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bandier · 10-15-2019, 05:06 PM

Can it be done? Use a stock SiriusXM antenna with aftermarket head unit??? I'm being told I have to buy the aftermarket SiriusXM tuner and antenna. If the new head unit is SiriusXM compatible, why cant I use the stuff that's already in my car? Please educate me.

Cheap Guy · 10-15-2019, 06:18 PM

You just have to buy a converter or if you’re super cheap you can modify the existing connector. It should work.

bandier · 10-17-2019, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Cheap Guy

You just have to buy a converter or if you’re super cheap you can modify the existing connector. It should work.

Any idea where to get a converter? So it's just a connector issue? Is the connector modification difficult? Hmm, if I gotta buy something else, I might as well buy the Sirius Tuner and antenna. I was being cheap and hoping to save the $70.

rotwiler · 10-21-2019, 12:20 AM

If all you need on a aftermarket Hu is a antenna, then it will work. The Camaro has a fakra plug, even if you have different color fakra, you can remove the plastic cover on the fakra plug and will just plug in like a rca(under cover is simular to mini rca) . I did this on my Ram truck when I put a newer year 8.4 radio in. Antenna is a antenna as long as it's for the service your using. I don't use sat radio now. But a lot of radios now you have to buy a seperate sat radio tuner. Most sat antennas I have seen are fakra, one in Camaro pretty sure is violet, but like I said pop off the plastic cover on the fakra and will plug into Any fakra there is. They just color code them for specific setups, my colors didn't match on my Ram truck but works fine and I get sat traffic alerts and the free stuff with zero issues.

10-15-2019, 05:06 PM	#1
bandier Got mine! Drives: 2021 LT1 RS - Orange Crush Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Fallbrook, CA Posts: 1,295	stock SiriusXM antenna with aftermarket head unit Can it be done? Use a stock SiriusXM antenna with aftermarket head unit??? I'm being told I have to buy the aftermarket SiriusXM tuner and antenna. If the new head unit is SiriusXM compatible, why cant I use the stuff that's already in my car? Please educate me. __________________ Camaro lover since 1984 when I got my first car a 1978 Camaro LT with a 2 barrel carb on 305 V8... yes I put in a 350 with a 4 barrel.

10-15-2019, 06:18 PM	#2
Cheap Guy Drives: 2011 Camaro SS Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Southeast Michigan Posts: 679	You just have to buy a converter or if you’re super cheap you can modify the existing connector. It should work. __________________ My Little Mid-Life Crisis Cure! First - 1997 Camaro 3800 Y87, M5, Green - Gone \| Second - 1997 LT1 Z28, M6, Silver - Sold \| Third - 1999 LS1 Z28, M6, Pewter, Almost Stock! - Sold Current - 2011 Camaro SS, M6, black, 1LE suspension parts - Current

10-21-2019, 12:20 AM	#4
rotwiler ruff ruff Drives: 2010 2SS/RS Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: WA State Posts: 165	If all you need on a aftermarket Hu is a antenna, then it will work. The Camaro has a fakra plug, even if you have different color fakra, you can remove the plastic cover on the fakra plug and will just plug in like a rca(under cover is simular to mini rca) . I did this on my Ram truck when I put a newer year 8.4 radio in. Antenna is a antenna as long as it's for the service your using. I don't use sat radio now. But a lot of radios now you have to buy a seperate sat radio tuner. Most sat antennas I have seen are fakra, one in Camaro pretty sure is violet, but like I said pop off the plastic cover on the fakra and will plug into Any fakra there is. They just color code them for specific setups, my colors didn't match on my Ram truck but works fine and I get sat traffic alerts and the free stuff with zero issues. __________________ 2010 2SS/RS, XO Verona wheels, BC coilovers oem ZL1 bumper conversion Kenwood ddx9905s, maestro, Kenwood xr1s, xr4s, kappa 1200w,subs, Kenwood xr comps and rear deck speakers, long tubes, hf cats, speed secrets tune, custom exhaust, CAI, blacked out everything.