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need RX7 04-14-2009 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by proz07 (Post 82312)
lol i think alot of us are waiting to see if it works, just dont want to do it ourselves yet.

z

LOL, yep. If no one does it within the next ~3 months, I may step up to the plate. But I sure hope someone does it before then. :rofl:

speedjunkie 04-15-2009 12:06 AM

I did order one, but I'm deployed right now. I'm going home in about a month so don't fret guys, I'm gonna get it done and let you all know how it goes, haha. I'll post up where I mount it and if I used any adapters and all that. I'm sure I'll have to get adapters because it's a Motorola terminal and I don't think those fit in our stereos from what I've heard. But I have an Alpine so I'm not sure yet. I will post in about a month though.

Whizbang 04-15-2009 12:30 AM

i plan on going this route as well. I have the "antenna is stuck in the raised position" look and i hate it.

vex 04-15-2009 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by speedjunkie (Post 82416)
I did order one, but I'm deployed right now. I'm going home in about a month so don't fret guys, I'm gonna get it done and let you all know how it goes, haha. I'll post up where I mount it and if I used any adapters and all that. I'm sure I'll have to get adapters because it's a Motorola terminal and I don't think those fit in our stereos from what I've heard. But I have an Alpine so I'm not sure yet. I will post in about a month though.

Shouldn't need one. Motorola is a standard connection for car radio antenna

speedjunkie 04-15-2009 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Gravity Fed (Post 82424)
i plan on going this route as well. I have the "antenna is stuck in the raised position" look and i hate it.

OK Alex, let us know how that goes then, haha.

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Originally Posted by vex (Post 82430)
Shouldn't need one. Motorola is a standard connection for car radio antenna

Awesome, well hopefully that will be the case here. Now I just have to decide where to hide it.

Whizbang 04-15-2009 08:06 AM

i have a feeling we will see how yours works first. I have only 12 days til i leave for basic.

$100T2 04-15-2009 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Max777 (Post 80346)
dude, this is rad! I removed my ghetto power antenna, as well as all the wiring to it because it broke. This is so much simpler, I am going to purchase one and put it in the glove box or somethin.

I'd run it behind the hatch above the taillights.

speedjunkie 04-15-2009 01:48 PM

double post

speedjunkie 04-15-2009 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Gravity Fed (Post 82472)
i have a feeling we will see how yours works first. I have only 12 days til i leave for basic.

Oh yeah, I forgot about that haha. Well get on it and get it done before you leave! HAHA. Good luck with that too man.

So I've been thinking about where to hide this antenna. I was thinking about laying it across the rear harness bar and wondering if that would help reception, basically making it a bigger antenna, but I'm not sure if it will work like that.

muibubbles 04-24-2009 07:42 PM

i had hidden one but fcked up the wires when i tried extending it... i think hiding it under the headliner is the best.. either front or rear.//

speedjunkie 09-10-2009 03:25 PM

http://www.ecshylites.com/catalog/it...191/368049.htm

I forgot all about this. I bought the one in the link and installed it a couple months ago. At first I just removed my stock antenna and disconnected the cable going to the stock one. It was a male end, and I connected it with the male end of the hidden antenna using a female/female RCA adapter. However, the adapter was kinda loose so I taped around it...I know, ghetto. It worked, but it seemed like there might have been a little static. Although I have new door speakers too so it could be that, who knows. I also didn't have AM.

Recently I just bought an extension cable for the antenna wire because my stock wire was screwed up on the stereo end anyway. So I ditched the stock wiring and adapter and hooked everything up correctly. Unfortunately I've had the car apart again since then so I haven't tried it to see if anything changed. I'll post up when I do.

proz07 09-10-2009 05:03 PM

not bad lots of static or little scale 1-10? and did you try different mounting positions area's? where did you have it mounted? in a fb/fc/fd?

z

speedjunkie 09-10-2009 05:07 PM

Oh just a very little bit of static, barely noticeable. I forgot to mention where I mounted it. It's an FD, and I put it all the way in the rear of the hatch, behind the plastic. I didn't actually mount it to anything, I just have it laying in there.

proz07 09-10-2009 07:56 PM

gotcha so in your opinion worth the 40ish?

z

speedjunkie 09-11-2009 08:29 AM

Well, considering I pulled my stock one and had the hole filled in during body work and paint...absolutely hahaha. Actually I do think it's worth it regardless though. Like I said, I haven't seen whether I get AM yet (there is one talk station I listen to, so I'd like to have it), and I think there MIGHT have been one FM station I didn't get that I normally listen to, which is kinda odd, but it's a good antenna from what I can tell. The stations come in really clear.


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