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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Car Audio / January 2005

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question about replacing broken power antenna (going back to stock in-glass)

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piclistguy@yahoo.com - 29 Jan 2005 05:43 GMT
I have a 96 honda accord that had bad FM reception with the in-glass
(rear windows) antenna that came stock. I switched to a power antenna
that finally broke off after 5 years. I would like to go back to my
stock in-glass antenna since a power antenna made no difference in FM
reception. This way I can avoid spending for a replacement and having
to always remember to keep it down during carwashes. If I remove the
power antenna base (which now looks mangled), is there a neat way to
plug up the hole that looks acceptable and prevents corrosion?
Scott Gardner - 29 Jan 2005 06:04 GMT
>I have a 96 honda accord that had bad FM reception with the in-glass
>(rear windows) antenna that came stock. I switched to a power antenna
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>power antenna base (which now looks mangled), is there a neat way to
>plug up the hole that looks acceptable and prevents corrosion?

Depending on the size/shape of the hole, you may be able to find a
rubber body plug to fill it.  It's still going to be an ugly rubber
plug, though.

The best solution would be to weld in a patch panel to repair the hole
and then re-paint the panel, but that would cost more than replacing
the power antenna.

Scott Gardner
wideglide340 - 28 Jan 2005 18:16 GMT
the only thing worse for reception than a power antenna is usually an i
glass. you should go to a fixed mass antenna for the best reception
even one that you can manuallly raise and lower like th harada (antenn
works/metra) kl15 antenna would be much better than a powwer. remembe
any time you add moving parts you get the chance to hurt receptio

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John Durbin - 29 Jan 2005 09:12 GMT
bah... nothing wrong with the reception using a nice Hirschmann 6000U or EL.

JD

>the only thing worse for reception than a power antenna is usually an in
>glass. you should go to a fixed mass antenna for the best reception.
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