It looks great, better than in pictures!

Reception seems to be good so far.

Nice product and fast shipping! Thanks rm360!

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I love that antenna too. I worry every day that someone is gonna steal it. I park in a public parking garage near work every day (13 bucks a day by the way). It's indoor so no sun, rain, snow or cold beatin on the ride but no security around either. I probably just jinxed myself.

Good luck with the antenna. I have only noticed that am station reception is a little weaker, but fm is normal.

Maybe I'm missing something here, but why would you pay $70 for an antenna that impairs your reception?

I have a billet antenna and it looks great. As far as reception goes, I have not noticed a difference. I say "so what" even if it is slightly impaired because I can't tell you the last time I listened to AM anyway. The satellite radio and NAV use a different antenna so I say go for it.

Anyone Wish To Share Some Pics Of The Antenna????

Maybe I'm missing something here, but why would you pay $70 for an antenna that impairs your reception?

It's a huge improvement looks wise over the ugly stock one.

For those of us that generally listen to Sat radio, the change in reception is not an issue at all.

Alex

I thought the same thing originally that it was kinda steep for an antenna, but I have to agree with Alex.:cool:

I love mine, gets comments all the time. true, initially was paranoid about someone ripping it off, but I park the beast in the garage at home and rarely park it anywhere thats a little "shady". The only place I'm a little worried is the work parking lot. I got my "M" emblem stolen off my BMW a few years back. So now, I make sure I get to work early and park it real close to reception :)

An old friend of mine just moved here from California and shipped his 5.7 Limited to have here. When he saw my SRT for the first time the only thing he specifically commented on was my RM antenna, he thought it was stock, he was like "look at this beast, even the antenna makes my car looks like sh**."
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Just put mine on the other day...looks awesome (especially with my silver pinstriping lol)

Anyone Wish To Share Some Pics Of The Antenna????

Not knocking the $70 one, it is beautiful. Just thought I'd share this, as there are some other choices out there that look great and are a bit less expensive. I have one, and reception is fine.

http://www.stylinconcepts.com/parts.aspx?partfamilyid=240&subcategoryid=286&categoryid=25

Mine should be here any day, but I have a question for those that have installed the antenna.

Do you bring it through a soft cloth car wash? Reason I ask is, most of the time you are supposed to remove the antenna when entering the car wash, but from what I can see you can't remove the actual antenna from the base. Looks to me that the base and antenna are one piece?

I know a lot of you don't use car washes anyway, but for those that do, or Randy, what does one do if they would like to use a soft cloth car wash?

Thanks

Teda..... I still haven't pulled the trigger on one of the shorter, but not stubby black ones. I listen to AM a lot, and giving up the AM aerial is another drawback to these antennae. Have you foundthe AM reception to be ok?

Teda..... I still haven't pulled the trigger on one of the shorter, but not stubby black ones. I listen to AM a lot, and giving up the AM aerial is another drawback to these antennae. Have you foundthe AM reception to be ok?

Admittedly, don't listen to AM a lot. Here in Tampa area, or when passing through Atlanta, I occasionally listen. Sirius most of the time, always when on road trip. It does not seem to suffer in either of those areas, but it does as I get 30 or so miles away.

Have a suggestion....Go ahead and get the one you want. Try it out in your area to see if it works. If it doesn't, no matter which one you get, I'll buy it from you for what you paid and stick it on my son's truck. (I have lots of adaptors) Just let me know what you need, I'll send you the funds, and you can just stick it in snailmail.

If you are into AM I think you really need to try one for a while under the varying conditons you listen in.

Let me know.

Good call. Thanks for the input. I'll order one up and give it a whirl.

What can I say... my listening habits tend to be a bit askew from the norm. Lcal sports talk radio on AM and the local Christian station on FM. Go figure LOL.

In the cd player I have U2, Kenny Chesney, a mix cd, Lenny Kravitz, Jimmy Buffet, and Metallica.

Sirius, I listen to 1-8, 60, 43-50, 66, and 103 mostly.

Odd combination of music, eh?

Good call. Thanks for the input. I'll order one up and give it a whirl.

What can I say... my listening habits tend to be a bit askew from the norm. Lcal sports talk radio on AM and the local Christian station on FM. Go figure LOL.

