Stubby Antennas
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I've had a Perrin for years from RallySport Direct. Love it. I have the 2" version.
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^2nd
I had the 2" perrin for about 6 months. I loved the look, but eventually went back to the oem. The reception dropped to much for me. I live in ohio surrounded by hills, so that may have been against me. Others havent noticed as much of a change. It may work out just fine for you.
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I rarely listen to radio. Usually Pandora or music off my USB drive. When I do I haven't noticed any loss. Each area is different though.
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My nav still functioned 100 percent. I think the nav reception is in the rectangle shaped base. That portion doesn't get swapped out.
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Possible. I've seen people swap the entire base for the shark fin style. So not sure.
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Have the 2" CravenSpeed Stubby Jr. Radio barely impacted since I'm in an urban area. If more rural, go with the 4" version. For road trips, swap the OEM antenna back in.
It only swaps out the AM/FM portion of the antenna. Nav/SAT is in the base unit and unaffected by this mod.
It only swaps out the AM/FM portion of the antenna. Nav/SAT is in the base unit and unaffected by this mod.
Wanted a shark fin, ended up with a Perrin because like you, I didn't want to spend $90. I usually listen to Spotify or my iPod anyways so reception loss wasn't a huge deal, but I only had a slight drop in reception on one station so I'm happy with it.
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I have the $12 stubby from autozone. I haven't had any reception loss since installing it.
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The shark fin just fits over the stock base.
https://www.focusstshop.com/v/vspfiles/photos/VG-SFA13-3.jpg
I really dislike that this link just tried to redirect me to an advertising drive-by website...which got blocked...but still...
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Trust me, I'm fully aware they're a sponser here lol.
I clicked the link and it was a redirect page for ads that did a drive by BEFORE getting to focusstshop.com so my works filter immediately blocked the redirect from running.
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Gotcha. When I clicked the link it went straight to the site.
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The one I've seen replaces the entire base. Maybe a bit more high end?
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