Antenna help? Options

[bdog_v]

Well on my 94 celica gt I have just installed a new stereo system and the old power antenna only goes up and down a few inches.
-Is there a quick fix for these?


-If not where is the best place to buy one???? I don't want to the sell the farm for antenna, but I would like to keep it a powered model.... Thanks guys!!!!!

[94GT]

I just bought a generic power antenna from autozone when my old one crapped out. It was about 40 dollars and I used some of their mounting hardware and some from the old antenna to make it fit well. The tricky part is that you need a multimeter to figure out which wire does what on the harness that plugs into the old antenna. You need to find the 12v constant supply wire (that's so your anttena can go down when your car is turned off) and the 12 v signal wire that tells the antenna when your radio (am-fm part only, not the whole stereo) is turned on so the antenna isn't up when you're listening to a cd. For the negative you just ground the antenna to the frame of the car and you're good to go. It's a pain to work on and it takes a while to figure out what each wire does (there are probably ten of them and you really only need two of them).