In the cd player I have U2, Kenny Chesney, a mix cd, Lenny Kravitz, Jimmy Buffet, and Metallica.

Sirius, I listen to 1-8, 60, 43-50, 66, and 103 mostly.

Odd combination of music, eh?

No, I would not say the combination is "odd".....more like an eclectic, and quite diversified, yet impeccably chosen variety of listening pleasure. Perhaps chosen or designed to fulfil the various aspects of ones life in the areas or spiritual enhancement, competitive athletic events, and all aspects of the musical experience from head banging to laid back hazy smoke filled Margarita (sp) induced stupors.

I'm loving it!!!

All good choices I might add.....:D

PS.....let us know how the reception thing goes...

PSS...Forgot to add that obviously that impeccable taste also translates to your choices in vehicles as evidenced in your pics...You're welcome.

Thanks. Nothing like a good ol' warm fuzzy to start the week off. :)

Do you bring it through a soft cloth car wash? Reason I ask is, most of the time you are supposed to remove the antenna when entering the car wash, but from what I can see you can't remove the actual antenna from the base. Looks to me that the base and antenna are one piece?


I run my rig through the car wash but never remove the antenna. No need, it's so small and rigid it will not break off.

I love my billet antenna from RM360, but it does have an issue.

I use the uconnect a lot, and since the receiver portion for the uconnect IS the antenna, my phone calls fade in and out. It does not fade at all with the factory antenna.

The phone always sounds good on my end, but the person on the other end hears the fades. Something to be aware of.... :cool:

I love my billet antenna from RM360, but it does have an issue.

I use the uconnect a lot, and since the receiver portion for the uconnect IS the antenna, my phone calls fade in and out. It does not fade at all with the factory antenna.

The phone always sounds good on my end, but the person on the other end hears the fades. Something to be aware of.... :cool:

Can anyone else confirm this? I never get off my U-Connect when in the truck
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Can anyone else confirm this? I never get off my U-Connect when in the truck

I use my uconnect a lot and haven't noticed any problems.

Actually, the more I think about this the less sense it makes. Your cell phone antenna remains your cellphone antenna. All uconnect does is serve as a bluetooth interface like a headset.

Alex

I use my uconnect a lot and haven't noticed any problems.

Actually, the more I think about this the less sense it makes. Your cell phone antenna remains your cellphone antenna. All uconnect does is serve as a bluetooth interface.

Alex

My thoughts exactly. You can buy a Jabra bluetooth handsfree car speaker and mount in on your visor or winshield and it serves the same purpose. How can your radio antenna affect the U-Connect? Just wanted someone to confirm I wasn't losing my mind.
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Just wanted someone to confirm I wasn't losing my mind.

I wouldn't go that far. :p

Alex

That tongue won't be so far out when that new B&B of yours splits at the seam!
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That tongue won't be so far out when that new B&B of yours splits at the seam!

:rolleyes:

Well, I guess this throws a wrench in your purchasing plans.

Alex

I agree with AlexT.The phone antenna is the phone antenna.The billet antenna has nothing to do with the blue tooth.Hopefully my antenna will be delivered by UPS tomorrow.We had today as a holiday,so I didn't have anyone at work to receive UPS.I'll be looking for it.Good Luck.

Guys, when you use a bluetooth device there has to be a receiver on both ends. When you use a cell phone with a headset, the cell phone's antenna serves not only as the cell phone antenna, but the receiving antenna for the bluetooth signal as well. The uconnect bluetooth receiver uses the radio antenna, so the car antenna does double duty.

Guys, when you use a bluetooth device there has to be a receiver on both ends. When you use a cell phone with a headset, the cell phone's antenna serves not only as the cell phone antenna, but the receiving antenna for the bluetooth signal as well. The uconnect bluetooth receiver uses the radio antenna, so the car antenna does double duty.

So then what function does the car antenna serve? All I can think of is how far away from the car you can be and still maintain a bluetooth link. The signal strength of your phone antenna will still determine the clarity of the call. I still don't see how adding hands-free (bluetooth speaker through car) would change that.

