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Old 1/29/15, 07:10 PM
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My new MMD short antenna broke

Had it for a week...window tint was fixed, car ran through car wash (Not by me) and all that remained was a bolt in the antenna base. Lucky a small wrench took care of that...

So a dremel to my stock antenna, and we're back in business. I will clean the end with sand paper, and plasti dip the antenna - I think the actual DIP not the spray would work better. Or maybe just black paint?

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Looks great! Let us know if you get a popping noise while listening to the radio.
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No popping - why would that happen? Reception was slightly degraded, however, not enough to care. I need to clean up the tip, hope that makes a difference - if not, I will go back to stock.
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Originally Posted by Earlsays
Had it for a week...window tint was fixed, car ran through car wash (Not by me) and all that remained was a bolt in the antenna base. Lucky a small wrench took care of that...

So a dremel to my stock antenna, and we're back in business. I will clean the end with sand paper, and plasti dip the antenna - I think the actual DIP not the spray would work better. Or maybe just black paint?






Hey Earl,

Although I have to admit, your DIY job looks great, I hate to hear about the MMD antenna, it should definitely not break like that!

At your earliest convenience, shoot me over your order # and I will have your card refunded AND have a new antenna sent out to you at no cost.

Hope this helps and I'm looking forward to hearing back from you!

-Will
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No popping - why would that happen? Reception was slightly degraded, however, not enough to care. I need to clean up the tip, hope that makes a difference - if not, I will go back to stock.
On the old style rod antenna if the little ball on the tip was removed it would build a static charge causing a audible pop noise to be heard while listening to the radio.
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Interesting, I was unaware that those where anything more than an end cap
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Let us know when you have a chance to drive around and listen to the radio. You might be a leader on a whole new mod.
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