just thought id share with you guys. i installed an antenna swich.

i started around 12pm today...had lunch and got to work. i had to remove the center console, ashtray, and stereo to do this. special thanks to: http://www.sandmracing.com/santennaswitch.html

 

nice.

 

thats awesome....will that work with aftermarket head units?

 

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does your antenna go up and down with your head unit?

 

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i have one with my sony and pioneer HU. works fine.

 

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you installed a switch with an aftermarket head unit?

 

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yep.

 

which colored wire is the antenna wire?

 

very helpful post, great work, etc...**** yeah

 

good work.

isn't that a hard spot to reach though?
(i usually keep wallet, or gum, or crap there)

 

i think if u have universal adapter for HU installation they're mainly blue.. but what does this button do i still dont see the purpose.. but cool mod.

 

nice place to put it

 

A guy I know used the bumper antenna switch (the one on the right) for the same thing. Kinda cool I guess.

 

well your antenna can bend when youre driving playing a cd. especially on the freeway. push the rocker switch up and down and it retracts...works fine, and it wont leak like some s2k antennas

edit: the antenna wire is yellow with a green stripe

 

nice

i did one with a rocker switch i placed by the ebrake..those little rectangle pieces..

radio shack has these tiny circle rocker switches..

but now i have another alpine deck that doesn't make the antenna go up till the radio hehe

 

Right on man. Went ahead and did it eh?

 

yeah thanks for that link bro

 

nice job

 

Thats a good spot for switches, I have three there. One for antenna, one for amps and one for my radar detector.

 

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I think most aftermarket headunits automatically switch off the power antenna output when you change to anything other than radio.

 

is there a way of doing this without putting a switch. I just want to cut some wire and keep the thing down for good, because I don't use my radio anyway.

 

Pull back the panel in the trunk and just unplug the harness, while the antenna is down of course.

 

nices.. i am going to do that

 

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its pretty easy, just be patient, and be gentle on your baby

 

right idea.. now use it on something useful.. like a kill switch for your fuel pump.. makes thieves stop going.