hidden FM antenna
 

hey guys my fd's retractable antenna crapped out and i dont like the look of the squirel raper mast anyway so im looking for a hidden powered antenna. what have you used that worked well? or other options maybe?? iv read the FD has 2 antennas one mast and one in the rear hatch which both work together somehow and you are supposed to be able to get away with using just one w/ aftermarket headunit. i never tried the 2nd plug in for the antenna so ????? i dont know
z

I know Garfinkle has a hidden antenna in his FD. It works pretty good. Maybe try to get in contact with him.

I've heard the the hidden antenna's work very well and can pick up stations from a lot further than a "normal" antenna.

http://www.ecshylites.citymax.com/page/page/761353.htm

Something like this?

thats pretty much it and it takes no power...hmmmm Have you tried it?

z

nope. I may in awhile and I'll go ahead and shave my retractable antenna. But I have bigger things to do with my car at the moment.

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.

hey if you do please let us know how it works... still up n the air as to how i want to do it.

z

some caddy models have under dash antenna

I'm interested in this as well, I'd really like to get rid of the stock antenna on the FC. Plus mine's broken anyway (I don't think I've ever seen a working one :rofl:)

I think I'm going to get one of these and see how it is. If I do, I'll post up the results.

a lot of glass shops here offer hatch glass replacements with a built in antenna in the glass that has a male spade connector to hook it to your antenna lead this works great and i get about the same reception as i did with the mast. i think it was a difference of $50 over the regular glass replacement.

So... any news on this?

lol i think alot of us are waiting to see if it works, just dont want to do it ourselves yet.

z