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surreal_awakening

06-16-2009 08:23 AM

Sheetmetal question

So I want to drill a 9/16" hole through the roof of my car to run an antenna for my satellite radio. I'm tired of the water running along the antenna wire and leaking into the car the way it is set up now. What is the best way to drill cleanly through the sheetmetal. I haven't had the best of luck with that "cleanly" part in the past. Suggestions/tips/etc?

CactusWill

06-16-2009 08:46 AM

Just buy a regular antenna mount. It has a seal and doesn't leak.

surreal_awakening

06-16-2009 09:07 AM

What exactly are you referring to by "regular antenna mount"? The sat radio antenna has a wire run through my door jamb to the cabin of the vehicle. Water is slipping past the weatherstrip that way.

CactusWill

06-16-2009 09:15 AM

I'll get a pic of one later this week.

Caboose73

06-16-2009 04:47 PM

stick it to the inside of your rear window thats how i have mine cause i got sick of the water leaking in

surreal_awakening

06-17-2009 07:08 AM

Do you notice any difference in reception that way?

Cliff8928

06-17-2009 11:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by surreal_awakening (Post 471433)

Just go slow with the drill and use a smaller size then go larger.

Do you have a factory XM antenna that you're using?

surreal_awakening

06-17-2009 11:36 AM

No, I was going to get a marine style Sirius antenna, unless a factory XM antenna will connect to and work with my Sirius receiver.

Cliff8928

06-17-2009 11:40 AM

Yeah, it works fine with the XM antenna on sirius.

surreal_awakening

06-17-2009 11:41 AM

Maybe I'll look for a factory antenna on fleabay then.

Noseminer

06-17-2009 03:02 PM

With mine i just ran it down the weather strip. Mine had a small lip that pulled back on the weather strip, and i just tucked the wire in there and ran it down the door then around to the dash.

NONE	06-17-2009 05:12 PM

step bit, if you have one.

Caboose73

06-17-2009 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by surreal_awakening (Post 471928)

Do you notice any difference in reception that way?

Nope works just fine and i also have an xm antenna plugged into my sirius

surreal_awakening

06-17-2009 07:45 PM

Go slow with a step bit and an XM antenna will work...good info guys. Will have to evaluate inside of the window vs. drilling now. Thanks all.

A57	10-10-2009 08:44 PM

Dont drill anything, just run the anti. out the back and up to the rear trunk.

surreal_awakening

10-10-2009 09:13 PM

I'm long past this now. The car will be in the scrap yard by the end of the month. But thanks anyway.

cherrington17

10-10-2009 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by A57 (Post 500423)

Dont drill anything, just run the anti. out the back and up to the rear trunk.

was wondering why no-one else mentioned this... but obviously... this can be closed now.

Ian 2000GL LA1

10-11-2009 12:37 AM

pull up the seal and tuck it into it and run it thats what i did with my nav antenna, no problems... ill get pictures tommorow.

NVM i skimmed before i read it all.

zzyzzx

10-13-2009 11:06 AM

if you want to see what would happen if you tried drilling through the car, you can get all the practice you want now.

surreal_awakening

10-13-2009 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zzyzzx (Post 500954)

if you want to see what would happen if you tried drilling through the car, you can get all the practice you want now.

True enough :haha:

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