Antenna (Driver Side Mount)

I returned this antenna. The antenna cable was about 10 inches too short for the convoluted, twisted path from the antenna to my radio. The Vanagon model used to validate the installation procedure in the “How To” video was carefully groomed to make the wiring underneath the dashboard look very German. “Quadratisch, Praktisch, Güt” as my “Handy German Phrases” book says. The wiring layout under the dash in my van looks surprisingly similar to a diagram of the electric power grid for Bangladesh. The Germans have no words for this. The 'How To" video for installing the replacement antenna makes the job look easy. There aren’t even any “Wrench Difficulty” graphics to warn naïve van owners who don’t have a “Handy German Phrases” book that the job they are about to dive into is, in-fact a soul torturing, existential journey through canyons of despair. This is because the makers of the video are demons from Hell. Or California. Either way the very idea that mere mortals can install the antenna without significant blood loss and an overwhelming need to express colorful references regarding the parentage of the Austrian design engineers is patently ridiculous. “And now all you have to do is tape the old cable to the new one and pull it through the neat, tidy and well-organized under-dash area to the radio location of your dreams,” said the neat, tidy and well-organized Service Technician in the video. But if you rewind the video and play it backwards, you hear this: “Just tape the new cable to the old one and then pull it through, same way we reach down and pull their souls out when they ignore the "Difficulty Wrenches" on the website!” But I digress. The antenna is probably a very good product and there are likely several people skilled in taping new parts to old parts and "just pulling" to install the damn thing, but they are also likely residents of Mr. Beelzebub's Neighborhood. Or California.

Mine broke so ordered this and works great.

Tricky to hook up but worth it!

A very reasonable price on this. I like the function of being able to keep the antenna collapsed. The fit is pretty good, just be sure to lip the gasket properly around the chrome piece and its a clean easy bolt on solution. GW shipped it out really quick. Thanks!

This looks just as good as the original antenna.