afireinside1582

ok, so i inverted my antenna and put on a five dollar short antenna from advance auto parts, now i get crap for signal, is there any way i can make the signal stronger? or what is the best short antenna to get for signal?

bluecobaltss06

Making an antenna shorter is going to make you lose reception...period. If you look on ebay, you can find shorty antennas that have an amplifier on them, and in most cases work better than your stock antenna. You can get them for about 40 bucks.

afireinside1582

so... can i possibly amplify my signal?

snobird

go to antenna x they have the short antenna thats black and shipped for 13 bucks no loss reception or anything

Beck

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...ayphotohosting

i got this antenna off ebay.. had to drill and tap the hole to make it fit, but i have no loss of reception and looks great...

Beck

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^^^^

The antenna is actually darker than that... its almost like the gunmetal on the SS/SC rims.

Looks brighter due to camera flash

Toronto SS

^^^^ That is a cool antenna. Off to ebay I go.

snobird

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/EuroS...65605212QQrdZ1

thats the one i got it looks great and works great and they have pics on cobalts

twism50

I cut my factory one, I didn't really notice a reception change, but I rarely ever use the radio, I have sirius.

RollOver360

I got that one, took 5 secs to install. Took it through the automatic car wash and it took the little round thing off the top,so there is a piece of wire sticking out. O well. Automatic car washes eat cars alive.

later

cybcow

Buy one, don't cut it. If you just cut it to some some length you will change the frequency / wavelength it was designed for.

afireinside1582

i inverted my antenna into the trunk, sealed the hole with some sealant and covered with vinyl. so i need a shorter one to go in the trunk and still get good reception

afireinside1582

check these out!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BLACK...QQcmdZViewItem

danklite

those are pretty slick, but arent our antennas female in respect to the bolt that holds it on?

R33P3R007

I hate those, they are rubber and if your car is fast enough it will bend and look gay later on down the road.

R33P3R007

how do you do that?

snobird

R33P3R007 i love the look but after time they will bend but its only 13 bucks so ill order a new one i dont think my cobalt will keep up with my r6 haha that would funny though

juststickit124

I got a 2 inch attena off a honda S2000, it fits perfect and gets good reception. It's all metal and painted black, looks really clean.

Asphalt Assault

I found the same problem. I feel I have a solution in my tool box. I bought a amplified antenna from Auto zone.

It is designed for what we are doing. It is hard to describe other than it is not your usual antenna. It is powered and I plan on attaching it to the bottom of the deck just inside the trunk.


next weekend I will do the install and provide pics! plus you can see packaging etc. to know what to look for. I would go and get pics right now but I am finishing a course and I have to get ready to write for friday, papers to finish, etc. alot of bullshit work but then I will be done for the weekend. then I'm into another course - psychiatric medicine. I actually will get experience working psychiatric patients. should be interesting.

By the way my radio reception is not to bad and is non existant in underground parking with no antenna. we will solve our problem with this antenna. if it does not work well in the trunk we can place it inside the car on the glass of the rear window up high or low as this is where this antenna is supposed to go.

EDIT: an afterthought of how it can be described - If you go to autozone it is probably the only antenna that is powered and comes with a cable. It is considered to be universal fit. It has the black amplified box with to lexan flexible antenna pieces coming off the little box. it attaches with two way tape.

tiny

i bought an s2000 antenna, and it has the reverse threads on it
did you get an adapter??

Beck

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if the threads dont work go buy a 6mm drill tap and bit. Cost you like 5 bucks and u can just redrill the threads

Tomtwtwtw

FWIW, I got the antennax shorty for $13 and I don't notice any difference in reception. Comes with a bunch of adaptors, too, but none were needed. Just unscrew the stock one and screw this one on top.

Ironically, I didn't get it for looks, so much as I hated hearing the stock one wobble from inside the car for 30 seconds every time I hit a speedbump . . .

g5mike

I just cut mine and put a tip on it, no loss of reception, and it looks cleaner than the plastic atennas.

mkulrey13

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Antenna-X Sucks. I put one on and lost all my stations. they suck. Just cut it.

juststickit124

ya i think there was an adapter on it to accept the threads, it was off my friends celica who took it off and S2000 so I think an adapter was on it.