Flat low profile antenna (non shark fin)

[Lonewolf]

Originally Posted by Cridland

I just vinyled my roof and didn't reinstall an antenna

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Any pics?

[Chad86]

Originally Posted by Cridland

I just vinyled my roof and didn't reinstall an antenna

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How did you seal off the hole?

Originally Posted by Lonewolf

Any pics?

Picture request.

[Cridland]

Originally Posted by Lonewolf

Any pics?

Originally Posted by Chad86

How did you seal off the hole?



Picture request.

@Chad86 I didnt, I just vinyled over the hole
and i will get one after work!


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[Cridland]

sorry it took me so long, had to get some help from @Chad86 and had problems resizing.

[Chad86]

Originally Posted by Cridland

sorry it took me so long, had to get some help from @Chad86 and had problems resizing.

Is it really very noticeable in person? Looks great. How did you do this?

My uninstall of the antenna took about an hour last night. Could do this for someone easily now, it wasn't very difficult.

[Cridland]

I dont see it unless I look for it and no one has ever said anything, im not sure how black or a gloss would look. If you wanted carbon the detail probably would hide it its just 3m 1080 vinyl!

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[Chad86]

Originally Posted by Cridland

I dont see it unless I look for it and no one has ever said anything, im not sure how black or a gloss would look. If you wanted carbon the detail probably would hide it its just 3m 1080 vinyl!

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How did you seal it for when it rains? Had to rent a car while I wait for my 86 back that has sat radio and I love it. Will satellite radio work without the antenna?

[Cridland]

Originally Posted by Chad86

How did you seal it for when it rains? Had to rent a car while I wait for my 86 back that has sat radio and I love it. Will satellite radio work without the antenna?

It would work if you left the antenna inside the roof, you have to take the antenna fully off, its sealed by the edges of the roof, my whole roof is vinyl wrapped



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[8R6]

has anyone tried using the hockey puck satellite antenna from like a Camry, Corolla, Tundra, etc.? would these fit better than one from a G35?

[Chad86]

Originally Posted by Cridland

sorry it took me so long, had to get some help from @Chad86 and had problems resizing.

Did you apply the the vinyl patch just from the inside?
I'm not quite sure the order I should or will put this together at.
The bondo patch will give some nice strength to the metal to hold everything together with self-adhesive. Then I was thinking to add a level of sealant tape and then a white vinyl patch on top which would show. Hopefully this will be water tight enough. Don't want mold or anything...not sure about this vinyl patch stuff. The last part is a nice flat white door knob guard that I thought I might be able to use to patch it up and seal it off...
Thoughts people...???

[Chad86]

Anyone...?



If I am unable to complete at the moment, I will just re-install temporarily.

[Cridland]

Originally Posted by Chad86

Anyone...?



If I am unable to complete at the moment, I will just re-install temporarily.

Vinyl is a 3m product and I did my whole roof, I didnt put a patch underneath but a patch undernear would probably.make the vinyl not dip.as far down

[big3]

Originally Posted by Lonewolf

@big3

How is your reception now?

Depends on the station. I don't know how far away some of them are, but many of them flicker in and out of 'HD' mode, so it can get annoying. I generally have Pandora on anyway so for anything longer than a 10 minute drive, I'm not using FM. It looks good and that is what matters more to me. I have thought about creating an antenna inside the car to improve the signal strength but haven't put any time into it....more important things to do.

[Chad86]

Looks like I will be going back to the stock antenna. Permanently, or at least for now. The main reason I started thinking about this was due to the fact I had to remove for my car to be wrapped. XPEL looks awesome. The paint and body curves stand out even more now
I may go with the Perrin 2" stubby if it bothers me too much. But the black antenna goes well with the entire car being Whiteout with the black trims.

How is the reception on the Perrin 2"?