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Alternative Antenna

TaterTot
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14 Feb 2019 12:50 - 14 Feb 2019 12:52 #203204 by TaterTot

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Max Headroom wrote:
TaterTot wrote: Does the original antenna seal the hole, so no water gets into the unit?

With any mounted aerial such as that, you could always do what we do on aircraft aerials, and that is, mask-off around the base of the fitted aerial with some decent tape such as Frog Tape and seal the joint with Polyurethane sealant
You can find it cheaper than that illustration on places like Amazon. I've used it to bond aluminium strengthening plates to the mounting points on aluminium vintage car mudguards.
Don't be tempted to use silicone sealant - it gives up the ghost after a while.

Those are pretty good suggestions. All depending on how permanent the installation is, I've done the same.

Can we get a closeup of the original antenna, and the hole in the socket/foot?

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14 Feb 2019 20:39 #203237 by TaterTot

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The Vitara has the same antenna, and I got to take a look at it today. As far as I can see, the gap is more or less cosmetic. Didn't look like the original antenna created a seal.

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14 Feb 2019 21:12 #203239 by G-imny

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Here is the original antenna where you can see the deep recess as opposed to the replacement. The standard antenna completely covers the attachment nipple and has a good interference fit (it squeaks when being screwed in or out)

(apologies for the poor quality photos, I was in a rush at the time)

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15 Feb 2019 21:45 #203295 by TaterTot

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Have any of you found a kit like this: kufieta.com/offer-1/universal-car-antenn...-joint/#!prettyPhoto

Take the joint from a kit like that, and you can lay the antenna pretty flat.

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15 Feb 2019 22:16 #203302 by Soeley

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I managed to get the headlining down a fair bit more today and had a proper look at the connector it is a HRS GT21-2/1S. I have found where this is available and might buy THIS cut the ends off and put the GT21 on, then I can plug into the existing loom. This will also mean buying a separate GPS antenna that I can either stick on the windscreen or maybe utilise that into the GT21 connector and stick it to the rear side window.

Black 2019 Jimny SZ5

www.bigjimny.com/index.php/forum/8-my-ji...ley-s-2019-black-sz5

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18 Feb 2019 06:19 #203382 by G-imny

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Thanks George. That would do the job and I guess we would want some kind of flexible shroud to go over the top. Hopefully someone will make one in the right size.

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