Im trying to find nice billet antena, does anybody out there have a link that i could go to?? Ive tryied e-bay with no luck.
Thanks guys and girls
Scott

 

www.shortyantennas.com

 

Thank you for the site logical,they have some very interesting choices!!

 

I've asked this before and not got any satisfactory explanation.
Why is it still necessary for the F150 to have an antenna at all.
The technology is there in Ford to use the element in the windshield. They use it in my Jag.
I hadn't even thought about it until I came to put my truck into store in Houston and had to unscrew the damn thing before I could put the cover on the truck.
Surely at the very least we could have a retractible antenna!

 

Yeah, I looked into an electric retractable antenna a while ago (when I bought my truck cover). I'm told it can be done but, I never went so far as to attempt to do the install and such.

My wife's 02 Honda Accord (yes, there's a ricer in my family) has the ant built into the rear glass of the car. IMHO, it doesn't get reception quite as well as her old Ford Contour did with a hard-mount ant.

Also Lent, where do we have an element in our glass? I thought you were talking about the 'heating lines' (i.e. the back glass defrost). We don't have any of those on our trucks. I'm in total agreement with you however, I really don't like the hard-mount. You'd think that with a vehicle of this nature and one that they're producing by the THOUSAND, we'd be able to get a couple of these little 'spiffs' that the high-rollers enjoy.

RP

 

Yes RP....
I wondered who would pick that one up!
Something else you would think would be standard in a truck costing so much would be an element for heating the screen for Northern climes, that would then double as an antenna.
The one in my S Type works perfectly and I just think that the supplied antenna is a bit nasty!
Cheers

2 months to go !!!!

 

Too many people use trucks for odd things like driving and hauling. That means they are out in nasty conditions like on Mighigan roads behind gravel haulers....or on gravel roads. I average about a windshield a year between my two vehicles and I don't want to pay for some fancy schmancy one with heat and antennas in it. My wife's olds intrigue has it (antenna) in the back window....now that I can live with. With a truck though I bet the angle is wrong and the size too small to work good...plus the slider complicates it.

It's all about service costs and insurance costs. Retractable antennas are high warranty items and fancy windshields make for high insurance costs. I put a shorty black billet one on...works fine and fits in my garage.

 

Yeah, I definately see your point logical. No doubt, it's definately a frequent warranty problem.

I'm just looking at it from more of a luxury or 'bells and whistles' standpoint. It'd be nice to have... that's all I'm saying.

RP

 

Plus there is virtually no difference in the cost of a replacement windshield with the element or without.
It is only a very fine wire laid in at the time of bonding the layers together.....

EG.
Cost of windshield with $214.00
Without $200.

BUT.....

Here's a little known fact for you people over there.
Did you know that your windshields are manufactured differently from ours in Europe (Different safety standards)

Ours are far LESS likely to shatter...in fact they CAN'T show those great long cracks that spread across windshields in a large percentage of US vehicles.

A. They are manufactured in such a way as that cannot happen.

B. Even if it did we would not get away with driving round with them like that.


Strange but true !

 

What? You all don't crack your windshields? That's really ashame. You see, we Americans do it to add a certain 'class' and 'nostalgia' to our vehicles that is uniquely our own.

Soon, you folks over there on the other side of the pond will catch on and realize that it's simply a preference thing and we actually love the look across the dashboard through horizontal and vertical lines caused by a nice crack. Heck, most of use a special tool designed especially to crack the windshield.



It's American ingenuity. Pure and simple.



~-~RP~-~

 

Yes, I agree with Rock. My Hyundai has one of those nice horizontal cracks on the passanger side. I love it!


actually I think the cost to replace the window is more then the value of the car itself so I just don't bother....that and it isn't in my line of site.

 

MMMmmmm.

Very odd !!!

 

Well ....la de frickin da.

 

And your point is?

 

ouch!!! somebody poured sour milk in his Cherios this morning.