Install A Roof Antenna With Wire Under Headliner

This solved the problem for about 4 months.

Install a roof antenna with wire under headliner.

Then work forward and install remaining side to side wires. As a general rule the farther an outdoor tv antenna s range the larger the antenna is. Installing my xm antenna is exactly why i had the headliner out. Excess wire coiled up in same location.

You want the listing wires. Installed sirius xm antenna on the roof where it belongs. I mounted the antenna at the trailing edge of the roof and ran the wire down through the factory antenna mounting hole. This is where the short bow will attach.

Lift the headliner to the roof and install the number 3 wire rod. First it may be more cumbersome to install a large tv antenna than a small one so you may want to enlist some help if you cannot manage it on your own. He wants about 700 to remove headliner change antenna wires. Whatever you do do not put holes in your roof to attach your antenna.

Check in the center of the roof for a row of v shaped prongs across the car. Find the front of your new headliner and insert the bows in the listings sewn into the backside of the headliner. In order to mount an antenna on your roof without damaging it you should attach the antenna to the gable the fascia or the chimney. I would consider a vhf uhf antenna over a huge metal roof ground plane similar to an hf antenna over earth ground.

Work toward the rear and install the side to side wires. Now he tells me i have a short in the antenna wire which runs under the headliner. During the installation i found a sirius xm antenna inside the cap on top of the driver s side cabinet up against 1 high aluminum angle on one side. Second some may find large tv antennas to be unsightly.

Then if present snap the listing wire or wires into longitudinal bow receptacles. Size plays a factor in two ways. When its lower than a few wavelengths and at multiples of 1 4 wavelength like 1 4 3 4 etc the pattern of a vertical antenna can be pushed upward and away from the horizon a bit lowering its gain at the horizon. The static noise signal fade has gradually returned and is as bad now as it was before dealer put on the electrical grease.

You can also buy non penetrating mounts that use weights rather than screws to hold them in place. After two hours could not find the other end under the dash.