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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 03:39 PM
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Does any one have a good idea on where to place the antenna? I have the trek 3 sirrus ant, I would like to keep it low profile but still effective. I f you have pics will you please send to me a erick@siklife.com. Thanks for the help.
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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 07:56 PM
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Your spoiler. Very thin material, great radius for clearance. Completey out of sight. That's where I put my xm & navigation antennas.
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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 09:11 PM
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Right on top or between the glass and spoiler?
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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 09:16 PM
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Take out the third taillight, & pop it down right inside there. Just grab a coathanger, straighten it out, & have fun with wire fishing. The fibercore material is so thin, it does not interfere with the reception at all. & best of all, it is completely out of sight.
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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 09:28 PM
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cool thanks, did you have any problems fitting the brake light back in?
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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 09:32 PM
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None at all. Just used a little double sticky tape to hold it in place. Besides if ur antenna is considerably larger than mine, there's plenty of room in the spoiler to place it. Like I said, I have two antennas in mine, one for xm, & one for navigation. For the wires, just fish them through the left or right side of the spoiler, then run the wires inside the weather stripping up to the factory wire loom back into the rest of the car.
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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 09:35 PM
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Thanks again,

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I put mine right up front of my dash and in the middle
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you can just rest it on the little flap in the hatch.

That worked for me.
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Mine has a magnetic bottom, so its just sitting on top of one of the child seat anchors in the hatch arear right behind the rear seats. (Yeah, I know its the lazy way)

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