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madcurl
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JUL 01, 09:56 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by troyboy:
That's where it was for the past three years ( on the dash ) and it drove me crazy going in and out. So I asked Archie to put it on the roof as sirus recommended , it may not be pretty but it will work better plus everyone who sees it knows what it is. They make fake "shark fin " covers but IMO they look too ricey |
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The fins I've seen are on BMW and other high end cars and yeah, the ricers have them too.
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Jefrysuko
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JUL 02, 01:38 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by troyboy:
That's where it was for the past three years ( on the dash ) and it drove me crazy going in and out. So I asked Archie to put it on the roof as sirus recommended , it may not be pretty but it will work better plus everyone who sees it knows what it is. They make fake "shark fin " covers but IMO they look too ricey |
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I had one of these antennas for an XM radio and couldn't get it to stay put on the roof like that since it is magnetic. Did you glue it in place? The best place for reception that I could find was on top of the radiator and it was hidden that way as well.
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troyboy
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JUL 02, 06:46 AM
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. [This message has been edited by troyboy (edited 05-31-2013).]
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Jefrysuko
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JUL 03, 12:08 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by troyboy:
I'm not sure what was used to mount it, but your radiator Idea sounds interesting. Do you have any problems with heat on the Antenna from the radiator? For me that may not be an option due to equipment that is mounted in the grill that is made to jam aerial and forward signals  , but man I do love that idea. The fiberglass of the nose doesn't interfere with the signal the same way as the front glass? Jeff your killing me I thought I was done with this already  .
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I think the problem with the dash is the metal roof can block some of the signal not so much the glass. From what I could tell glass, fiberglass and plastics didn't degrade the signal much if any. I tried all kinds of locations and the sheet metal piece on top of the radiator just happened to be the best one I found. I never really thought about the heat but it never appeared to affect it any. The brake booster worked well also. I had always thought that one could unmount their fender and hide such an antenna under there but I won't mention that such that you can get your project finished
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Archie
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JUL 03, 06:12 PM
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Guess what part I sent out to Chrome today?
Archie
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Fiero38SC
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JUL 03, 07:53 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Archie:
Guess what part I sent out to Chrome today?
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Hmm, the seat rails? 
Too bad you cannot just make an acrylic cover to put on there.
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Archie
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JUL 03, 08:19 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Fiero38SC:
Hmm, the seat rails?
Too bad you cannot just make an acrylic cover to put on there. |
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Shhhhhhhhh............
As soon as I pulled the cover I thought that if there was some chroming going on in there, we'd be trying to find a clear cover to put on there.
Archie
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Archie
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JUL 05, 06:40 PM
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Things are getting brighter.
Archie
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madcurl
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JUL 05, 06:50 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Archie:
Things are getting brighter.
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Good golly miss Molly!! 
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madcurl
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JUL 12, 03:57 PM
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Are the chrome parts on yet? 
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