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Old 02-09-2006, 08:44 PM
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What are my options? I was going to do a power antenna from the T/A but I might just put a shorter antenna on there. Easier and probably cheaper. I did a search and nothing useful came up.

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Black...QQcmdZViewItem

a pic of it on my car...

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Pretty easy to install right?
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as easy as unscrewing the old one, and screwing the new one back in. this antenna is universal, it comes with 4 or 5 different adapters so it will fit just about anything. i tihnk my radio recpetion may have picked up a little, too. its the best $10 or however much it costs that ive ever spent for my car.
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I just twisted the ball off the top of mine, cut half of it off with a dremel, ground the tip a little bit smaller, hammered/glued ball back on, painted and cleared it

Now its nice shiny black and short
Old 02-10-2006, 08:01 PM
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I like my Billet Specialties polished billet antenna. Was about $20 and is about 12" tall. Not sure you can really see it in any of the pics in my sig link.
Old 02-10-2006, 10:47 PM
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got mine from pfyc.com for about $40 shipped. super small and i love it, sorry no pics though. go to their website.
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a buddy of mine does custom billet aluminum ones let me know if interested and i will gget you a price best ive ever seen!
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I got mine from Ssinserts.com - they sell a factory GM 8" antenna that looks killer on our cars!
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He can go any size you want, may be able to do a few diff styles, different polishes. etc. H's looking for $40+ ship and thats if I were to go through him.
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I also cut mine in half, i would highly reccommend it since its free. And, if you mess up then you will just go buy the short one and you didnt loose any $.




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