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Old Apr 21, 2020 | 11:03 AM
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SiriusXM radio while keeping stock look

I know I’m definitely not the first one to ask about this, and I probably won’t be the last. I have a 2008 LS model, with a base level radio in it. Would it be possible to add in a radio that is Sirius-capable? Maybe even using a later model years radio?
Old Apr 21, 2020 | 11:36 AM
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Yes and you’re gonna need the antenna and have the radio programmed to your HHR , it’s much less complicated to get a Sirrius adapter at Wally Smart it Crutchfield

https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/siriusx.../6000190147679
Old Apr 21, 2020 | 03:17 PM
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Or, go to anywhere that sells Sirius and get an adapter.
Old Apr 21, 2020 | 03:19 PM
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I know it’d cost more to keep the stock look but I’m fine with that. I prefer a cleaner looking setup
Old Apr 21, 2020 | 03:51 PM
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Get an after market SiriusXM-ready radio with GMlan adapter and the $39 Sirius adapter. Drill a hole in your roof for a shark fin, run the antenna wires through the headliner. Then everybody will think it came from the factory.
Old Apr 21, 2020 | 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by donbrew
Get an after market SiriusXM-ready radio with GMlan adapter and the $39 Sirius adapter. Drill a hole in your roof for a shark fin, run the antenna wires through the headliner. Then everybody will think it came from the factory.
Interesting. I’ll have to look into that. I already have one of the shark fin antennas.
Old Apr 21, 2020 | 05:14 PM
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If the car has a sharkfin with a small mast on the rear roof you probably already have it. Look for U2K on the glovebox label.
Old Aug 10, 2020 | 03:44 PM
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Reviving an old thread, but a few friends of mine went to one of the local junkyards to look for an XM-
compatible radio. Anyone know anyway to tell if the radio is XM-compatible without taking it out?Someone told me to send the sticker inside the glove compartment, also.

Old Aug 10, 2020 | 03:50 PM
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Is that sticker from your car, or a junkyard car?
Old Aug 10, 2020 | 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by RJ_RS_SS_350
Is that sticker from your car, or a junkyard car?
My car



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