OEM shark fin antenna installed on a squarebody?

[TerColHan]

Ha anybody tried this yet? I'm upgrading my stereo to include XM radio and instead of the cheesy magnetic antenna that comes with the XM receiver I want to install a shark fin sourced from a factory GM vehicle.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-OEM-BL...m4aed89d879:g:vuAAAOSw9N1VrofA&frcectupt=true

Has anyone tried this already? It looks like it should work, the most dificult thing will be the square access hole needed to mount the antenna to my roof, other than that it's just a matter of routing the cable down to the transmitter in the dash.

 

[SrMousse]

You might have to drop your headliner but otherwise, should be an easy install. I'll bet it looks pretty sweet once you are done!

 

[75gmck25]

The top of the cab has two thicknesses of steel, with a space between them. If you pick the location carefully you should be able to come through the top of the cab and route the wiring through the space and back to the area of the dome light. From there you can drop down one of the rear corner cab pillars, under the kick plate, and up to the dash. Its a long path, but typical of how the factory routed the wiring.

Bruce

 

[TerColHan]

My truck came with a factory overhead console so hiding the lead should be no issue. I added the xm the other day using the supplied magnetic antenna stuck bto my cowl for now. Getting ready to respray the roof and hood soon/ I'll wait untill I'm ready to paint before I notch the roof so I can make sure the hole gets painted and well sealed, that will allow me to get a perfect color match on the fin too.

 

[Blue Ox]

The harness for the factory marker lamps was run between the two layers. It should be fairly easy to punch through the outer layer and snake the wire down through the pillar.

When I put the lights on my Suburban I used a factory harness and copied the factory install.