Shorty Antennas??
 

So I just bought my 2006 V6 Mustang and was looking to swap out my factory antenna with a shorty one. Which size would look better on my car, an 8" or 14"? Has anyone had any luck with this? Does it ruin your reception quality or enhance it?

I had an 8" shorty at one point and definitely noticed a decrease in reception.

Yeah, I put an 8'' on my 2002 mustang. A buddy of mine has an 07 with an 8'', and he loves it.

I have the 14" I like how it lines up with the roof line. No loss in reception but it all depends on where you live. If your fairly close to a major city you won't notice any loss

Ya im torn, idk whether to get the 8 or the 14..

I have an 8" and get perfect reception.
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tall antennas suck!

This is correct. If you are close to a major city you're reception will not be any better/worse. I have the 8" and my reception stayed the same...I live about 20-25 miles outside of St. Louis.

Try this. Take off your antenna and drive around without it for a day or two (where you drive the most) and see if you loose reception or not. If you loose reception often get the 14". If you only loose it for a couple seconds here or there get the 8". Reason I'm saying this is that I can drive around town without my antenna in and still receive good reception. It cuts out for a second here and there but 97% of my trip I'll still have perfect reception.

Yeah - Maybe I'll try it over the weekend so I can make my decision. I'm not a fan of my big antenna...

I went ahead and cut mine with advice from someone on this site. I keep choping it down untill I felt it was the right size. I think I'm at 10 in. and it didn't cost me anything but time.

I got the 8 inch one and havent noticed any reception problem, btw who listen to the radio anyways eww..

I only listen to it when it's too cold to roll the windows down. Durning spring/summer/fall the radio stays off I'd rather hear my exhaust!

i just took my damn antena off completly. never listen to the radio, not with the shit they play on there. got a cd6 don't need any more.

Morning talk shows.

Yeah.. my CD changer is good too... but I gotta have my reception for my satellite radio.... :cool:

but doesn't satelite radio use a completly different antena?? maybe im wrong but doesn't it just use the magetic one that you put on the roof??

It does use that one but you have to still tune into a radio station to hear the sound... So good reception is important to hear it... Can't have Howard Stern cutting in and out.. haha

I just got my new 14" shorty antenna in. (Fast Shipping on AM) Once it's installed I'll share how I made out...

I bought the 8'' for both of my Mustangs. No problem with reception on either.

Yeah... easiest install I have made in my life... I have the 14" one and it seems to give a little better reception than the stock one did. If that's even possible. I'll post a pic of it soon...

I removed mine as well. The only bad thing is that my CD player will not eject the current CD, so I am getting tired of listening to my friends band. Now I usually turn off the radio and listen to the exhaust.

Here is what it looks like now. No difference in the reception. :t:

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auto zone now sells a 14 for just a few bucks but it is kinda fat looking so idk if i want it. or are all of the shortys like that.

Not sure but I like how it came out. Looks good. Much better than the longer one I had before.

8" looks the best.

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and the 14 looks best..... it lines up with the roof of the car better

lol he is going around and doin it a lot lol

what the hell, this is getting old and i dont know what pic to post?:confused:


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so he gets both this time.lol

^^^^lol

This is an old thread, but I just wanted to add to it that I also just took my stocker and cut it down to 14" pulled the ball off the other end I cut off and added a dab of JB weld and put the ball on the new end of the cut shorty antenna, and then painted it black again to look like new. Cost me nothing as I already owned the paint and JB weld from other projects and house chores.