Removal of the sharksfin antenna

[Chris Wingardh]

Thinking about a truck camper (slide in) that goes over the roof and will cover the sharksfin antenna. Can I safely cover it with the camper or remove it while the camper is in the bed? I dont need XM radio or GPS. Our iPhones and WAZE should work anuyway.... I think.

Ideas and suggestions please,

Thanks,

Chris

 

[Badger 13]

I had to replace my shark fin antenna and it was a pain. You have to pull the headliner down to gain access to the bottom of it to remove the nut holding it. There are two antenna plug pigtails that are a little tricky to get apart. If I remember right, it is just not a round hole, but has a "notch" for alignment. I don't know how the small flat GPS antenna's mount, but I would think you could replace the shark fin with one of those. It would only have one antenna lead, so you could pick what you wanted, sat radio or GPS. Good luck with it.

Jim