How To: Hidden Antenna Mod

[choodock]

Tried it and got horrible FM reception. Might work better in heavy metro areas though.

Agreed. I just did mine last night. Reception for local Waco, TX stations is terrible "in town" when they were strong before 30+ miles outside of town.

 

[NJ04HOE]

I ordered a hidden antenna from tunetrapper.com for about $50 hoping it would fix the horrible reception after I did the mod. I tried tucking it in the front of the headliner and it did work great in my driveway but still sucked anywhere else. I emailed them and they said it would work if I used "closed cell or non-conductive insulation" between the antenna and the roof because of the metal.
I haven't been able to find any yet so I decided to take the top of the dash off and place it under there it does work better but I did lose one of my usual three stations. When I have time I'll try putting it under the dash or somewhere else and check the results.

 

[Yukongk]

I ordered a hidden antenna from tunetrapper.com for about $50 hoping it would fix the horrible reception after I did the mod. I tried tucking it in the front of the headliner and it did work great in my driveway but still sucked anywhere else. I emailed them and they said it would work if I used "closed cell or non-conductive insulation" between the antenna and the roof because of the metal.
I haven't been able to find any yet so I decided to take the top of the dash off and place it under there it does work better but I did lose one of my usual three stations. When I have time I'll try putting it under the dash or somewhere else and check the results.

Tried this a few months ago. Crap reception, great customer service though. I tried mounting everywhere including the rear window. No dice. I returned it for a refund. I'm rocking my stock whip and done messing with this mod.

 

[YukonXL04]

Mine works great up to about 30 miles outside of a major city. And also sucks in parking garages downtown lol. Other than that I haven't had any issues with it. I have some small amplified antennas for use out at our lake house, 60 miles or so from any major city. 3 on boats and 1 on our golf card and they all work well. I think I will be trying one of those soon on my Yukon.

 

[easybake]

Well this happened when I accidentally went through a car wash with the stupid antenna on. Any ideas on how to fix this error?

 

[WrWgn]

I did this mod with no difference in reception

 

[wolferine358]

I like this mod

 

[ezdaar]

Well this happened when I accidentally went through a car wash with the stupid antenna on. Any ideas on how to fix this error?

Stay out of paint defiling car washs!

 

[Grimes]

Well this happened when I accidentally went through a car wash with the stupid antenna on. Any ideas on how to fix this error?

It seems you have deleted your antenna!

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Any signal at this point? Do they fit at all, or were chunks lost? Could also consider soldering some copper between them, maybe?

 

[wolferine358]

Does the copper really work, and how can you protect it from getting rusty?