Not much to explain here. Take the factory antenna off, cut it to desired length, purchase a package of vaccum end caps, put it on and viola. Done





I know that was a lot to follow...hope it helps

 

nice never thought of that. The reception on my radio sucks anyway

 

...or cut off the smaller diameter and repaint.

 

SmootHHR was that my old antenna?

 

Thats what I did with mine. I GENTLY used a bench grinder to put a nice tapered point on it. Hit it with a coat of gloss black and some clear I had laying around.

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Dave

 

I would have cut it a tad shorter so the rubber boot was up against the thicker part..... But then again, I never could follow instructions........

 

that's is a great idea.

I went with the stubbyantenae.com version that allows for extending. Best of both worlds. But it did cost over $3.

 

Cool Smooth, now what ya gonna use to go fishing wit ??

I have an ebay el-cheapo, but FM still plays pretty good. When not on XM..

 

Nifty mod there Smooth, have you noticed any ill effects with reception?

 

@ Officer...yes, it is your old antenna.
@ Greybeard...i was going to cut it shorter, but once you get down to a certain point, it's pretty tightly coiled. Didn't want to get into that part of the antenna. I might cut down the cap a little as it's pretty long.
@GasMan...I'm all about "inexpensive" mods :)
@Sleeper...I've still got another full length factory antenna for fishing trips :)
@843...haven't had a bit of reception issue. No fuzz at all. If I'm not on a strong FM station here in town, I'm usually playing CD's...haven't tried AM yet. We'll see how it works when I get out into the countryside