Hey guys,

I have a basic radio in my truck but the antenna does not work well and I need a new one. I have already moved over to the dark side and don't want the 3 foot tall metal antenna anymore. I thought it would look slick to have a shorty 4-10" black antenna. I can find them, but I don't know the angle of the truck base that I would need.

Any of you replace your antenna with something similar that worked? The curve of the truck is killing alot of the "easy" options.

Thanks,

Tyson

 

If your on the darkside maybe fill that hole and use one of these that I'm looking at.

http://midfifty.com/item.php?INV_ID=100

 

I have put one of those in a Mustang. It worked really well. I don't know about the cheap vs expensive ones. The one we bought was around $60-$70. Again, it worked really well, as good as the mast we took off.

 

Very cool, I will check it out. That is what i'm looking for...

Thanks

 

I put one similar in my wife's Jetta when I replaced the driver's fender, and it came without the antenna hole. It worked like a charm.

 

I might do that on my Mustang, makes it easier to put the cover on.........

 

Some of the aftermarket antennas come with a variety of bases in different angle configurations, you might want to check those.

 

I tried one of those from mid -fifty, same brand, and I was not happy with it at all, then again it is hard to get any radio reception here but my '02 f-250 seems to work fine.

 

In my opinion you will not be happy with that type of antenna [Mid-Fifty] unless you mount it to your windshield. The short black one you mentioned will come with an adjustible base that I think will fit your hole ok. There is no good option to good radio reception [am and fm] than a fender mounted one. You already have a hole, so I would use it.

 

I've leaned on using the black rubber mast antenna which LMC sells 49-0940 $14.95. Anybody used it?

 

Jack, I also had one of them, you get what you pay for on anything except a metal mast. IMHO aka- I did not like it.

 

I have a full length antenna that I have stuck under my center console (down through the center). As the truck hasn't really left the shop, I can't say how well it works.

 

I had a hidden antenna under the dash in my last truck- it actually worked very well with good reception, but thats in the UK so not sure how it compares with the US