Install A Roof Antenna With Wire Under Headliner

Second some may find large tv antennas to be unsightly.

Install a roof antenna with wire under headliner.

Work toward the rear and install the side to side wires. Size plays a factor in two ways. 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. Then if present snap the listing wire or wires into longitudinal bow receptacles.

Installed sirius xm antenna on the roof where it belongs. Now he tells me i have a short in the antenna wire which runs under the headliner. You want the listing wires. Then work forward and install remaining side to side wires.

Whatever you do do not put holes in your roof to attach your antenna. I would consider a vhf uhf antenna over a huge metal roof ground plane similar to an hf antenna over earth ground. This is where the short bow will attach. If you do not have the v prongs skip the next step.

The static noise signal fade has gradually returned and is as bad now as it was before dealer put on the electrical grease. 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. After two hours could not find the other end under the dash. Excess wire coiled up in same location.

This solved the problem for about 4 months. You can adjust the listing wires upward or downward by utilizing appropriate holes in the sides. Installing my xm antenna is exactly why i had the headliner out. Check in the center of the roof for a row of v shaped prongs across the car.

He wants about 700 to remove headliner change antenna wires. 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. Lift the headliner to the roof and install the number 3 wire rod. Find the front of your new headliner and insert the bows in the listings sewn into the backside of the headliner.

It required putting a small groove in the base of the factory antenna and then i sealed everything up with black rtv. You can also buy non penetrating mounts that use weights rather than screws to hold them in place.