Shark fin antenna-fr-s
 

Anyone with pictures? Is it worth the cosmetics? Are there any other types out there beside the shark fins? I'm leasing my frs what old be the best route to go beside stock antenna?:burnrubber:

You could try the Perrin 2" shorty antennas

so many have goofy sharkfin. I just roll with my stock and think it looks just as good.

i think the stock is the better looking out of all the ones ive seen. the stubby looks like a severed pinky and the sharkfin looks too chunky especially at the base

Attachment 37295just put in yesterday

Here's my little 1.5" pinky :lol: :bellyroll: Stock is good, i'm just too lazy to change it now.

http://i.imgur.com/fU4UcvRh.jpg

Paint it fleshy and put an acrylic nail on it :lol:

The Beat-Sonic Shark Fin is just a personal like with most people in my opinion.

I hate the "RC Car" look with a passion. http://i1011.photobucket.com/albums/...l-attendre.gif


Here's mine....

http://i1011.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0660333a.jpg

Mine as well. The fin just makes the car look that much better

I second @TRD-X (our cars are twins, for real)! I don't particularly hate the "RC" look, I would just prefer not to have that look.

I'm kinda partial to my VG SharkFin. I always preferred that over the BeatSonic and the others.


http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...ps0cae4ba0.png
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...psa5dc9bc2.png

This is the same antenna that I have, but in Asphalt. I like the look of it better and like how its a little different then all the other FR-S's with the common Shark-fin antennas.

I got the VG fin too on my asphalt. I second it. Good paint match up and they are friendly and helpful over email too!

i wonder where this came from - RC car antennas look nothing like what's on the BRZ or FR-S.

however, our antenna DOES like like the one on an FRS hand held radio.

Where can I find these shark fin antenna?

Here ya go def worth it .

http://ft86speedfactory.com/exterior...01c94c64852d65

The G37 mod antenna IMO looks way better, each to their own. Personally it would have been nice to have had antenna incorporated into rear window and no roof antenna at all that would be slick looking.

Birds keep perching on my antenna and do their business on my car while I am at work. Definitely need a change.

Hey, where can i order one, and does this fit the BRZ

They are the same for the BRZ U can get them at your local toyota dealer.

I'm rocking the Beastsonic Sharkfin antennae as well. I love the look, but it is starting to peel. Probably due to the heat and melting the adhesive?

Anyways, our cars has a shark-like front, so the sharkfin antennae enhances the cosmetics.

I'm in PHX AZ and I haven't had any problem with the heat. We've been in triple digits for a little while now too.

What % tint do you have?

I have 5% on the rear and 35% on the sides

Does it come in ign10tion silver anywhere? Argento <> my color silver.

Imagine.. if you put a whole row of shark fins..... you will get pretty good aerodynamic huh?

I think so.

http://www.beatsonicusa.com/fda43-j8a.html

humfrz

Has anyone tried and antenna from a different car?

The shark fins are also practical when you use a car cover -no antenna getting droopy/limp from a heavy cover resting on it.

If I was to go the shark fin route I'd look at the Calrearo because they have models that include a GPS antenna as well as AM/FM, DTV, etc.

For those with the shorty antenna: Do you notice any reception advantages/disadvantages over stock? Above average AM/FM reception is very important to me since its related to my job.

Before purchasing the FR-S, I was actually looking forward to improved reception over my previous car; I was using my mom's XD as a point of comparison and just assumed, going in to it, that all Scion's had the same antenna. To my disappointment, the FR-S antenna is actually of poorer quality and there is a noticeable difference (albeit rather minor) in reception. The average listener probably couldn't detect the difference.

The average FR-S owner probably doesn't care as much about radio reception as me, though :]

My Grazio & Co:

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The reception is notably worse than the stock one.

That's too bad...it looks so much better than the stock rc car antenna....:(

I've been looking for this one! Where'd you get it??
Reception doesn't bug me since I mostly used USB or cd's.

Edit* sob I replied to the wrong person. This is @Efferalgan

eBay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GRAZIO-Co-SH...ht_2753wt_1106

Well, probably I used a wrong word: not "notable" as "significant" but rather "recognizable" worse. I.e. you lose signal half a second earlier when entering a tunnel and gain it back half a second later - that's what is easy to spot but in normal conditions it's 100% fine. If you live in a city where signal is strong and don't drive via tunnels much - you will hardly notice any significant difference. I'd say it's 10-15% worse in reception capability than the stock one, not more than that.

i would go no antennae. radio sucks anyway.

I've been eyeing this antenna. where did you get yours?

From a former vendor whom has since been banned.
Here is the direct link to the manufacturer http://www.visualgarage.com/Order.php
Looks like they are updating their site and I'm not sure how long it's been in that state but there is an email address to contact them directly.
I don't recommend contacting the former vendor, and just to make sure you avoid, the vendor username is 86_ZN6 and they also have an external website which you can identify by the username in the address if you do an internet search using keywords 'VG SharkFin FR-S' That website appears to be parked too, so you know it's no buenos...

Good luck.

SWeet, Yeah I've heard lots of bad things about that vendor. Thanks for the tip!!