polodinks

wow is all i can say...... looks amazing...... ok heres my story i was bored sitting in the house..... my dad took his antenna off his 08 f250 cause of the car port it would always hit and he never listens to fm on sirius so i had a spare if i messed up...... ok i take off my antenna get my dremel out grind the ball off and go back outside...... screw it back in and made a mark just under the roof line...... come back in cut it and round it a little bit...... drill the ball enough for the tip to go in.......< wow that sounds wrong lol....... anyways i dipped the antenna tip in gorilla glue and put the ball on..... let it sit for about 2 hours and got my flat black trim paint out and hit it up...... its on the car and it looks great...... and i had a blast doing it..... ill try and post pics tomorrow if i feel like it lmao......

adrenalin

Yup, it is an easy thing to do and a bunch of members here have done this as well. I did that to mine a few years back before completely getting rid of the antenna. Just another tip, you don't have to dremel the ball off. The ball on the end will pop up even if you just hit it with a wrench, use a claw hammer, adjustable wrench, etc etc etc. You then cut your antenna to the height you want, push the ball back onto the end and tap it with a hammer. Repaint the antenna and you are good to go.

ronslakie

Another tip that was posted with this procedure a while back was to put a zip lock bag on the end where the tip is before knocking it off so you wouldn't have to hunt all over the garage floor looking for it. That worked great for me.

polodinks

oh so the antenna ball is not 1 solid piece? i thought that the ball was 1 whole piece hmmm well im going to do one for my uncle i try on that one

adrenalin

Correct, it is not a solid piece. Just pops on and off with a little force. What I found easy was just taking an adjustable wrench and open it up just a bit bigger than the antenna. Aim the end of the antenna (ball end) towards a box, then swiftly slide the wrench down the antenna and hit the ball. It pops off and lands in the box.

Cocheese

Cool, I am glad you posted this polodinks, I was gona buy a shorty antenna until I read this thread. Thanks adrenalin for letting us know the ball pops off the end too (lol, that sounds funny) I might do mine tonight... Why is it that the easy / cheesey mods can be so exciting?

05GT-O.C.D.

Yup, did that here too. And you can make it exactly the height you want. A little black paint will touch up any tool marks.