John Junkins

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Has anyone put a Power antenna in their 98-02 Camaro? Should there be a plug in the wiring harness already? I have the Monsoon stereo in mine and can't find the plug end to hook up the power antenna. Any help would be greatly appreciated... jwcej@msn.com
Thanks and God Bless Our Troops and the U.S., John Junkins

VIP1

What do you mean about a plug?
It plugs inplace of the non-power antenna.
You have to splice in the power yourself and use a switch to raise and lower the antenna.

Here are two of many threads on the subject:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...=power+antenna
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...=power+antenna

shouldaboughttheZ

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http://www.blackcamaro.com/antenna.htm

This is the guide I used. Worked great.

ZeeVert

As far as I know there is no connector for a power antenna on the Camaro. You have to run your own power, signal, & ground wires. (there is a connector on the other side for a 12disc CD player). I installed a used antenna from ebay, and I used http://www.blackcamaro.com/antenna.htm as my guide.

I did a couple things differently:

My antenna was the 10402860 (Black), but it had a different bracket than the web site used. It wasn't a problem, but you do need to bent the bracket a little to get the antenna to stand up straight left-to-right when extended. I did drill new holes in the antenna bracket and the body bracket to tip the antenna back when extended. http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48...werAntenna.jpg

For the connection at the back of the radio, I had some old serial adapers from my computer. I busted one up and found a few unused connectors inside... http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48...e/P1000085.jpg It slips right on the radio... completely idiot proof.

Looks and works great. I also installed a small bypass switch on the dash.

I'm not ready to talk about the drain tube... I want to see how it works first.

John Junkins

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THANKS for the information, It's really helpful !!!!
Going to attempt to do mine tomorrow.
Thanks again and God Bless Our Troops and the U.S., John Junkins

02blackSS

Its super easy! You should have no problems

John Junkins

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Thanks again, I have my power antenna installed,works and look great. It took a little longer then I thought. But it was worth it. Again THANKS!!!!
Thanks again and God Bless Our Troops and the U.S., John Junkins

John Junkins

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One of the best mod's I've done, since I use a car cover all the time. Just wished I would of installed a switch so when using the cd player, the power antenna would not go up. Again thanks for the help..
Thanks again, have a great holiday and God Bless Our Troops and the U.S.,
John Junkins

ZeeVert

I used this small rocker switch for my bypass switch.
http://www.oznium.com/rocker-switch

John Junkins

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That's a nice looking switch. I going to order one and install it in my car.
Sometimes it pays to wait.
Thanks ZeeVert!!!
Thanks again and God Bless Our Troops and the U.S., John Junkins