Any one removed the am/fm radio antenna entirely? I'm not looking for a shorty, and I'm not looking to spend several hundred getting a body shop to totally remove it, just something simple to cover up the threads and make it looks somewhat decent. Can I buy a plastic piece from the hardware store or something for this? Not really sure what I'm looking for - is there a technical term for it? Any one done this - any rust or anything from the metal hanging out there without the antenna? Just curious, thanks for the help!

 

ive herd you can use a tire valve cover on the antenna

 

Not a fan of radio?

I couldnt do it.

I dont know of a way, but I will bump it for you.

 

I took a tire cap,
Then took a hot glue gun and put a little inside the cap,
Then stuck the cap on. I have yet to have a problem with it "melting" off.
You loose radio almost entirley, but, if you use something else, it works great.

 

yeah.. go to advanced auto or somewhere and buy a window mount antenna for like $20... mounts on an inner window and works great....

 

really ? never heard of that

 

lol mine is the same thing

 

you could get a power antenna kit, it won't totally hide the antenna, but it would look a little smaller than the valve stem cap cover when its down, then you would be able to run it up when you want the radio.

you could pull the whole thing out and use a plastic plug like they do with police cars when they sell them off to the public.

best way to do it would be spend the few hundred bucks and have a body shop fill the hole and repaint the area.

 

i plan i shaving mine off next winter.. not all that hard to do. just need a welder, body filler, a paint booth, and some paint.. oh sandpaper, primer, masking tape.. well a little hard if you never done any body work like that before

 

I retaped an onstar antenna, looks great and still gets most stations.

 

so how is the reception with out the antanna but with the tire valve cap

 

so what did you guys use to keep the cap on there? i took my antenna completely off i got xm so have no use for the radio i just dont like how it looks bare so im going to be doing this and want to know what did you guys use to keep the cap on there cause i know by itself wont stay just pulling out the driveway

 

read the thread.

 

well....i dont have a glue gun, so whats my other options?

 

I took a stock antenna off of a silverado, they have a hex base instead of a round one. I cut it off right at the base of the mast, leaving me about a 1 1/2 inch hex nut basically. Spray paint it black or whatever color you want, thread it back on when dry. Instant free shorty antenna. I may have one laying around somewhere, I made a couple for some people, one guy didn't like losing his radio too much around his house, so he gave it back. If I still have it, i'll post up a pic.

 

I did something similar with my antenna. Back when someone stole the stocker, I quickly spray painted a nut and an acorn nut, and put them on. It looked very similar to the valve cap, but it was a shiney, gloss black. Recpetion was still pretty good, I still got most of the stations, which wasnt that bad. But I eventually got a short antennea, so ehh...

 

I took mine off, shrink wrapped the threads twice, then stuck some silicone sealant up top to make it flush

 

fair enough. what you do is fill the cap with milk. set it out in the sun till it gets gooey and nasty, fill it up with milk a few more times, then plop it down on the stud. works every time.

get a tube of silicone caulk from the hard ware store, the stuff for doing bath tubs. they are a few bucks that should do the trick. maybe some roofing tar, but it might be a little messy.

 

I did the same thing except i used a vacuum line cap and cut it nice and short to size.

 

^^^ i did the same and used a 1/4 inch size , i believe so no need for glue or anything it just twists on and off.