One of the things I can't stand on C5 is antenna.
I just have to say something

 

 

Have nothing else to dwell on HUH?

 

I didn't have the antenna hole drilled out on my flared fenders so completely did away with it. We ran it down the inside of the fender so radio reception is still existent.

 

We don't need no stinking antennas.
On a coupe.

 

It was a sign of the times I guess. Mercedes convertibles even had them.

I always felt it gave the verts a radio-controlled toy car look.

After I performed my double din NAV/stereo upgrade, I simply pulled the fuse. I listen to my iTunes library most of the time and the four or five local stations I do occassionaly listen to still come in crystal clear. If I take a road trip, I simply put the fuse back in.

I know I can program the antenna to only ascend when the head unit is set to tuner, however I just haven't had the desire to pull out the head unit again.

 

What fuse do I pull and location?Never mind found it fuse 24 ,

 

I don't like mine either... I cut my stock one down fairly short which looks better and I eventually want to add wide fenders and they don't come with the hole cut out so I'm leaving it that way... and I also plan to shave the rear sidemarkers, I don't like those either and have had the bulbs removed since I've owned the car

 

Removing the side markers is illegal is most, if not all, states.

 

There's no C5 antenna. The coupe is built into the front and rear glass. The Z06 is a whip type, the convertible is a power antenna that disappears into the fender. Which do you have? There's an alternative for whichever it is you don't like.

 

not required in tx to pass inspection, only class A and B vehicles are required to have side markers... if they are properly shaved you wouldn't even know the car originally came with them... there's plenty of cars out there that didn't come with side markers so I'm not really worried about it

 

AND your profile shows a C6, so are you just over here to rag?

 

Even got a new one when I replaced the windshield.

 

I like the vert power antenna. I want one for my Caddy too, so that I can use metallic tint on the rear window.

 

I don't want one either!

 

No antena here

 

Federal law requires it, Tx law may not enforce it at inspection, however it is on the books as required.

Side marker lights and reflectors





Chevrolet Camaro in Germany with amber rear side marker
In the US, amber front and red rear side marker lamps and retroreflectors are required. The law initially required lights or retroreflectors on vehicles made after 1 January 1968. This was amended to require lights and retroreflectors on vehicles made after 1 January 1970.[37] These side-facing devices make the vehicle's presence, position and direction of travel clearly visible from oblique angles.[37] The lights are wired so as to illuminate whenever the vehicles' parking and taillamps are on, including when the headlamps are being used.[7] Front amber side markers in the United States may be wired so as to flash in synchronous phase or opposite-phase with the turn signals, but are not required to flash at all.[38] Side markers are permitted outside the US/Canada, but not required. If installed, they are required to be brighter and visible through a larger horizontal angle than US side markers, may flash only in synchronous phase with the turn signals (but are not required to flash), and they must be amber at the front and rear unless the rear side marker is incorporated into the main rear lamp cluster, in which case it may be red or amber.[18] Some Japanese, European, British and US-brand vehicles have side markers in Europe and other countries where they are not required.

Japan's recent accession to international UN Regulations has caused automakers to change the rear side marker colour from red to amber on their models so equipped in the Japanese market.[39]

 

That is a nice thing about having a coupe - no unsightly antenna to worry about.

 

I've seen where you can install a switch, but how do you "program the antenna to only ascend when the head unit is set to tuner"?

 

Well the stock one is MUCH better than the one the PO had installed on my C5Z.. it was thick black rubber that was a bit.. um.. soft... so... when driving... it would kinda "flap" in the wind... it was utterly embarrassing. It lasted just as long as it took for me to drive home from picking the car up on day one.

I replaced it with a 'Stubby' antennae and I'm much happier now