is there any way to lower the antennea without having a radio in the car? somebody hacked up my radio wiring, and i bought a car cover, and it obviously won't fit with the antennea up.

 

If you ground the wire for the antenna, it will go up, if you unground it, it'll go down.
As per the FAQ: LtBlue/Yellow= -power ant trigger

You could make yourself a little switch or ignition relay for that... Check the FAQ, there's a relay example in it for that.

 

Replace the stupid thing with a short rubber mast one from autozone... the antenna assembly on our cars weighs like 5lbs and gets terrible reception.

 

Actually, it weighs 1.2lbs and gets great reception (atleast it has for me).

If you think those rubber ducky antennas from autozone/napa get better reception, you had something wrong with your stock antenna.

Plus... the retractable antenna looks great when the car is off. No autozone parts on my baby... short of like.... Sylvania headlights.

Also, I have epilepsy and your signature almost gave me a seizure.. You might want to change it.

 

Yeah my antena motor was fried when i got my car... but the rubber ducky gets better reception than oem, I had another fc guy try it.

P.S How about a warning label

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OEM looks better, works just as well.

Plus if your exhaust is done right you cant even use a radio ; )

 

also, he may have disconnected the wiring harness for the antenna in the hatch area to keep it from going back down.

Its on the left when you open the hatch, back where the tail lights are, 4 pin connector.

 

It must have been raised and then unplugged from the harness. If it's plugged back in, and the relevant fuses are okay, it'll go down on its own even if there's no radio. It needs a signal (a switched ground) to go up, without that it'll drop.

Wrong on both counts.

 

my antenna doesnt go down. when i turn off the radio i hear the motor come on but the antenna stayes up, must be off the gear or guide track. is there any way to take it out with the antenna extended?

 

Have someone switch the radio off with you at the antenna gently pushing and turning the top of the mast. You may be able to engage the mast's gear cable to the motor. If this doesn't work, you have broken cable pieces in there and need to take the power antenna out and open it up.

 

I'll have to give all these a try this weekend. Thanks!

 

ok il try that. thanks!