Shorty Antenna
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Shorty Antenna
I will be building a house in the very near future and plan on parking my truck in the garage. When I pull into the garage, the antenna drags on the header and slaps the garage door pretty hard. I think I have heard of people putting short antenna's on their truck. Where can I find one of these? Do they work well as far as radio reception goes? Thanks guys!
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i have a 2003 f350 and my situation is similar when i pull into my garage the antenna slaps header garage door came close to my lights on ceiling i got a telescoping antenna from where i work. i work local ford dealership in ne pa. it is for a chassis cab with ladder rack etc. reception is very good and more slapping the garage door.
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Most of your local auto parts places like Auto Zone or Advanced Auto carry them. Stop in and look.
As far as how good they look I can't say. I personally like having the antenna a little taller than my cab as it gives me a warning before I hit something if I'm too tall.
As far as how good they look I can't say. I personally like having the antenna a little taller than my cab as it gives me a warning before I hit something if I'm too tall.
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From: Northern Arizona
Originally Posted by Beerstalker
I personally like having the antenna a little taller than my cab as it gives me a warning before I hit something if I'm too tall.
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I had a shorty antenna on mine for a long time, had the same issue. Before I lifted it, the stock one would drag the header on the way in so I put one of those Auto Zone specials on. It worked for a pretty decent amount of time (2 years) before the base cracked on it. It was lifted by then so having a short antenna didn't make much sense anymore so I put the factory one back on.
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I recently purchased a 14" shorty antenna from ShortyAntennasource.com for my 06 F250 CrewCab. Nice product...certainly much better than those deformable rubber ones they sell at autozone. However I did experience one problem...a whistling noise developed on the right front passenger side when I approached and surpassed around 65 miles per hour (I assumed that this was because the shorty antenna lacked the spiral contour found on the factory antenna). After a few months I took the advice of some other postings and cut my factory antenna. For someone that is not mechanically inclined...it was quite easy to do. Just pull/tap off the metal ball on the tip...cut the antenna to the necessary length...taper the cut end a bit...tap the ball back on...and if necessary, touch up with some flat black paint. Hope this helps.
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I shorten these for customers at work , clamp the mast in a vise between two pieces of cardboard , leaving 3"-4" stick out past the side of the vise , put a adjustable wrench over the mast , adjust it so it just slides over the mast , slide the wrench to tap the ball off of the end , put your hand over the end to catch it , grind off the amount that you need to shorten the antenna , if the mast is tappered you must grind it to original diameter so that the ball will tap back on , this will also work on the masts with the wire on the outside , last if the mast is painted black , some semi gloss black paint will finish the job , Craig.
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<TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=4 width="100%" align=center border=0><TBODY><TR title="Post 5514202" vAlign=top><TD class=alt1 align=middle width=125>Beerstalker</TD><TD class=alt2>Most of your local auto parts places like Auto Zone or Advanced Auto carry them. Stop in and look.
As far as how good they look I can't say. I personally like having the antenna a little taller than my cab as it gives me a warning before I hit something if I'm too tall.
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As far as how good they look I can't say. I personally like having the antenna a little taller than my cab as it gives me a warning before I hit something if I'm too tall.
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I ALWAYS back in.
When I added the extdened fenders I had to pull in. I couldn't figure out what that ticking noise was for a minute.
My antenna saved me...
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