berzerkrobot

I'd first like to state that I know NOTHING about antennas or their wiring. So I went in to Car Toys today, skepticle that they would be even remotely helpful. The guy right off the bat was a complete douchebag, and explained that if I paid him like $80 they would kinda fix my antenna. NO thanks. My 97 4runner antenna mast was MIA when I bought it a few months back, and rather then spend money on something that will just gut busted again on the trail, I bought a short rubber mast instead of the power one. Then my problem was I had no way to attach the mast to the dumb power unit, so I took the power unit out and clipped the little coaxial antenna cable at the very end, but its 3 inchs too short! SO, my question is: can I get away with using some heavy copper speaker for the extra length or must I use the same type of antenna wire. If the latter is the case, how do I splice them together and properly attatch the wire to the antenna mast??? *EDIT* I educated myself a little bit about the antenna wire so now I know the outside braid is the ground and must be connected to the car, and the inside wire is for the antenna. This info just makes the task of DIY seem a lot more complex than I was hoping for....

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'97 T4R SR5 4x4 | Detroit Lock'd Rear Diff | Toytec lift w/OME shocks | Diff Drop | 33" Cooper STTs on 15x8s | Glasswerks Unlimited 4.5" prerunner flares | Rear control arm skids |10lb co2 onboard air tank w/regulator | Hella FF1000s | Custom steel front and rear bumpers, Line-X'd | Custom steel rock sliders | Air Intake Mod

GSGALLANT

The short rubber antenna that I bought a while back had a length of coax (with the connectors on) with it. I just routed it in through the same path as the stock wire, and connected it directly to my stereo. Maybe you can look around and just buy a piece of coax with the connectors on it and replace the whole thing. It shouldn't cost much for that.

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2002 4Runner, Auto-A340F, 3.4L, 4.30 Gears
TJM T15 Front Bumper & Warn M8000, 4xInnovation sliders, Sonoran Steel 1.2 Lift, Toytec LCA Skids, Tundra Brake Upgrade (231mm), Extended rear diff breather, Deckplate Mod, Andymod, Dual batt setup with Optima blue top aux battery, Hardwired 1000W inverter, Aux fuse box, Full time power to 12V plugs, Yaesu FT7800R Radio, "4-air" system for airing up/down tires.

2004 Camry LE - stock (and will stay that way)

1993 4Runner has been sold

berzerkrobot

Yeah Im thinking at this point ill just eat the loss of my 8 dollar antenna and buy one with the cable already on it

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'97 T4R SR5 4x4 | Detroit Lock'd Rear Diff | Toytec lift w/OME shocks | Diff Drop | 33" Cooper STTs on 15x8s | Glasswerks Unlimited 4.5" prerunner flares | Rear control arm skids |10lb co2 onboard air tank w/regulator | Hella FF1000s | Custom steel front and rear bumpers, Line-X'd | Custom steel rock sliders | Air Intake Mod

jason191918

I put a switch in line of the power antenna switch wire (not the actual antenna wire), so that when I am on the trail, I can manually make the antenna go down w/o turning off the head unit.

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1992 Pickup V6, 4x4, 5 speed, SR5, 300,000 miles young, every option except automatic tranny

31x10.5R15 | K&N FIPK | Cherry Bomb | 3" BL | 4 110W KC Light Bar | 6'6" Western Plow | 800W 10" Sony | 850W Sound Storm | 2 4" Obcon | 4 1" Rockford Fosgate Tweeters | 2 High Pass Crossovers | 2 High-Low Pass Crossovers | 2 6.5" Rockford Fosgate | Pioneer 4x50W Head Unit | Mechanical Oil Pressure Gage | Lack of EGR | Blinker Mod