How to remove XM antenna?

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05-11-2009, 08:18 AM

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shouldve just painted it thats what i did

painted my roof & antenna blk didnt know how to take off the antenna so i have that lil crease but now thanks to the op ill be taking the antenna off and repainting it looks good though, but painting it brings out the shine more, the overlay looks too dull imo

when you paint, you can't get the orignal color back very easily. If you wanted something reversible and something that looks great, get some good sticky vinyl and put it wherever you want on the car, then get that painted whatever color you please with a little bit of flex additive.

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05-11-2009, 10:10 AM

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i took the vinyl off since i'm going to be selling my car this summer. i'm looking to get rid of the 400 dollar car payment..

it was pretty easy to remove, took about an hr. had some sticky glue left behind, i just used a 3m general adhesive remover to take it off, then applied wax over it. looks new

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05-11-2009, 11:52 AM

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Does anyone know if the RL antenna is a plug-n-play direct fit?

Id like to know too. I really like the shark fin appearance.

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05-11-2009, 02:42 PM

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VG Shark Fin
here you can buy shark fin antenna and you can get idea how its gone look like....

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05-19-2009, 11:53 PM

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took 4 hrs to do, first timer at it also, its not perfect, but for 60 bucks i can deal with it.
(not going to put on the xm antenna until i get my black one in).

SICKKK.... if you dont mind me asking where did u find the vinyl. i cant find the glossy vinyl wide enough..

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07-05-2011, 04:25 PM

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do u need the antenna to run just normal old fm and am stations bec if not im not even gonna bother putting a new black antenna back on bec thts a waste of money just like xm radio.

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07-05-2011, 09:34 PM

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do u need the antenna to run just normal old fm and am stations bec if not im not even gonna bother putting a new black antenna back on bec thts a waste of money just like xm radio.

The antenna on the roof is for XM only, the AM/FM antenna is built into the rear glass and the navi antenna is on the rear deck. If you do take out the bubble, you're going to have to cover up the hole and patch it up well so water doesn't get in!

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07-06-2011, 03:07 AM

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Nice I was holding off on this in order to put the CF Vinyl on the roof of my car. I didnt wanna take off the whole headliner to do this. Thanks Ill be saving this thread

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07-06-2011, 05:59 PM

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is there a way to keep the xm without the antenna? i mean without the thing that goes on the roof?

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07-07-2011, 07:22 AM

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^ maybe relocating it where you'll get a good signal.. but somewhere that will that not look weird?

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07-07-2011, 11:25 AM

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is there a way to keep the xm without the antenna? i mean without the thing that goes on the roof?

NO, must have direct unblocked view of signal.

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07-07-2011, 03:11 PM

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is there a way to keep the xm without the antenna? i mean without the thing that goes on the roof?

You'd be surprised how well XM antennas work. if you can somehow retrofit one of the generic magnetic XM antennas to the stock antenna harness, I'm pretty sure you'll get a good signal if it's stuck to the underside of the roof against the metal (hidden above the headliner).