Fast Cheap Mod...Shaved Antenna

[slowtowpig]

part number: 15287179

this little piece cost about 13 dollars at you local gm house and about 10min of your time

this is a factory antenna delete used on escalades and will work on all trucks 99-06 and 07 classics.

Remove the antenna and then pop off the cowl corner(3 clips)
unbolt the base of the antenna (3 screws) and lay it down, running it parallel with fender
bolt "L" bracket or plumbers tape to were the base of antanna bolted to.
bolt base of antenna to the other end of "L" bracket of plumbers tape
screw antenna to the antenna base.
zip tie towards the end of the antenna to the inside of fender
snap antenna delete/escalade cowl corner

i will post up pictures when im done with the install, which will be monday if i get off in time to get the part from the gm house.



^^^UGLY ANTENNA^^^

^^^REMOVE ANTENNA, AND POP PANEL OFF^^^


^^^UN-DO THE 3 BOLTS^^^

^^^MAKE AN "L" BRACKET, I MADEMINE OUT OF ALUMINUM, ATTACH TO THE ATENNA BASE^^^


^^^LAY DOWN ANTENNA^^^



^^^FINISHED PRODUCT^^^

[2500HeavyDuty]

[slowtowpig]

i can post pics but it wouldnt be of my install, SUCKA!!

[jdugie123]

so what we still want pics you tease

[ruffmanatv]

Originally Posted by jdugie123 so what we still want pics you tease

X2!!

[mikmaze]

who wants to bet that the car wash guys could still mess it up ? nice job, looks clean,,,,,,,,,,,,, hows reception ?

[slowtowpig]

Originally Posted by mikmaze who wants to bet that the car wash guys could still mess it up ? nice job, looks clean,,,,,,,,,,,,, hows reception ?

its about the same, not enough difference to really get up set over it.


i cant wait to take it though the car wash, it only gets washed about 3-4 times a week .
im a regular.

[akguppy]

Nice, what's plumber's tape? Yea, go thru the carwash and at the end say, "Dude, your machine ate my antenna." Or should I translate, "Ahora cabron, tu pinche maquina se comen mi antena guey"

[bow2no1]

nice mod. i might have to give it a try

[Benjamin]

cool mod!! i wish the antenna on my dodge wasn't in the fender.... if i had thought of it when i painted it i would have shaved it too..... anyway.... i know some chevy guys that will prolly like to do this. thanks for posting up the part numbers and prices so i can easily tell them about it.

[bow2no1]

on my nissan truck i had i put one of these in

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Unive....c0.m245.l1318

[2500HeavyDuty]

ima go to the dealer a pick it up today

nice find

[ruffmanatv]

Thank for posting this...I will have to see about getting this done. Thanks.

[bigdaddydiesel]

Originally Posted by 2500HeavyDuty ima go to the dealer a pick it up today nice find

I'm goin' fur mine too!

[Oilfield_Mafia]

Mines done now.. I made my bracket out of a piece of that garage door hanger material like this..



And cut a piece out and rounded the edges down for a piece like this..



I flattened this out and bent it the other way to come up with a brakcet like this..




And The final Result..





Oh and just a heads up for anyone that is just learning about small modifications.. This is a little trick that MANY people use to keep their bolts from sliding up in the sockets.. Take a little piece of paper, or kleenex, or papertowel, and shove it down in the socket to keep the bolt from goin up in there real far, so you have more threads to work with on the other end..

Looks like this..




Then when you are done, you can take a nail or even a stick and poke it back out from the other end.

Thanks Zach for the idea on the mod! I love it, and reception is still fine for me.





Tools used:

7mm Socket
Extension
1/4" Ratchet
some cheap-o galvanized material
hacksaw
2 glasses of crown & Pepsi