splicing antena cable

[long tall eta]

guys, just picked up an oem antena for a friend of mine (chick) but the junk she has in there now is jimmie rigged and the original conector from the wire that plugs into the antena has been cut and make shifted to go into the junk she has now. where can i get the conector to splice back in to the cable or do i have to but the entire cable.

[bmwguy325is]

For best results but a new cable.

[accident]

definitely but the cable.

[long tall eta]

how/where does the cable run to the head unit? will i have to pull up the carpet?

[accident]

Right over your head.

But yes, if I recall correctly the antenna wire does run under the carpet. If you pull off your back seat you should be able to see the path it follows.

[long tall eta]

so, how much better of a signal would it be between a new cable and just splicing in a new conector to the existing cable. this is charity work for a friend and i have enough shit to do on my own to get to involved with this.

[accident]

If it isn't your car, and you're doing it for free, ghetto rig that shit so that it works. ;)

[Quadrajet]

I'd stop in your local Radio Shack, for starters, they may have repair stuff for that.

[Morrison]

I just went through various antennas and wiring combinations looking for good radio signal. I first tried a Z3 antenna base with stock z3 antenna, and new factory cable (for z3). I had dick for reception from this combo, but believe the amplified antenna base must have been junk.

What I arrived at that has given me even better reception than in my X5 (which is actually pretty good) is the following:

3 section manual telescoping antenna from Autozone - $20

~8 feet of RG6 home cable wire to combine with 4 ft that comes with ant.

Then splice as necessary via soldering the inner conductors together and also the outside shield but keep them separated. Route wire through and under center console area for shortest path.

[MaksV]

its coax so its pretty hard to splice.