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Old Mar 15, 2008 | 09:59 PM
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dakota digital sells an antenna that mounts in your car. I,m guessing it could go in-dash?
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Old Mar 15, 2008 | 11:26 PM
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I know some Fiero guys did this and they put the antenna under the fender (since the antenna was on the fender) but they still got good reception so idk how hard it would be to route the antenna up to the front fender but hey *shrug*
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 07:36 PM
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get an amplified antenna, from a stereo shop that mounts on the rear glass
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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 04:13 AM
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No offense but the intake you made and the stereo are both 100 percent ghetto in my opinion.
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 12:25 PM
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Is the guy in pic 7 one of the required "tools" as well?

...get it "tool".

Oh come on here people...
Where can I get this tool so I can get it done on my T/A??? lol VERY nice work. A mod I'd like to get done in the near future. Swat
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 08:41 PM
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how would i do this without welding. could i just put bondo underneith, then once its hard, put bondo on the top and sand it out smooth. it'd be done then wouldnt it?
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 11:00 PM
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I asked my Grampa the same thing. He's been in the bodywork business for YEARS in Wisconsin. He recommended roughing the surface on top and on bottom. Hold a piece of cardboard underneath the hole and apply BondoGlass long to the top. Hold the cardboard for a bit and when it's kinda hardened pull the cardboard out. Then apply the BondoGlass to the bottom. This'll be the route I'll take, but I'm gonna put a piece of metal window screen before I put the bottom filler on. That should give it a little bit more strength. Swat
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 11:03 PM
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cool

i'm gonna do it to my 97 mustang tomorrow. i'll just take the whole fender off
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 11:34 PM
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If you have any friends that work at a muffler shop or body shop, talk to them.

I'm sure if you had the filler metal already cut out, and everything cleaned up and ready to weld the new piece in there (gotta do this anyway, even with the glass), and a couple of beer for persuasion, I'm sure they will tack the pieces in for you. I shouldn't take them 30 seconds for the first tacks, beer break, and about another 30 seconds for the second tack fill. Just take your grinder with you and grind, that way you're actually working too and not watching them do work on your car. I love HELPING people with their cars, it's the ones who ask's for help, n then stand there and don't do **** is the one's that get's charged!

Just be sure to take them a spare piece of that filler metal so they can get their mig welder set up. You don't want someone setting the welder up on the car!!!

As far as anteanna, I'm still listening to CD's with my gettho ratio that plays CD's just as good as any.

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Old Apr 25, 2008 | 08:39 PM
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j b weld and hook up the ipod
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Old Apr 26, 2008 | 10:10 PM
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Im still waiting for mine to get out of the shop. Just needs wet sanding now, but here is a pic of my shaved attena.

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Old Apr 26, 2008 | 11:03 PM
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Is there some way to run the anntena through the back window, i guess thats what the lines are on some car windows?
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 09:16 PM
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COOOOOL!!! I like the flush mount Idea think Ill try it out,, where does a person get an inside mount ant. back in the sevanties the ant.was inside the windshield, then I guess it was a cost thing for the oem's. Thx.
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Old Feb 18, 2011 | 12:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Swiat34
I asked my Grampa the same thing. He's been in the bodywork business for YEARS in Wisconsin. He recommended roughing the surface on top and on bottom. Hold a piece of cardboard underneath the hole and apply BondoGlass long to the top. Hold the cardboard for a bit and when it's kinda hardened pull the cardboard out. Then apply the BondoGlass to the bottom. This'll be the route I'll take, but I'm gonna put a piece of metal window screen before I put the bottom filler on. That should give it a little bit more strength. Swat
If you do that the bondo glass will shrink and expand at different rates than the metal will, after time of being in the sun it will pop through the paint and you will see a halo of where the bondo glass is.... best way is to just weld it if you have access to a welder.
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Old Mar 15, 2011 | 09:05 PM
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here is mine with no antenna!
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Old Apr 6, 2011 | 06:49 PM
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Very nice.
I'm definitely doing this when it comes time to repaint.
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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 12:27 PM
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Over 4 years.... Guess that's a rust hole now.
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Old Jun 16, 2012 | 07:55 PM
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ClassicIndustries sells a magnetic antenna you can mount anywhere. I have heard that the reception isn't that bad either.
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Old Jun 16, 2012 | 10:46 PM
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lol antenna delete? back when i had my 01 ss the antenna was cracked slightly at the base and one night i topped the car out at 160mph and the antenna snapped clean off at the base. however i never had any degraded radio performance from that day on even when i sold the car.
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Old Jun 20, 2012 | 05:45 PM
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So basically no one has figured out which antenna is used to have radio reception, without the antenna? Looks great but i kinda would like to listen to the radio.
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