How to grease the antenna?

[randomtask37]

anyone got a write up on how to rig up a switch to turn the antenna on and off (up and down)

i have always thought about using the blank button near the rear defrost button but i wouldnt know how.

Are you joking? It's a switch. You connect it inline with the power of the antenna.

no i wasnt joking mr. know it all.

how am i supposed to know which wire (behind that button) is the antenna wire. or if its not back there, how am i supposed to string it up there.
is there a wire already attached to that button? how do i connect the 2 wires.
honestly (as u probobly could tell by now) i dont know really what im doing with stuff like this. i dont wana cut or fry something i need, so instead of giving me a vague, half ass, smart alek remarke. why dont u just keep your mouth shut.

[KenC]

anyone got a write up on how to rig up a switch to turn the antenna on and off (up and down)

i have always thought about using the blank button near the rear defrost button but i wouldnt know how.

Are you joking? It's a switch. You connect it inline with the power of the antenna.

no i wasnt joking mr. know it all.

how am i supposed to know which wire (behind that button) is the antenna wire. or if its not back there, how am i supposed to string it up there.
is there a wire already attached to that button? how do i connect the 2 wires.
honestly (as u probobly could tell by now) i dont know really what im doing with stuff like this. i dont wana cut or fry something i need, so instead of giving me a vague, half ass, smart alek remarke. why dont u just keep your mouth shut.

Behind which button? The antenna power is hardwired to your deck.

Get a switch, connect a piece of wire to the positive end, connect a piece of wire to the negative end, find the power wire for the antenna, use wire-tap connectors to tap the two wires from the switch to the power wire for the antenna, then cut the power wire of the antenna between the two wire-taps. I'd advise you to shrink wrap the taps too.

But if you're not too familiar with electronic circuits, you probably should be messing around in there.

[bwanac]

My antenna only goes up half way,but I never use the radio anyways. sO I am going to shave it once when I get the car painted.

This post has nothing to do with the title of the thred; quit post-whoring.

Haha, I nailed you, and you nailed me! I was only tring to get my name on every forum as the latest post.

As for the post, I dont lube my antenna. I tried a little WD-40 when I bought the car to see iof the antenna would go up all the way, but it did not help. Sorry for post-owhoring!

[randomtask37]

i have always thought about using the blank button near the rear defrost button.

thats the button i was talking about

and thank u for an informative responce. it does sound like more than i wana take on. ill just plug and unplug it whenever i need it.

[nando]

anyone got a write up on how to rig up a switch to turn the antenna on and off (up and down)

i have always thought about using the blank button near the rear defrost button but i wouldnt know how.

Are you joking? It's a switch. You connect it inline with the power of the antenna.

no i wasnt joking mr. know it all.

how am i supposed to know which wire (behind that button) is the antenna wire. or if its not back there, how am i supposed to string it up there.
is there a wire already attached to that button? how do i connect the 2 wires.
honestly (as u probobly could tell by now) i dont know really what im doing with stuff like this. i dont wana cut or fry something i need, so instead of giving me a vague, half ass, smart alek remarke. why dont u just keep your mouth shut.

uhm, have you ever wired up a stereo? seriously, it's not that hard to figure out which wire is what. It's not like there are 10 loose wires back there.. bring a wire from your stereo's antenna-on signal to one terminal of the switch, and the antenna wire to the other terminal. Just use female crimp terminals (I think 16 gauge terminals plug right onto a foglight switch). it's not rocket science!

on my car, the antenna power wire was white (as far as I can remember).

[KenC]

i have always thought about using the blank button near the rear defrost button.

thats the button i was talking about

and thank u for an informative responce. it does sound like more than i wana take on. ill just plug and unplug it whenever i need it.

If you're referring to the black button, it's a circuit breaker for your power windows.

[mikey]

i've still got a little cleaning wipe for the anntenna that came in a bmw brochure on how to keep your car clean..15 years old now...