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Postby michaels artic frost » Wed Jul 28, 2004 5:49 am

I have not noticed any radio signal loss after my tint was applied. Radio signal seems to be fine for me. :lol:
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Postby Shoe » Wed Jul 28, 2004 6:46 am

i think tthe antenas got great power i can pick up radio stations with good brodcasting almost 2 hours outa the city

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Postby mtodde » Wed Jul 28, 2004 8:37 am

Michael, what's up with the new signature??? Hope nothing bad happened man!
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Postby michaels artic frost » Wed Jul 28, 2004 8:51 am

mtodde wrote:Michael, what's up with the new signature??? Hope nothing bad happened man!


Sorry to say dude...it has...ima mad as F*k. I don't even wanna talk about it. :cry:
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Postby mtodde » Wed Jul 28, 2004 7:39 pm

michaels_artic_frost wrote:
mtodde wrote:Michael, what's up with the new signature??? Hope nothing bad happened man!


Sorry to say dude...it has...ima mad as F*k. I don't even wanna talk about it. :cry:


Sorry to hear that...keep your chin up man...stiff upper lip & all that stuff. Seriously. Even though I'm not really into customizing my ride, it is nice to see someone taking it to the level you are.
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Postby Mole » Wed Jul 28, 2004 10:11 pm

a tint job should not hinder the antenna.

however for tv antenna that may be somewhat true...
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Postby michaels artic frost » Thu Jul 29, 2004 6:15 am

Have you messed around or tried to remove the stereo recently?
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Postby dawp » Sun Aug 01, 2004 1:51 pm

it's possible that they scratched the antenna when they put the tint in the rear window if they were careless.
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Postby Animal » Mon Aug 02, 2004 1:36 pm

I had the windows tinted and I read at tintdude.com before it was done that a metallic tint will degrade antenna performance. That's what happened to mine. Before tint the antenna was bad, after tint it's even worse. I mostly listen to CDs for that reason.

BTW, many black tints contain metal to reflect heat (the good ones anyway.)

I don't blame the tinter - he told me it's not uncommon when the antenna is in the glass. Depends a lot on the model car according to him.

Stations that came in pretty well before now suck. I am even considering (Someone stop me!) putting a VW type rubber antenna on the center of the rear roof. Thoughts?
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Postby technole » Mon Aug 02, 2004 2:25 pm

Just remember there is a TSB for Poor Radio Reception.
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