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Old Nov 26, 2004 | 10:06 AM
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Default Got Sirius...antenna install suggestions?

As a (very recently happy) owner of SIRI, I had to support the company and buy their product. Through a promotion, I got the XACT XTR1 Stream Jockey Plug & Play for free along with an annual subscription at a cost of only 11 months. I have to purchase the antenna for the Vette seperately, but not sure how or where to mount it. Anyone have suggestions?

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nice deal, but where the heck are you going to mount it?

I want to get Sirius but I'm waiting for someone to make something as small as the XM commander for Sirius so that I can conceal it in the ashtray area.

I want to keep the interior of the car looking clean, and that means nothing screwed onto my dash!
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Old Nov 26, 2004 | 11:40 AM
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I have heard that a few people have put the antenna on the frame in the rear fascia since the vette body will allow the signal to get to the antenna.
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Old Nov 26, 2004 | 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by vettetax
As a (very recently happy) owner of SIRI, I had to support the company and buy their product. Through a promotion, I got the XACT XTR1 Stream Jockey Plug & Play for free along with an annual subscription at a cost of only 11 months. I have to purchase the antenna for the Vette seperately, but not sure how or where to mount it. Anyone have suggestions?

Thanks!

Dan
Way to go. you'll love satellite radio. I put my antenna inside the rear fascia. I removed the right most tail light lense and fixed the antenna to the crossmember just underneath the lense. There is an antenna grommet just forward of this location. Pop out the grommet, feed the satellite antenna wire through the hole, then pop the grommet back into the hole. I may have had to do some surgery on the grommet to fit the additional wire, but I'm not 100% sure on that.

I put the rest of the unit under the passenger seat and put the tuner unit on the console with velcro. That doesn't work with every product, but mine came with the handheld tuner so it worked nicely.
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