I just got a new dust stop car cover to keep my car from getting silted in the garage from the belt sander and the mill, so I pulled the antenna off to keep from cutting a hole in the cover. Last night I awaken to the idea of dismounting the antenna perch from it's two screw bracket behind the right most tail light and mounting it crosswise behind the bumper facia. This afternoon I pulled the light, removed the two 10mm nuts securing the antenna mount and the ground wire nut. With the mount loose I stuck the antenna shaft into the space behind the bumper and threaded it onto the mount. I first put a small rubber vacuum hose plug on the tip of the antenna to keep it from making noise against what ever surface it's touching. I then mounted the mount on the lower of the two mounting posts with the mast traversing across the rear of the car behind the facia. I preloaded the mast upward to prevent any rattling and loctited (purple) and tightened the nut in place. I had to extend the small ground wire to reconnect it to it's original post. Once you remove the two 1.5 torx screws and pull your right most tail light this will all become much clearer. I finished by using a 6mm bolt through the fender antenna grommit with a black washer topped with a black acorn nut on the outside for an "antenna down" look. The best part was taking it for a drive and finding that the reception did not seem compromised. I live in a strong signal area so your results may vary.

 

NNNEEEEDDDD PIIIICS!!!! I was thinking of installing a power antenna in my Z06. Your way might work out better.

 

Sorry I don't have pics, I will try to work on pictures this week. Really if you pull your right light you should be able to figure it out.

 

Seems clever and simple enough. But I'd like to see some photo's.

Tom

 

I faced the same problem, but I never use my radio so the antenna was expendable. I found an acorn nut that screws over the antenna post, covering it completely. The electric antenna is an expensive solution so I suggest you check out an acorn nut or other covering piece first, unless of course you use your radio.

 

Took mine off & covered the stud with a small (1/8" or 3/16" - can't remember) black vacuum cap. Works fine around town - use CDs on the road anyway - if I ever get tired of listening to the exhaust!

 

If you are really motivated for the radio, you can lose the whole mast and replace it with simple wire. run a loop around the whole inside rear fascia, making a loop receive ant. instead of laying the mast on it's side (horizontal polarization, not that the polarization of the receive ant matters much when the station is pumping out 50,000 watts). Just be sure to ground it still. A receive ant is nothing more then metal in the air.
I will be dumping my mast and building a loop ant around the inside lip of my trunk lid, incorporating the lid itself as part of the ant if it shows to be isolated enough from electronic engine interference.

 

Although I cut down my antenna, it was still obviously in the way of the car cover. So, I just cut a small hole in the cover and the cover just slips down w/ the antenna sticking up thru the hole.
Ron

 

I have been thinking about doing something similar but I could never find anything to put on the hole. The best solution is probably replacing the fender but I don't think I have the budget for that.

Also, I'm not clear about your method in mounting the antenna base in there. Is there a hole on the bumper/chassis that can be used ?

 

Here are some pictures from Just Enough.





For explanations, please contact him. I'm just posting these for him.