Turn power antenna into manual antenna?, is it possible? Options

[A_N_T_H_O_N_Y]

My power antenna on my car is broken, it was like that when I bought it. Right now, it is stuck in the fully extended position, but I still get good reception. It hate how it looks all the way up, especially since I rarely listen to radio. I have tried forcing it down, with no luck. My question is, is there any way that I could take out the mast or whatever from the inside, so that when I'm not listening to the radio, the antenna can be down, and on the rare occasion that I do need to listen to the radio, I can get out of my car and manually extend the antenna? What do you guys think?

[CastrolCelica]

I did this mod. It's easy once you know what you're supposed to do.

Simply open up your trunk driver's side trim. Go into the little cubby where the motor mount is. There's a way to get the antenna out of the shaft if it's stuck, like mine was. However, if you can't figure it out, just cut it off with a dremel or good lock cutters or something. Then simply unplug the black plug (power) and unbolt the motor from the car. I think there was 2 or 3 bolts if I remember correctly. When you take out the motor, you'll feel it tug and not want to come out. This is the drainage rubber pipe. Just pull really hard, it will disconnect from the motor, and the pipe will fall out of the car and land on the ground under your quarter panel.

Then take a rubber, half height, always-up antenna from Advance Auto Parts or AutoZone. Plug the power cord into that antenna's socket after you disassemble the antenna like it shows. You'll have the clamp on the underside, the post going up through it, the ball, then the antenna all fastened together. WALLA! Crisp radio signal (better than stock) and it's without the embarrassment of the ugly metal lighting rod . Also, for all you weight conscious riders (who don't totally ruin all your weight mods by putting large subs in your trunk), it's lighter than when the motor was in the car .

This post has been edited by CastrolCelica: Dec 8, 2009 - 3:44 PM