. That is where the triangular base plate mounted and the antenna screwed onto it.
I did the under the fender thing on mine. I slipped a piece of vinyl tubing I had laying around over the mast to keep it from rattling inside the fender.
------------------ 1986 SE Aero coupe.
3.4 DOHC swap is complete and running, now just have to finish the rest of the car...
I tried putting mine up the A pillar and got like zero reception. Is there some kind of secret? Seems like the base needs be grounded or you will not get a signal. Currently I have mine mounted under the fender and the reception is very poor. I don't know if the bracket I used is big enough or what the problem is but the reception is terrible, better than in the A pillar but still unacceptable.
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Originally posted by Gokart:
I wonder if your idea would work better, and just bend the antenna mast at like 90 degrees after it is screwed on?
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I tried putting mine up the A pillar and got like zero reception. Is there some kind of secret? Seems like the base needs be grounded or you will not get a signal. Currently I have mine mounted under the fender and the reception is very poor. I don't know if the bracket I used is big enough or what the problem is but the reception is terrible, better than in the A pillar but still unacceptable.
I wonder if your idea would work better, and just bend the antenna mast at like 90 degrees after it is screwed on?
I think I remember I was going to pick up a 90 degree adapter and try that. I may have already and just forgot I did and will find it when I finally get around to organizing my shed!
The metal bracket needs to be grounded. The metal mast needs to NOT touch any metal. The vinyl sleeve may work. Ideally, you want the antenna to be as far from any metal as possible. If you live out in the sticks, i don't expect that this will work really well. In the city might be a different story.
There are antenna kits available that apply to your windshield or back window like a sticker. Clear plastic with a gridwork of wires. It might be worth the trouble to look into one of those.
Couldn't find any of those, but I found these. The first one is more expensive, but otherwise appears to be the same ...
There are antenna kits available that apply to your windshield or back window like a sticker. Clear plastic with a gridwork of wires. It might be worth the trouble to look into one of those.
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I used one like that from Amazon for $9.99 on a truck. What actually did is added it to the factory antenna. In the dash behind the radio I added a Y adapter so I coudl run the stock antenna and also the new one. I stuck the new one to the underside of the upper dash, no one even knows it is there.
"car window antenna"
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The metal bracket needs to be grounded. The metal mast needs to NOT touch any metal. The vinyl sleeve may work. Ideally, you want the antenna to be as far from any metal as possible. If you live out in the sticks, i don't expect that this will work really well. In the city might be a different story.
When I first attempted to put the antenna in the A pillar I could not get any reception so I ran a wire from the metal base to the body of the car to where the base originally mounts to ground it, and that did not seem to work very well either. Shouldn't that have done the trick? I don't see how anyone has completed this "mod" and been happy with the results. I live just outside of Chicago, and the stations have always come in with a very strong signal until I tried to hide the antenna, which I only tried because I read on here that so many people have done it and it works great. Well that and because the previous owner mounted a power antenna in the fender, did a horrible job and filled the original hole so I thought I would try this.
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