How the crap do I remove the old antenna and put a new one in??? I unscrewed the top plate and then I was lost. Can anyone give me some answers?

 

lay on your back under the dash and feed a coat hander up the A piller. then from the outside tape the end that plugs into the radio to the hanger. pull the hanger down and you should be good to go.

 

You can also try tying a piece of string or
light gauge wire to the old coax
before you pull it out..

Once the end/string comes out,you can tie it to the new one
and pull it back through.

You might also lube it up with some soapy water..

 

but how do you remove the old one? It wont just pull out.

 

Any one????????

 

cut the old one above the roof line and tape the new cable to it and pull it through, if you cant get it to move try taking the A-pillar cover off to see whats going on

 

FYI make sure you pull in the direction the antenna goes out, not up. The antenna itself has a tube that it lives in that feeds down the a-piller. I can post up a pic if you need.

 

sure a pic would help thanx.

 

lemme help. The tube will slide down inside of the pillar but the wire runs through it, out a hole on the other side, and down. I put a stereo in my crx a little while ago and it had nothing from the factory so.. here are the pics another dude asked for. lemme know if you dont understand it. this is for an 88crx si though, so my post may be worthless, you guys just let me know and ill remove it...

remove this cover
run wire out this hole
(if you look close you see the brownish looking tube that is the drain tube it comes out by)

run it down along pillar like this...


and then down through here with the other wires, use the coat hanger trick earlier listed in previous post


^^ that picture is at the bottom left corner of the windshield...have fun, it sucks!!

Also, dont use the thickest coat hanger you have, one that will hold its shape but also bend around corners somewhat easily.

 

bump, lemme know if you need more info

 

ill have to take a look at mine cuz i tried to take one off an '87 dx and it was different.

 

pic of antenna

 

yeah, thats what mine looks like that i ran in those pics...