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Old 10-19-2009, 09:26 PM   #1
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Painted XM Antenna?

Has anyone painted or thought about painting their XM antenna ( comes black ) body color? If you did, what did it cost? I am thinking of doing that on my VR SS when it comes in. What do you think?
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Old 10-19-2009, 09:36 PM   #2
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I want to do it on my black car. You have to drop the headliner though. I'll probably save a while longer and have a body shop remove it, paint it then reinstall it. It would save me the risk of breaking something.
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Old 10-19-2009, 09:41 PM   #3
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someone should come out with painted caps that go over the antenna
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Old 10-19-2009, 09:50 PM   #4
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someone should come out with painted caps that go over the antenna
I'd buy one...
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Old 10-19-2009, 09:59 PM   #5
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Has anyone painted or thought about painting their XM antenna ( comes black ) body color? If you did, what did it cost? I am thinking of doing that on my VR SS when it comes in. What do you think?
I think it might degrade the signal reception??
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Old 10-19-2009, 10:00 PM   #6
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I think it might degrade the signal reception.
How about just masking it off and painting it in place?
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Old 10-19-2009, 10:03 PM   #7
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Painting it will not degrade the reception. Plenty of shark fins painted on a good number of cars. Now a cover over top "could" possibly cause some interference, but painting it is fine.
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Old 10-19-2009, 10:04 PM   #8
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How about just masking it off and painting it in place?
I was talking about the paint itself. Would it cause some kind of interference??
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Old 10-19-2009, 10:04 PM   #9
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Old 10-19-2009, 10:10 PM   #10
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Body Color XM Antenna

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Make yours match the body and blend away!

This is a special 3 step paint system, that gives durability and color match!
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Old 10-19-2009, 10:23 PM   #11
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I was talking about the paint itself. Would it cause some kind of interference??
My reception is fine. A layer or two of paint is not going to inhibit the reception at sat-comm frequency.
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Old 10-20-2009, 07:30 AM   #12
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I was thinking of removing it and filling in the hole, and mounting it behind the 3rd brake light inside, but unsure if it would mess with the frequency
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Old 10-20-2009, 07:34 AM   #13
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It might be affected by the rear window defogger when it is turned on.
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Old 10-20-2009, 08:33 AM   #14
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