May 15, 2007

How Is Everyone Running Their XM Or Sirius Antenna From The Interior To The Roof?

I've Seen Were Most People Run It Through The Third Brake Light But I Don't See How With Mine, There Is No Good Way To Do It That I See.
(Where The Wire Would Be Hidden)

May 15, 2007

Cdog897,

I run mine under the front seat under the matts then under the back seat and have it coming out the back door...I have a little extra cord up front but comes in handy when want to move it around stays pretty hidin and out of the way when people are in the truck.

May 15, 2007

center of the roof, down the weatherstrip to under the hood, then through the firewall to inside the truck. little more time consuming, but looks waaaaay better imo

May 15, 2007

for my gps antenna, this is what best buy does for all their gps or satelite, place it center front on the roof unless you want it to the side that is also fine. there is a gap inbetween the weather strip for the windshield. it does not matter if water gets in there because some does from the roof indented roof rail things anyways. the water just runs out the side so no worrying about leaking. stick it in there run it to passenger side. when it gets to the first weather strip for the door there is a hole that you can get the wire through. then put it in the actual weather strip for the door that can be pulled off. run it all the way down to the glove box. there is a hole that you can get through then go behind glovebox and then to where ever you have you xm radio. when you open your passenger door you will be bale to see about 1"-1"1/2 of the wire going form the roof wetaher strip to the door weather strip. the door does not hurt the wire. that is the only place you will be able to see the wire. its pretty easy to do it that way. took maybe 20 mins to make it nice. a fiber stick makes it easy also make sure to clean with alcohol the place that you are putting the antenna.

May 15, 2007

Ive heard of ppl putting the antenna under their wiper cowl so its totally hidden. Anybody do this?

May 15, 2007

^^ Yup, I have ^^

May 15, 2007

put it on top of the dash in the corner near the pillar gets great reseption inside and you dont have to worry about it

May 16, 2007

Thanks For The Help.

I Ran It From The Front Windshield Trough The Weather Stripping To The Door's Weather Stripping And Under The Kick Plate's To My Reciver Under The Rear Seat.

But Somewhere In My Wiring For The Power Cord For The XM Reciver I Messed Up So I Have To Go Back In This Afternoon And Try To Find A Better Hot Wire To Power The XM Reciver.

May 16, 2007

toolman, any problems with putting it under the cowl? Im getting sirius in the next week so Im looking for places for it too. And yea I never though about right on the dash lol.

May 16, 2007

Have not had any problems.

May 16, 2007

Your signal will suck if you put your antenna on the dash. My first antenna was under the cowl on the pass side, just re-ran it through the 3rd brake light recently.

Signal quality locations:
dash: 5
cowl: 8
roof: 10

May 17, 2007

youve seen a noticible difference going from your cowl to your roof? Id just rather not have a black lump on my roof lol. Maybe if I were lifted and u coundnt see it...