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Replacing electric antenna on the cheap..
I'm sure this has been played through dozens of times but I'm new to the forum this is my experience today...
I bought the car a couple weeks ago and I could hear the antenna buzzing but it wasn't working. I just decided to buy a new antenna. I looked at hawks performance as I bought a few little trincklets there already. They offered a factor replacement which I think was refurbished or used for $125 and a
44-pw22 "made in China" universal antenna for $79..
I found the same part number on Amazon for $48 and I actually got a used one in new condition or whatever they call it for $38...
So to make it it as factory as possible I reused the factory drain tube but had to use a little zip tie around it as the tube coming out of the new Chinese electric antenna was a little smaller. Then the L bracket that bolts to the bottom of the antenna need a little spacing as the holes were a little further apart on the Chinese antenna but just wallering out the holes to the outside a little bit made it fit.
Then I kind of went DEFCON 5 to make the outer grommet fit on the new antenna. The original garment was a lot larger and if I would have used one of the aftermarket ones they would have been like a paint ring around it new ring because it's smaller and the old one that's been on there for 28 years. So in order to make that one work I had to lop off the factory inside and I'll point out in the picture exactly where I did right at the end of that little stub sticking down. You don't want to go any further than that because the inner ring needs to be able to go over the new antenna.
Also I'll include a picture of how I transferred the wires over and which colors go to which colors.
Also you end up with two male connections so I just ordered a female to female adapter for another 10 bucks..
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I bought the car a couple weeks ago and I could hear the antenna buzzing but it wasn't working. I just decided to buy a new antenna. I looked at hawks performance as I bought a few little trincklets there already. They offered a factor replacement which I think was refurbished or used for $125 and a
44-pw22 "made in China" universal antenna for $79..
I found the same part number on Amazon for $48 and I actually got a used one in new condition or whatever they call it for $38...
So to make it it as factory as possible I reused the factory drain tube but had to use a little zip tie around it as the tube coming out of the new Chinese electric antenna was a little smaller. Then the L bracket that bolts to the bottom of the antenna need a little spacing as the holes were a little further apart on the Chinese antenna but just wallering out the holes to the outside a little bit made it fit.
Then I kind of went DEFCON 5 to make the outer grommet fit on the new antenna. The original garment was a lot larger and if I would have used one of the aftermarket ones they would have been like a paint ring around it new ring because it's smaller and the old one that's been on there for 28 years. So in order to make that one work I had to lop off the factory inside and I'll point out in the picture exactly where I did right at the end of that little stub sticking down. You don't want to go any further than that because the inner ring needs to be able to go over the new antenna.
Also I'll include a picture of how I transferred the wires over and which colors go to which colors.
Also you end up with two male connections so I just ordered a female to female adapter for another 10 bucks..
