Has anyone ever thought of replacing existing one to a shark fin antenna?

Seeing mazda cx-5 or bmx x3 makes me want to change mine.

Anyone? You know your thinking that sounds nice to add in.

 

I've thought about it and looked into doing so with perhaps a shark fin "cover" (yeah I know it sounds silly)... By unscrewing the whip and putting said cover over it. But, I have not found any such thing online, they are all mostly solid pieces and would require you to remove the stock antenna unit/housing.

 

I've been looking at getting one of these:



http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=190826058666


It's at least a few inches shorter than the OEM low-band antenna we currently have. As for a shark fin, I've yet to see a good solution for that. I'm sure you could get one and hardwire it, but that's a lot more work than I'm willing to go through just for an antenna.

 

Does anyone know if our OEM antennas are taped-down, screwed-down, or that it uses some sort of clips?

 

no it is just screw down no clips i tried to put my perrin shorty intena off my evo one it but it looked funny cause the evo tapered and the OS does not


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Sorry, I think I need to clarify...

I'm referring to the base of the OEM antenna (not just the tail/whip portion...) How is the base held down??

 

http://www.beatsonicusa.com/shark-fi...o-antenna.html

A shark-fin antenna that goes over your OEM antenna base and claims to fit the Mitsu. Lancer.

 

I emailed this website www.visualgarage.com and asked if they have a shark fin that will work for the '13 OS with navigation and SIRIUS. Hopefully they will reply quickly.

 

Awesome! Nice find... But, damn that price $109

This looks promising...

 

mRVR do you have SIRIUS and Nav? Otherwise Visual Garage already has a unit that should work for you. I think it was $69 when I looked yesterday?

 

I do have Sirius... So, is that what the whip antenna is for top there? Can I remove that whole contraption once free Sirius runs out??

Yeah, I saw that $69 price... Still a bit on the high side. I Just want a shark-fin "cover"

 

$69 is for the shark fin cover. The whip is your AM/FM radio receiver.

 

I have a Visual Garage MKII antenna/cover on my '12 OS SE with Sirius. It works fine, although it's large and doesn't look all that OEM.

 

Interested to seeing a photo or two.. if you don't mind.

 

I'll see if I can get around to snapping a shot, but this is it here:
http://www.visualgarage.com/Product_VG_SFA_MKII.html