Ok, day 1, I hate the antenna on the Stang. What have you guys changed to, and 8" vs 14" Any preference? pros cons?
Have pics installed by chance?

These are the 2 Ive seen, I didnt care for the steeda one I found.

http://www.topedgeonline.com/detail.aspx?ID=10136
http://www.mustangtuning.com/accessories.html

Black or chrome for Tungsten?

Any other recommendations are welcome as usual.

 

I just replaced mine with the topedge 8" one. All but one of my stations come in just as clear as with the 50 footer. I think the 14" might be better for any stations that arent the strongest and might match up better with the roofline. I prolly would have gone with the 14" had i seen it before I bought the 8" one, just noticed they are also now the same price. Think earlier it was like 17.99 or something.

 

I cut my stock antenna, perfectly in half. I have excellent reception, havent noticed any difference. It looks so much better! And I figured, if I messed it up, I could buy one anyway.

A nice write-up on HOW to do it....
http://www.thechromepony.com/Mods1-04.html

Its a little hard to see, but if you want to see a picture of my car, go to
http://chickenchaps.myphotoalbum.com/view_...les&id=000_0312

 

Yeah I read that write up before, nice job! I ended up ordering the 14" black from mustang tuning.
Thanks for all replies

 

I got one off of e-bay, but I think it is made by All-Sales. I went with the simple 9" polished model.

http://www.allsalesmfg.com/catalog10.html

 

the one from mustangtuning.com is a very "you get what you pay for" type item. Fair warning (yes I have one).

 

Doh!!! well, now ya tell me, lol

 

I cut mine down to 14.5". I think it matches the roofline very well. I glued a Euro-style cap to the tip and it looks good. It even made it through a car wash yesterday without incident. The attendants kept trying to remove it and I just told them it was stock. No difference in reception, either.

 

This is who I went with - 9", bought little white o-rings (top one has already flown off). No loss in signal, so far. Just ordered white one so I could change out when the mood hit me. Although my wife likes the black one better

 

Save your money and cut the stock one down to 14 inches.

 

Cut mine down even with the roofline. No change in reception and it looks much better.

 

EXACTLY - cut that sucker dude!

 

Got mine from "E", it's a 15" black, good reception.

Pic is in my "sig".

TC

 

What's wrong with the Mustang tuning one?

I've got the 8", I don't have any problems with it. Looks a lot better than a cut antenna. I don't have that wrap around wire, just a nice smooth mini antenna.

 

I tried a shorty 8" antenna but the reception definately suffered, and even when I got a solid signal it sounded muffled and hollow. I do want to replace the stock one but I don't feel like buying another antenna and having it be sub-par.

 

I got the 8" from Mustangtuning no problems.
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I know expeditions don't have antennas, why couldn't they have done that in the mustang?

 

I've also got an 8-inch antenna mast from Mustang Tuning. It looks great and I've had zero reception problems in the Phoenix area and in my adventures through central Arid-zona.

 

I just cut mine down to 3 inches, absolutely no signal loss in FM band. As far as AM stations.... dunno, never listened to those anyway

 

Yea, thats my Mustang they have on their website, I'm glad they still have it on there, yea def go with the TopEdge Shorty antenna, I still love it!