djrik213

hey i have a 2006 cobalt and i wondering if you could tell me how to put the shorty antenna on? cuz i got one and yea what do i have to do? the antenna came with a of course the antenna and the adapters but i dont get how to put it on the factory adapter is there and am i suppose drill it out or what? please help me!! email me please need help djrik213@hotmail.com.

joeworkstoohard

it unscrews. get a wrench, channel locks, whatever

djrik213

still doesnt come off!!

joeworkstoohard

that's how mine came off.

Whitnith

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Get a rag and wrap it around the base of the antenna, and then get a wrench on there. It will just unscrew. Make sure you are just trying to take the antenna off, and not the base. It shouldn't be on there too hard.

ScLsN00b

females.
haha.....try putting a skirt on, that might help?

Whitnith

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Um... Pretty sure I got the stock antenna off, cut it down to a decent size, and put it back on the car just fine, thankyouverymuch.

EmperorJJ1

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no comment for noob... but ya just unscrew it

djrik213

i will try it but im scared it will ruin it and then i cant even put the stock antenna on anymore! cuz i took the antenna pole off and there is the metal adapter on it. so its the just the base then the metal bolt sticking out...so just get a wrench and twist it off? thats it?

it feels just like its one peice!

Sunburst_SS

the shorty antenna should screw onto the factory base with the threaded piece sticking out...

originaladrian

doh!!!!

(homer simpson)

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Jimmys2007CobaltSS/C

iTrader: (1)

its not easy as it is i broke my stock antenna and it just sits there but push the antenna down and looks like its shorter than stock height

djrik213

njg5gt

you need a female antenna to screw onto the cars male antenna screw. the antenna you have in those pics is a male antenna. your 'shorty' should look like the stock one, with a hole at the bottom for the threads coming from the car to screw into. dont try and twist off the threads from the car, youll damage the car and have to get a whole new unit.


and to the noob posting about girls, STFU. Some girls know just as much, if not more about cars then guys. Most of the girls on this site know more than you do, i'm sure.

saunders1986

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well first you have to remove the rear 1/4 pannel off the car, do this by drilling out the factory welds, than once u have the 1/4 pannel off, remove all the carpet in the trunk..... than get ur plamsa cutter, and start cutting around the base of the antenna, than poke ur new one through the hole, weld it on, than put the 1/4 pannel back on, re weld the pannel. and install the carpet. you may need to touch up the paint. hope this helps.

OrngBalt

dude... dont take that stud out... you screw the antenna onto that. What year is your cobalt?

late 06's and on have a 7mm stud and the shorty doesnt come with an adapter for that. Talk to the company and they will send you one for free.

Hopefully you didnt destroy your threads trying to take that off

mrsilent13

yea mine was rusted on their. so it was a bit hard to get it off....its all good. I just went to my kitchen and grabbed me a can of m.a.n. and took the lid off and went back to the car and off came that dumb antenna

OrngBalt

wow, and why is everyone so angry with noob... I thought his comment was pretty funny and i didn't take it serious. anyone who has been on this site for more than 3 days knows whit knows what she is doing

TheDaves413

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Take off the adapter from the shorty antenna. The antenna will screw onto the existing screw on the car without an adapter.

You would only need the adapter if it was being used on a different car. That shorty antenna screws directly onto ours.

djrik213

originaladrian

DO NOT TOUCH THE CAR, mess with the antenna, the male end should come out leaving you a female end to go into the male end on ur car. if not then they sent you the wrong one. again MALE car, FEMALE antenna.

djrik213

could i just cut the stock antenna off? would that ruin it or would it? or be the same?

originaladrian

not quit sure what ur asking lol, u can make a shorty antenna urself using the stock one like i did... but to switch an antenna its twist on and twist off...

djrik213

could i cut the stock antenna down? like get a saw and cut it off! and no i it wont just screw in it needs the adapter but the the male thred sticking out of the car wont twist off or pull off and if i do it any more it will break! the car is a 2006 chevy cobalt ls coupe i got the antenna for antennax.com and there like its so easy and its not so can it cut it down or what would it do?