Fast Cheap Easy Mod.. Shaved Antenna

[Oilfield_Mafia]

part number: 15287179

this little piece cost about 13 dollars at you local gm house and about 10min of your time

this is a factory antenna delete used on escalades and will work on all trucks 99-06 and 07 classics.

Remove the antenna and then pop off the cowl corner(3 clips)
unbolt the base of the antenna (3 screws) and lay it down, running it parallel with fender
bolt "L" bracket or plumbers tape to were the base of antanna bolted to.
bolt base of antenna to the other end of "L" bracket of plumbers tape
screw antenna to the antenna base.
zip tie towards the end of the antenna to the inside of fender
snap antenna delete/escalade cowl corner


I made my bracket out of a piece of that garage door hanger material like this..

And cut a piece out and rounded the edges down for a piece like this..

I flattened this out and bent it the other way to come up with a brakcet like this..

And The final Result..

Oh and just a heads up for anyone that is just learning about small modifications.. This is a little trick that MANY people use to keep their bolts from sliding up in the sockets.. Take a little piece of paper, or kleenex, or papertowel, and shove it down in the socket to keep the bolt from goin up in there real far, so you have more threads to work with on the other end..



Looks like this..

Then when you are done, you can take a nail or even a stick and poke it back out from the other end.







Tools used:



7mm Socket

Extension

1/4" Ratchet

some cheap-o galvanized material

hacksaw

2 glasses of crown & Pepsi

 

[jrkrace]

I assume that the radio will no longer work correctly?

Looks good...

 

[sweetdiesel]

Cool!
want me to move this to the DIY section

 

[LarryJewell]

Looks nice, I might give it a try

 

[2500HeavyDuty]

I assume that the radio will no longer work correctly?

Looks good...

Nope i did this also, the radio works fine, i think mine works better actually

 

[ROGUE GTS]

Very cool and easy. If radio reception is still good, that rules.

 

[jrkrace]

Nope i did this also, the radio works fine, i think mine works better actually

Do you just leave the whip off? Or do you leave it on, tucked under the hood?

 

[MMLMM]

Nice Job!
I was thinking doing something like this on mine, but instead I found an alum. shorty antenna.

 

[ruffmanatv]

Very cool idea.

 

[Jack Bauer]

I am getting that I listen to XM 99.9% of the time so the regular antenna is worthless to me anyways.

 

[Mereniuk]

is that the GM part number??
nice job!:cool2:

 

[Oilfield_Mafia]

yes thats the GM Part Number, and yes, put the whip back on but it will be under the hood and up against the fender.. I used some big freakin PVC black tape to make sure it dont rattle.. and yes, the reception might have gotten better.. I am very happy with the results..



Oh, and of course the aeordynamic gain.. lol!

 

[2500HeavyDuty]

I use a piece of tin and bent it and i hid mine under the plastic rain catcher under the hood, and in the bump stop too so it dont move around, i dont even hear the thing move

 

[LarryJewell]

yes thats the GM Part Number, and yes, put the whip back on but it will be under the hood and up against the fender.. I used some big freakin PVC black tape to make sure it dont rattle.. and yes, the reception might have gotten better.. I am very happy with the results..



Oh, and of course the aeordynamic gain.. lol!

I ordered the part friday, should have it monday, but i'll go ahead and shave it tomorrow FWIW, the part cost me $16.00 with a discount

 

[2500HeavyDuty]

I ordered the part friday, should have it monday, but i'll go ahead and shave it tomorrow FWIW, the part cost me $16.00 with a discount

you got ripped, i got it for 15 from the dealer

 

[Oilfield_Mafia]

Same here mine was $13 IIRC.. plus tax was like almost 15 i think.. either way, still a cheap mod huh? and a way to set your truck apart from the rest around you.

 

[LarryJewell]

you got ripped, i got it for 15 from the dealer

wouldn't be the 1st time

 

[LarryJewell]

tools used:

7mm socket
small crescent
saw zaw
vice
drill
dremel
belt sander

Parts:

1" x 5" metal strap
screws
dynomat

Took antenna off, made a template out of a business card to match antenna base, drilled metal strap then bent it 90* to hold antenna in place, used dynomat to hold antenna againest body to keep in place

 

[ruffmanatv]

Looks good Larry. Going to order mine on monday.

 

[Oilfield_Mafia]

Cool deal Larry!