Replace power antenna with non-power?

[V6UnderPressure]

I wanna do this, anyone have any suggestions?

Scott

 

[6shooter]

Just go to your local stereo shop and get one for a GM car around that year model. Ive replaced them with the black fixed antenna or a chrome antenna you can pull up and down manually.

 

[salvageV6]

Mike McCoy can hook ya up prolly with the original parts, used of course but I think he got me a new mast part in the GM wrapper.

He was the first one I contacted.

 

[ez at nova]

I came up with a pretty good answer to my problem of the power antenna being problematic, and not wanting to rip it out and replace it (wanted to keep it original, and it's a pain!) Anyway, I put the power antenna down in recessed form and unplugged it from the stereo and left it be, and plugged in a $5 standard stalk antenna I painted black. I ran the wire through the firewall and hid it along the sides of the engine bay. Then I jammed the antenna under the lip of the front grill/hood area. The antenna is completely invisible from any angle, yet I get 80% of the reception I would with the antenna in the normal position.