Antenna Options? What is this part?

[doucy2]

Well antenna was missing the gormet so it leaked in my trunk + it didn't work either, so I pulled it out. Now a have a large hole, where the antenna use d to stick out. Has anyone mounted a non-motorized antenna there like an s2000 one (I know rice), or is there some sorta plug I can make or buy to fill the hole.

Here is a pic of the hole.



My next question is what is this part?




And this last pic is an example of what happens when your trunk leaks blah.

[BDSax]

that holds the car jack in

[asubimmer]

yeah search for a stubby antenna

[doucy2]

that holds the car jack in

Haha sweet, too bad I don't have one. Nuts. Thanks.

[Kruzen]

My antennae is borked as well so I was thinking of fabbing a bodycolor cap with a rubber washer on the underside that would fit flush with the body until I can do a bondo job on it or something.

[ldsbeaker]

I put a Z3 one in there. Looks good, took about a half hour, and works great!

[doucy2]

I put a Z3 one in there. Looks good, took about a half hour, and works great!

how about this one, think it will work? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-A...43636238QQrdZ1

[golfdmb18]

if you go to home depot/lowes you will be able to find a plug that works fine. The PO on my turbo car bought a plug there and it looks fine.

[uofom3]

I'd rock the s2k antenna as well if you can find one.

[doucy2]

yea i can get the s2k antennas for $12 eahs or something like that.

[EWAustin]

how about this one, think it will work? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-A...43636238QQrdZ1

This could work if you had the part that this design is supposed to screw into. ie: a factory non-power antenna.

[Mastrcruse]

Has anyone used the S2K antenna? I like the e36 verts antenna but I want to put a car cover on so that might not work.

[RobertK]

Shave it

[Mastrcruse]

if you shave the antenna were would you get signal? Could you get as good of reception?

[kenna325is]

I bought a cheap antenna that came with a universal mount from Auto Zone. Then I bought a cute stubby antenna that screws on. One problem I ran into when swiching is the power antenna cable end was not the same as the universal end. So you have run a new cable, unless you can figure out how to splice it, but that was no biggie.