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Hi, I'm looking for a shorter antenna that will look like it fits the car as well as gets good reception. I cant find one anywhere. Please give your opinion.

Thanks.

Antennas for a 98 Camaro.

Carter01

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I make my own with the stock antenna. They seem to get pretty decent reception. PM me if you care to know how. It's really pretty simple.

98 WS6

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Put your antenna in a vice. Hold a pair of pliers tight or a pair of vice grips underneath the ball at the top of the antenna, and tap it with a hammer to get the ball off. Make sure you do it in a clean area and watch cause the ball might go flying.

Rest the antenna down flat and take a tape measure and measure the length of the antenna. Decide how much you want to cut it, cut it at an exact fraction of it's total length ( 1/2 , 1/3, etc ) Measure out that amount, put a piece of tape or mark where you need to cut. I think I used a sawzall to cut through mine quickly lol. After that glue or hammer the ball back on tight, and spray over any scratched areas with gloss black.

Here's one from my last Camaro.

02'Andy

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If you want something besides a shortened stock antenna, PM Bitviper, he makes custom shorty antennas for our cars. His widen out at the base to fit cleaner. With just about any short antenna, the reception won't be as good as the stock one, but I still have decent reception with Bitviper's. I don't have a close up of mine handy, but here's what it looks like in a full shot.

BOBS99SS

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I got the viper and love it,i did make my own before that though,cut my stocker and welded the ball back on,real easy to do,dont have reception issues with eithier one

BAD2theBONE

I have the Viper antenna as well, looks clean, works great and no problems with reception! BitViper was great to do buisness with as well

Uneverknow

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I bought mine which looks like the stock one shortened from afterthoughts auto

94LT1TA6spd

I did exactly this (except I used a dremel with a tiny cut-off disc) , and it works well and looks great!

SparkyJJO

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I just cut my stock one in half. Couldn't get the ball off so I just dipped the end in an enamel paint and hung it upside down to dry. The little drip of paint hardened and gave it a slight rounded look on the end.

Reception sucks but that isn't the antenna's fault (I tested before/after, no difference). My head unit's FM tuner is really crappy for some reason. Bugs me as the cheaper units I've had previously from Pioneer all had really good FM tuners, but this one is pretty bad.

crimson_bird

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love the look of my cheapo ebay antenna, just look up something like "carbon shorty antenna". pm me for more info if needed. unfortunately, I had an aftermaket antenna on the car before, so I can't say how well the reception is vs factory.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/la-rue/8168888906/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/la-rue/8076213520/

Sommer86

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I have a bitviper for sale. PM me.

RikkiTorment

I ordered one off of one of our sponsors sites, I forget which one off-hand. It looked great, but the only down side is that the stock radio didn't "Seek" all of the stations that the other antenna could. So you just end up going through the frequencies on the radio rather than the steering controls... I feel that was the worst thing about it, it's not the end of the world but it does get somewhat annoying lol

SinisterWS6

Not trying to hijack the thread, but, any suggestions for a shorty WS6 Antenna? I hate that 3 footer sticking up lol.

Sail Hatan

I went to pepboys one day, and bought a three inch rubber antenna. they sell a 3 and a 5, ive have them both. it was like 9 bucks.

DaRReLL

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I heard these were good.....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SHORT-CAR-AN...sories&vxp=mtr

98 WS6

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Crim, I literally wanna cry every time I see your car. I miss my WS6 so much :'(

Disconnect it! It won't go up anymore lol

bad_408_vert

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Another happy car with bit viper antenna.

emenny81

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I also have the bit viper antenna, worth every penny.

The Guz

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I have this one. It's been pretty good so far.

Blownbayou

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just ordered it on ebay.... thanks crimson