Exterior 1st Gen Shorty Antennas

Discussion in 'Tuning and Performance' started by west7, Feb 17, 2012.

  1. Metalman

    Metalman Well-Known Member
    Lifetime Supporter

    Sep 29, 2009
    12,731
    7,688
    113
    Ex-Owner (Retired) of a custom metal fab company.
    Columbus, Ohio
    Ratings:
    +7,960 / 1 / -0
    Hah, I gotcha beat, I recorded all my engine sounds onto my iPad Pro Air and via a mini cell tower dongle, ima transmittin these glorious sounds. As I pass other drivers listening to their bass thumper pounding sound systems, my mini cell tower interrupts their "noise" and my engine sounds take over and start blaring out of their sound systems. Then because of superb rev matching skills on my part, I blow by them and my glorious sounds are picked up by the next unsuspecting thumper pounding speaker head. All this out of my custom made "short and stubby"......:D
     
  2. Jason Montague

    Jason Montague New Member
    Lifetime Supporter

    Jan 5, 2010
    6,134
    1,588
    0
    Physician Assitant (retired)
    Sherman,Tx
    Ratings:
    +1,588 / 0 / -0
    :cornut:That's pretty cool but, keep your senses peeled for the FCC.:Thumbsup:

    Jason
     
  3. Metalman

    Metalman Well-Known Member
    Lifetime Supporter

    Sep 29, 2009
    12,731
    7,688
    113
    Ex-Owner (Retired) of a custom metal fab company.
    Columbus, Ohio
    Ratings:
    +7,960 / 1 / -0
    ^^^ Federales Chalupa Committee??? Yeah, I like Mexican too.....:D
     
  4. west7

    west7 Member

    Sep 17, 2011
    136
    17
    18
    Engineer
    Indianapolis, IN
    Ratings:
    +17 / 0 / -0
    Is it true that the antenna on top of the car is mostly for am frequencies and that the fm antenna is on the back window/windows?
     
  5. west7

    west7 Member

    Sep 17, 2011
    136
    17
    18
    Engineer
    Indianapolis, IN
    Ratings:
    +17 / 0 / -0
    Thoughts on the oem sport antenna?
     
  6. Crashton

    Crashton Club Coordinator

    Jun 4, 2009
    19,445
    10,057
    113
    Retired old fart
    Hooterville Ohio USA
    Ratings:
    +11,698 / 2 / -0
    First mod on Babs new justa clubster. A stubby antenna from Aaron at Outmotoring. :D
     
  7. Nathan

    Nathan Founder

    Mar 30, 2009
    25,144
    10,052
    113
    Writer
    Short North
    Ratings:
    +10,069 / 0 / -0
    I'm thinking that MINI realized that lots of people were buying aftermarket ones so they jumped in with the "Sport" version to capitalize on the lost sales.
     
  8. west7

    west7 Member

    Sep 17, 2011
    136
    17
    18
    Engineer
    Indianapolis, IN
    Ratings:
    +17 / 0 / -0
    So you guys aren't thinking the oem sport antenna gets any better reception than the rest?
     
  9. Nathan

    Nathan Founder

    Mar 30, 2009
    25,144
    10,052
    113
    Writer
    Short North
    Ratings:
    +10,069 / 0 / -0
    Nope, in fact the one review of it on Amazon says in areas of poor reception it is worse than the OEM standard one. Much like we've all found out with all the other short versions out there.

    They seem to be all the same, the only difference is the design. I figure you can't go wrong with any of them. Pick the design you like and go from there.
     
  10. west7

    west7 Member

    Sep 17, 2011
    136
    17
    18
    Engineer
    Indianapolis, IN
    Ratings:
    +17 / 0 / -0
    Ended up getting an oem sport antenna. Works great! Noticeable lose of reception in hd channels in rural areas though. All in all I like that the color and texture matches the base of the antenna on the roof.
     
  11. KittyMini

    KittyMini Club Coordinator

    Jun 24, 2009
    3,271
    1,183
    0
    Ratings:
    +1,183 / 0 / -0
    Pic?
    Haven't seen one of these.
     

Share This Page