Antenna delete
 

I couldn't find an option for an antenna delete so I made one myself. If anyone is interested in one of their own PM me and I'll send you the file to be 3d printed from "frosted model plastic".

Take it to your favorite body shop and have them paint it, and buff your roof(the stock antenna made marks in the paint). I glued mine in with clear silicone then put a bunch on the inside to be sure it's sealed. Easy as that.

The "proper"way to do it is to weld the hole shut and repaint the roof. My shop quoted me $370 for this. My way cost about 25$ including the silicone.http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...a3cb763b10.jpg
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Looks good man.

Thanks. It's not perfect but for saving almost 350$ it's pretty nice

It looks pretty good, compare it to someone else on the forum that did an extremely crappy job with some sort of square plate.

This doesn't even seem noticeable.

I saw that one... do not want. I think they used a console plaque... anyways it's rectangular about 7/8x5/8. Just installed it today but I'll be sure to look for it every time I approach the car to see how good it is. For 25$ though I'm pretty pleased

Yea yours looks good, that other guys used some console plaque like you said and it stuck out and he made some comments like it would be good enough to hold water out and if you vinyl the roof its fine.


Also I know it's weird but OCD is kicking in could you press enter on before the second photo so its all in one line :lol:

Do you have any photos from further away?

Press enter like that? I use tapatalk so pics are always displayed one wide for me

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It's in there, I can't see it. Maybe in different light you'd see a shadow/bump

Haha, I thought I was coming in here to see that done again.

As far as this one goes, looks much better, but still bothers me that it's not flush. Not something I'd be interested in doing, though. Decent enough, especially for the price.

If I trial and errored it a couple times I could mount the plug from the bottom and it would be 99% invisible but I think there would still be a tiny gap for dirt to collect in, that's why I went from the top.

I never even thought about doing this, but that looks good.

Antenna is only for radio right? GPS is under the dash?

I don't have gps but yea should be radio only. GPS should use a different kind of signal. My phones GPS works fine without an external antenna but my boom box at work can't pick up a radio station 40 miles away with an antenna

This definitely looks much better than the console plaque one (which made me laugh).
If I ever do this I will probably just remove the antenna, put in a good gasket that sits flush with the roof, and wrap the roof. I plan on wrapping it black down the road anyway, so maybe it's worth trying.

The FR-S and BR-Z GPS antenna is not through the roof antenna, your assumptions are correct. There is a special antenna mounted on a metal plate either above the gauge cluster or above the glovebox

You could always get a window/pillar hidden mount antenna if reception is needed. Very interested, quite a nice yet simple project..


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You seen the one where the guy cut up a soda can to mask the hole then vinyl wrap over it? That's like begging for it to scratch the paint.

Whoever wants it just pm me and I'll email you the file. Take it to whatever 3d printing service you prefer and you'll get a little tile in the mail, paint, silicone and you're done

It looks great, my friend has a small 3D printer for his hobby but unfortunately I use the radio sometimes when I have to drive my sister around.

I like to listen to my radio and I like the RC antenna, much more than the shark one. But if I had a choice to listen to the radio and do this, I would

I don't believe the cheap ones will work as well. I had this plug made from "frosted model plastic" and it has very fine details/sharp edges. Very different from other prints I've seen that look like they are made from sand or string/thread

Pooch mentioned a pillar mount antenna. May be an option for you

Well that crappy console plaque is mine and I agree it is not great but I don't have access to a 3d printer and time to do this. So this is definitely better than mine. Also I didn't wrap it after and this has NOT leaked since install and snow and rain. So it seems like it works. I am glad I inspired your idea @Ashikabi :] So how about sending me the file? thanks!

This looks just as good from a distance.

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/attac...1&d=1451699463

https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/391023164442

Looks really good in pics, I was thinking about how to do this when you posted this thread. :thumbup:

Just ordered mine from https://www.shapeways.com/ using Ashikabi's file, and used the promo code MAKESHIPMAY for free shipping.

What was your total cost? I remember shipping for me was $5

$9.69

Good stuff

Ordered mine...thanks for the work you did man it will look much better. Now to buy the paint..lol

Duuuude, thank you, just ordered mine with the free shipping, posted just in the nick of time!😅

Thanks guys

Just got mine, gotta give them props on the packaging, very VERY thorough for something so small 😂😂😂


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Isnt it hilariously sized? Looked so much bigger on my computer. Shapeways does have insane packaging though

Antenna delete
 

I am definitely going to turn this into a project, thank you so much for the template.


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No problem. Glad I could help

we all know where you live now :lol:

Rekt. Hope he likes pizza he doesn't remember ordering

Lol oooops

What's your flavor?

Your PM box is full and I would very much appreciate a copy of the file for this antenna-delete. Thanks!