Mackenzie C

mine was messed up so i pulled it out and i picked one up from the JY. and i cant get the new one in there. what do i do?

Mackenzie C

no one knows? and i pulled out the whole thing, wire to the radio, wire, the external parts, everything.

ChrisS

You need to thread something down the hole in the roof to the panel next to the left side of the dashboard. A thin flexible plastic dowel (1/8" dia x 36" long) would work well.

After you've threaded dowel down to dashboard:
-tape the end of the antenna wire to the end of the dowel sticking out of roof
-gently pull on the end of the dowel under the dash
-thread the antenna wire through the hole
-keep gently pulling the dowel and threading the wire until it is under the dash
-thread the antenna mast down in to the hole

crxkid

leave it out, shave it, and buy an internal antenna.

Mackenzie C

yeah i might go antenna-less. ha haha, i dont listen to the radio. im just going to install my cd player. but i think im still goin to get it in there some how. ha haha.

crxkid

Even without an antenna, you still get decent reception depending on the model of cd player you're installing. I've actually had pretty good luck with Autoloc internal antennas as well. For about 30 bucks you get the full functionality of your antenna with out waving a flagpole from the top of your car.

mullinator

I don't know about all models, but I had an '89 Civic which was purchased w/o a radio from the factory. It came with a decent-looking black plastic "delete panel" over the antenna hole. I'd be looking for one of those if I wanted to go w/o an antenna. Maybe in a junkyard. Shouldn't be too expensive if you ordered it from one of the discount Honda parts dealers, either. -scott

Mackenzie C

ok this shit is hard ass hell. so my dad said he was funna do it. so i went some where and by the time i get home, maybe 2 hours? my dad got it in, that guy is like a master mechanic. ha haha. anyways its in and im coo now.