DIY: Free Shorty Antenna Mod!

[kustom play]

Now there is a back story to this mod

well today me and my beautiful but pain in the ass girlfriend are teachers so today was a 1/2 day and now we are off for the next week for spring break (woot)

so i figured, hey i would shine up the yaris and take it to one of the car cruises.

so my g/f has a TC shes been working on wait wait (ive been working on but she owns) now said TC sits in the garage never driven for now. So i spot a nice S2K antenna im going to steal wait i mean borrow for this car show.

so she notices its on my yaris and tells me to take it off, maybe if i asked first, blah blah blah (insert random woman babbling here)

so i say fine i dont need your stupid S2K shorty antenna, so i grab my wire cutters and cut mine at the base, use a little black paint at the top and stick it on

her mouth drops to the floor, radio works fine and she gotz servedz



Clif notes:

men > Woman For Life!

Here are the pics:

http://www.4055design.com/antenna/amod1.JPG

http://www.4055design.com/antenna/amod2.JPG

http://www.4055design.com/antenna/amod3.JPG


ohh i forgot blah blah blah not responsible for cutting fingers, limbs, setting house on fire, running over grandparents/ babies and most of all destroying your 20ft high sears tower stock antenna

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readddddddddddddddddddddddddddy go!

[KCALB SIRAY]

:headbang::bow:

[StefanVVTi]

great easy mod! i was afraid my radio will be affected, but i`ll cut mine this weekend!

[kustom play]

mine worked fine, even the weak stations i cant get on the garage radio (no antenna) came in

but the most important lesson of this thread is that my g/f got owned

lets not forget that

[Arkhangel]

mine worked fine, even the weak stations i cant get on the garage radio (no antenna) came in

but the most important lesson of this thread is that my g/f got owned

lets not forget that

FTW

[frownonfun]

FTW

i recall coming in here to read about something but ended up entranced by your avatar.

but really thanks to the OP for this... i just might do that this weekend.

[b00sted4fun]

you just saved me 10$ :P

[YAR1S]

i recall coming in here to read about something but ended up entranced by your avatar.

but really thanks to the OP for this... i just might do that this weekend.

haha i was thinking the same thing... wait what was this thread about?:iono:
that dancing girl's sign language threw me off, lol.

nice mod tho!

[taKuto]

i took off my antenna completely and the radio worked fine :)

[Arkhangel]

i recall coming in here to read about something but ended up entranced by your avatar.

but really thanks to the OP for this... i just might do that this weekend.

lol Got it from www.yaris-club.net
Could not understand the forum (its in Thai)
But like the gif :evil:

[HTM Yaris]

It took my buddy about 3 weeks to notice that I swapped my Yaris for his S2K antennae :biggrin:

[cali yaris]

GREAT IDEA. LOL @ the story.

[jjbG35yaris]

so does this really not affect the signal?

[Tamago]

i shortened my stock antenna and radio station reception diminished. .

[kustom play]

i havent lost any signal strength

i even get the weak stations in clear!

[talnlnky]

i havent lost any signal strength

i even get the weak stations in clear!

you can't argue against the laws of physics and expect to win.

You did lose reception capability... you are lucky and live close enough to the local towers that you didn't need the full length.

when you go on trips however, your radio won't pick up stations as long as it used to, and your quality will degrade sooner.


with that said... i'd be tempted to do this...however, the deck i'm going to install doesn't have the strongest FM reception to begin with and I'll wait till I install it before I start playing around with smaller antennas

[kustom play]

not really a big deal since i can make an MP3 Disk

i rarely listen to the radio as it is

but i do not have an antenna on the radio in the garage and i dont get certain stations but i can pick them up clear as day in the yaris with the antenna cut

maybe my yaris and TaKuto's are above the laws of physics

i'll alert the text book makers

[POORSHA]

KILLED my reception

[TickleTimeTim]

this thread made my day. think i'll wait to get the shark fin, but def made me wonder if i had any black paint laying around.

[talnlnky]

not really a big deal since i can make an MP3 Disk

i rarely listen to the radio as it is

but i do not have an antenna on the radio in the garage and i dont get certain stations but i can pick them up clear as day in the yaris with the antenna cut

maybe my yaris and TaKuto's are above the laws of physics

i'll alert the text book makers

you kinda missed my point... and comparing your car's radio to a completely different radio you have in your garage doesn't mean anything. It's like comparing apples to rocks.... sure... some animals eat rocks.... some toddlers eat them too.. doesn't mean they are as healthy as apples.

Your reception was degraded whether you can audibly tell or not.

[kustom play]

you kinda missed my point... and comparing your car's radio to a completely different radio you have in your garage doesn't mean anything. It's like comparing apples to rocks.... sure... some animals eat rocks.... some toddlers eat them too.. doesn't mean they are as healthy as apples.

Your reception was degraded whether you can audibly tell or not.

radio is a radio

works the same way

even if it was its not noticeable even the least bit

maybe its because we live in big sprawling cities

[TitaniumBarbell]

Forget radio, use this: http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/img/apple_ipod_classic_1.jpg

[talnlnky]

radio is a radio

works the same way

even if it was its not noticeable even the least bit

maybe its because we live in big sprawling cities

not all radios are created equal...some work better than others.

Also, to broadcast it on a forum and make it sound as though there are NO ill-effects is a disservice... You've got at least one person on this board who appears to have tried it... and got the shaft.

At the very least you should be kind enough to fellow yarisworldians (???) and say, "Hey, this technically degrades your reception, so... you might screw the pooch on this one if you already have a weak reception".