antenna installation gone wrong
10-02-2007, 01:06 PM
#32
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RE: antenna installation gone wrong
ORIGINAL: Puckhog407
I wish you could remember too. That 14" billet antenna came in over the weekend and it didn't have the correct thread adapter for my car. Such a simple thing made complicated ... now I think I'll have to go find an adapter that fits.
ORIGINAL: Orion_240
I wish I could remember who I got mine on eBay for you. It didn't need an adapter.
I wish I could remember who I got mine on eBay for you. It didn't need an adapter.
10-02-2007, 01:06 PM
#33
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Texas
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RE: antenna installation gone wrong
ORIGINAL: Menace
You aren't the only one. I got the 14" and tested the different attachments to see which one screwed into the car... Thought I found the right one, started screwing... Then went to tighten it and it spun right off and snapped inside. Went and got the screw extractor, got it out from the antenae but getting it out from the car was much more difficult. I ended up screwing the inside up and now nothing will fit there. I went to get a new one, but Ford says it's all one piece. Goes down the fender, along the block, and in through the firewall. The only disconnect is beneath the passenger dash. I could always try disconnecting it at the top and crimping the new one, but now I just think I want to get it removed and filled... Who knows.
You aren't the only one. I got the 14" and tested the different attachments to see which one screwed into the car... Thought I found the right one, started screwing... Then went to tighten it and it spun right off and snapped inside. Went and got the screw extractor, got it out from the antenae but getting it out from the car was much more difficult. I ended up screwing the inside up and now nothing will fit there. I went to get a new one, but Ford says it's all one piece. Goes down the fender, along the block, and in through the firewall. The only disconnect is beneath the passenger dash. I could always try disconnecting it at the top and crimping the new one, but now I just think I want to get it removed and filled... Who knows.
- In my defense I made my dad tighten it because he is a beast of a man but he doesnt know his own strength sometimes and and he broke it off in there.... it sucked hard core and im not ashamed to say I cried (the car was only a month old if that)and the 8inI got was from american muscle
10-02-2007, 01:47 PM
#34
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RE: antenna installation gone wrong
ORIGINAL: MlissaG
This is exactly what happened to me and Im still not sure what to do about it- In my defense I made my dad tighten it because he is a beast of a man but he doesnt know his own strength sometimes and and he broke it off in there.... it sucked hard core and im not ashamed to say I cried (the car was only a month old if that)
and the 8inI got was from american muscle
ORIGINAL: Menace
You aren't the only one. I got the 14" and tested the different attachments to see which one screwed into the car... Thought I found the right one, started screwing... Then went to tighten it and it spun right off and snapped inside. Went and got the screw extractor, got it out from the antenae but getting it out from the car was much more difficult. I ended up screwing the inside up and now nothing will fit there. I went to get a new one, but Ford says it's all one piece. Goes down the fender, along the block, and in through the firewall. The only disconnect is beneath the passenger dash. I could always try disconnecting it at the top and crimping the new one, but now I just think I want to get it removed and filled... Who knows.
You aren't the only one. I got the 14" and tested the different attachments to see which one screwed into the car... Thought I found the right one, started screwing... Then went to tighten it and it spun right off and snapped inside. Went and got the screw extractor, got it out from the antenae but getting it out from the car was much more difficult. I ended up screwing the inside up and now nothing will fit there. I went to get a new one, but Ford says it's all one piece. Goes down the fender, along the block, and in through the firewall. The only disconnect is beneath the passenger dash. I could always try disconnecting it at the top and crimping the new one, but now I just think I want to get it removed and filled... Who knows.
- In my defense I made my dad tighten it because he is a beast of a man but he doesnt know his own strength sometimes and and he broke it off in there.... it sucked hard core and im not ashamed to say I cried (the car was only a month old if that)and the 8inI got was from american muscle
10-02-2007, 02:02 PM
#35
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RE: antenna installation gone wrong
take off the stocker, remove the ball on the end with a little muscle, cut the antenna to desired length, grind down end so little ball fits back on, replace ball, paint black (if needed, might scratch something), put back on car... looks like new
10-02-2007, 06:28 PM
#36
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Michigan
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RE: antenna installation gone wrong
Where'd you buy your antenna from? I'll make sure not to get mine from them.
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Toad ... got it from ebay from a place called AntennaX. I obviously do NOT recommend these guys. I wouldn't want anyone else to go through all of this garbage because of a flippin' antenna.
On an even more frustrating note, my response from the place after I e-mailed them was this:
"The best way to get it on there is to screw the thread adapter only part of the way into the car and then see if there's enough thread for the antenna to grab".
What great customer service.
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