Shorty FM antenna

04shadowvibe · Post by **04shadowvibe** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 9:23 am

Im sure there is a ton of posts on this but I couldnt find the info I was looking for. I got a shorty billet antenna for the vibe and the reception sucked. My stock antenna keeps getting stuck on my garage door so I want a shorter one. Anyone know of a short one with good reception? I was very very unhappy with the one I purchased.

ArcsVibe · Post by **ArcsVibe** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 9:56 pm

I bought one off Ebay (a shorty) and have had no problems with it. Let me see if I can find any on Ebay from my seller....

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 10:11 pm

I also bought one on Ebay from a Mr. Lloyd Luang but he no longer seems to have any listed. Mine works about 90% as well as the stock one.

ArcsVibe · Post by **ArcsVibe** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 10:21 pm

Quote, originally posted by Sunny Â»I also bought one on Ebay from a Mr. Lloyd Luang but he no longer seems to have any listed. Mine works about 90% as well as the stock one.I believe that is the same person I bought off Ebay. He is located in Canada (Ontario or B.C?) I have pretty good reception when I listen to the radio.

damronjr · Post by **damronjr** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 10:25 pm

Quote, originally posted by 04shadowvibe Â»Im sure there is a ton of posts on this but I couldnt find the info I was looking for. I got a shorty billet antenna for the vibe and the reception sucked. My stock antenna keeps getting stuck on my garage door so I want a shorter one. Anyone know of a short one with good reception? I was very very unhappy with the one I purchased.I also bought mine on Ebay and have not noticed any less reception thatn with the stock antenna. I was worried about it too as it is one of the 3 piece screw together billet looking antennas. Might be a difference in location and signal strength. Being as I live right smack dab in the middle of San Diego, I could probably get decent reception without any antenna, so it might have something to do with that as well.

Merzbow · Post by **Merzbow** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 12:25 am

I think if you get bad reception you can put a small washer in between the base and the antenna to help improve it.

04shadowvibe · Post by **04shadowvibe** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 3:33 am

I tried the washer trick, didnt help any. My sister who drives the Vibe *****ed that the short antenna didnt work well, and I drove it and it really didnt. If id go down a hill, id loose the radio no matter what station. So I put the factory antenna back on and no complaints. So Im lookin for a better quality short antenna now.

grego · Post by **grego** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 7:49 am

I bought an aluminum shorty off ebay from a guy in Germany. $16 and it works great. Here's his email: versand1@inovenda.de. It's worth a try.

cmeasimplz · Post by **cmeasimplz** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 8:18 am

This is the shorty I have considered buying on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISA...WA:ITDoes anyone have any experience with this seller? I was also concerned that the reception would decrease, but the shorty looks alot better than the factory one...

Flip-Side · Post by **Flip-Side** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 5:33 pm

Quote, originally posted by Merzbow Â»I think if you get bad reception you can put a small washer in between the base and the antenna to help improve it.I just use aluminum foil. Ever since I lost my antenna to a car wash 4 months ago, I noticed a slight decrease in range. I have had no antenna for a while, but I have cd's and my annoying wife to keep me company.

kostby · Post by **kostby** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:08 pm

Dumb question: Can you just raise the garage door more?

04shadowvibe · Post by **04shadowvibe** » Wed May 04, 2005 4:14 am

Dumb question: Can you just raise the garage door more? LOL well it is raised as high as it will go, my garage is very low. In fact I had to take te cross bars off the roof rack of our Bravada so it would even fit in the garage.

mistertwo · Post by **mistertwo** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:55 am

i was also having issues with my garage door and like the look of the stubby antenna, so i went to my local honda dealer and grabbed an st00k antenna.. looks sexy and if anything my reception is better now than before.

