hows the XM reception? that's all i listen too.lol

 

It won’t be affected. The XM signal is received by from the black rectangular satellite receiver on the roof of your car. It's above the rear window. I'll take a pic of mine for you if you don’t know what I’m talking about.

 

r u sure? that's where i thought it came from too but someone told me otherwise. In that case i might just remove the antenna. I have an 07 SS/SC

 

Thats what the good people at GM told me. I had that same question a couple months ago.

 

alright well thank-u very much I am about to go pull my antenna off right now.lol

 

To confirm, yes... the black square on the top of the car is the XM antenna. If you do not listen to regular radio, you do not need to have the antenna on the back of the car.

 

I just used a BIG vacuum cap lol

I put electrical tape on the threads to beef 'em up a little and pushed it on. I don't really go to automatic car washes so no prob, but if i did... gone. lol And radio is crap but I use my ipod 99% of the time.

 

so 13" is the best for reception?

 

Your tip looks the same as the one I put on mine. I used one of the rubber tips from the handle of a Pet Taxi.

I have mine about 14" and only one radio station gets crappy reception (it's never had strong signal though). All the others work great.

 

hrm i think ill go 14

 

Yeah, 14 will put it just a tad over the height of the roof. I mostly shortened mine because it was always hitting low tree branches.

 

I get AWESOME(better than stock ) reception with 5".... But I also paid $35

 

buy me one =]

 

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okay jus finished mine

took bout 20min including time to gather supplies

before pic:31"



Vatozone 1/8thin vaccuum cap



Measuring new height [i chose 14in for max SQ and reception]



tapeing new height and clamping it down



After cutting it and puttin cap on



After pic:14"




PS i live in a dusty area its imposible to keep my car clean now.

 

doin mine tomorrow!!!

 

so i did this mod!! took me like 5 mins!! i chopped mine down to 8 inches!! reception is good on all of the 6 preset channels except 1 which is the country station in the city (which is about 50 min drive from my house) i really like the looks of it!! alot better then that hedious one b4... and it only cost me about 5 bux

 

im gonna do mine today!!! cant wait.

 

i used the plati-dip stuff (the rubberized grip you see on tools and random crap) over the end of my antenna when i cut it. looks more oem IMO, and so far it's lasted 2 years (including michigan winters) with no damage

 

pics?

 

i'll take a picture shortly, bear with me here, im at work

 

its been 4 days wheres the pic?

 

****, i'll get on it, tomorrow by lunch time for sure.

send me a million PM's to remind me

 

anyone cut it right to the base?

 

took me longer to get to the autoparts store and get back then it did to do the mod

 

i cut mine shorter i think im at 3in now