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:57 am

There is a stubby lexus antenna that matches the base better than the honda one... Im still not sure why the s2k one got so popular for our cars..hahah I had one it looked good but the base didnt match up with the roof base.

mistertwo · Post by **mistertwo** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:36 am

meh, function over form for me.. plus it was readily available. I only had to wait 5 min to have it brought out front to me. And it was maybe 4 bucks more than an ebay one and I bet it sounds 10x better

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:56 am

Oh it was a great antenna for function I either didnt notice a difference in quality or it was so small it didnt matter. FM still came in pretty much the same. I want to know where the shark fin antenna buy is again! hahah

mistertwo · Post by **mistertwo** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:01 am

i would have loved a color matched shark fin, but i have that stupid xm antenna on top of my car and it ruins the pure sexiness that would stem from the shark fin... BOOOO

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:03 am

haha, is the xm antenna a fin? you could do dual fins!

mistertwo · Post by **mistertwo** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:04 am

yea, but its black and ugly... i don't even subscribe anymore.. it wasn't worth it to me. i kinda wanna take it off, but i don't want a hole in my roof..

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:15 am

thats 1 reason I dont like sat. radio cuz they cut holes and if you dont subscribe any more...you cant take it off...they must love it.

joatmon · Post by **joatmon** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:15 am

Mike, At some point I had to take the antenna off mine to carry something on the roof rack, and I must have just laid it on the roof, drove off and never saw it again. I picked up a generic replacement from an auto parts store. A little bit shorter than the stock one, and had a property that reminds me of a joke.Did you hear about the new male contraceptive pill? It's big, about one inch in diameter. The man puts it in his shoe and it makes him limp.Anyway, this replacement was significantly more flexible than the stock one. Reception with it was ok, I didn't do any scientific observations of signal quality, comparing it to a stock one. Today I stopped at a junkyard, (one I will defintely go back to) and found a stock one (off a Jetta) , they let me just take it, for no money, free, and said come back when I needed something valuable So, I now have this other one, being a little bit shorter and more flexible, it might take your low garage roof better than the stock one. If you want to try it, IM me an address, I'll get it to you for the amount I paid to replace it today.

gr8vibe · Post by **gr8vibe** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:37 am

i bought a shark fin from visual garage and i LOVE IT. works just as well or better than the stock antenna. Try it out.

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:58 am

I want a shark fin, but for people that want a good shorty try this one, it looks to fit a yota perfecthttp://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ZWDVW

Sublimewind · Post by **Sublimewind** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:10 pm

Seems gone are the days of TUNING aftermarket antennas with an SWR meter... I've done it and it sucks... The shorties must be pre-tuned or something... Same for the Shark Fins...

Kamikaze · Post by **Kamikaze** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 10:57 pm

I did a search and thought this would be a good place to post this:I picked up a shorter antenna from the Mazda CX-9 and installed it on the vibe. It's not super short, but definitely smaller than the big ole antenna that comes with the vibe... And I have no less reception!If I remember I'll take a photo or two.. warning: car is pretty dirty, if I do take a pic.

bull77 · Post by **bull77** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 2:46 am

so who has or had a S2000 antenna on their Vibe? Does it look and sound okay?

Kamikaze · Post by **Kamikaze** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:24 pm

I've got a Mazda CX-9 on mine... works great, still get all the stations I use to.. no difference for me.

bull77 · Post by **bull77** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:20 am

does it sit flush with vibe base? I've read the s2000 one doesn't...

Kamikaze · Post by **Kamikaze** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:30 am

Havne't looked at it in quite a while, but I thought it was pretty flush... I'll see if I have a picture...

bull77 · Post by **bull77** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 1:50 am

actually I picked up a cx-7 antenna from a local dealer this weekend for $20Fits perfect and looks alot better --- I'll post a pic when I get a chance

Kamikaze · Post by **Kamikaze** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 6:52 am

sweet, now I don't have to take a pic.

bull77 · Post by **bull77** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 3:57 am

lol --- since I got mine from a cx7 and not a cx9, wonder if theres a difference in length...edit -- the cx7 is a 7" antenna

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