It sounds like you are saying that if you were driving in an area where you typically had poor cell phone signal, that you would find yourself with better signal if you were on U-Connect because the car's antenna is also helping to strengthen your reception? I am not sure that this is true, but if it were, I don't think the car antenna could ever make the reception worse than what your phone itself could achieve.
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RECEIVING: The cell phone receives the call from the cell tower. The cell phone passes the call to Uconnect via bluetooth so you talk hands free. The smaller antenna disrupts the transmission from the cell phone to the Uconnect.

SENDING: The Uconnect passes your call back to the cell phone via bluetooth. The cell phone then transmits the call to the cell tower.

If the bluetooth reception is bad, the call will sound bad.

RECEIVING: The cell phone receives the call from the cell tower. The cell phone passes the call to Uconnect via bluetooth so you talk hands free. The smaller antenna disrupts the transmission from the cell phone to the Uconnect.

SENDING: The Uconnect passes your call back to the cell phone via bluetooth. The cell phone then transmits the call to the cell tower.

If the bluetooth reception is bad, the call will sound bad.

Not saying you are not correct, but.......I have had the 6" Stubby billet, $19.95 from

http://autoaccessory4u.com/postan.html

since May of last year. Hundreds of phone calls since then. Locally and on road trips. Motorola Razr with T-Mobile. Reception, receiving and conversation are all fine. Can not recalling dropping one call. The Jeep functions overall better than my M3 which has no external mast antenna and sounds like I am in an echo chamber half the time.

How would you account for this regarding reception and transmission? Just curious.

Ok, just a newbie bluetooth question here, but I have seen several bluetooth devices that have no antenna on them at all, such as headsets, speakers, etc. I thought bluetooth antennas were small, less than 2 inches on average.

I know the bluetooth in my mouse is less than two inches long, and the antenna in my old bluetooth dongle had to fit in a usb-key.

How exactly does the am/fm antenna plug into the bluetooth chip? Are we sure they share a physical connection?

I do not claim to be an expert on this, I have no inside information. I am thinking of removing my whip antenna entirely, as I so seldom listen to AM/FM anymore.

And on the topic of antenna removal, has anyone seen a trim plate that could attach where the antenna normally perches?

Got the antenna, but having a hard time dislodging the stock antenna base with needle nose pliars.

Anyone else have a hard time? And if so, how did you go about loosening it? It's really starting to get rather frustrating to say the least.

Not saying you are not correct, but.......I have had the 6" Stubby billet, $19.95 from

http://autoaccessory4u.com/postan.html

since May of last year. Hundreds of phone calls since then. Locally and on road trips. Motorola Razr with T-Mobile. Reception, receiving and conversation are all fine. Can not recalling dropping one call. The Jeep functions overall better than my M3 which has no external mast antenna and sounds like I am in an echo chamber half the time.

How would you account for this regarding reception and transmission? Just curious.

I just removed my billet antenna and made a call via UConnect with no antenna on. Worked like normal.

I just removed my billet antenna.
jlandbl - please tell me how in he heck you removed the base?

jlandbl - please tell me how in he heck you removed the base?

These are the install instructions from another post for the billet antenna

"Remove the factory antenna.

Remove the factory chrome antenna ring using needle nose pliers. One side
of the pliers in the center hole of the chrome ring and the other side of
the pliers in one of the notches on the chrome ring. You will need to open
the hood and support the antenna base with your hand so it does not fall
into the inner fender. You can reach in from the engine compartment side
and hold the antenna base.

Screw on the billet antenna and secure. I would suggest using red lock
tight on the threads. This is just to prevent people from unscrewing the
antenna and trying to steal it."

These are the install instructions from another post for the billet antenna

I know, I have seen those, and have been following them, but the base will not budge?

Did your's loosen easily?

maybe the factory is now using lock-tite to protect that sweet looking stock antenna...

...sorry - I know that doesn't help you. I am actually listening because I haven't put my rm360 on as yet.
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I know, I have seen those, and have been following them, but the base will not budge?

Did your's loosen easily?

I'm an odd ball on this in which many on this site may not agree. But I left the factory chrome ring on. Thought it looked better. I unscrewed the factory antenna, leaving the ring in place and just srewed the new billet in.

maybe the factory is now using lock-tite to protect that sweet looking stock antenna...

...sorry - I know that doesn't help you. I am actually listening because I haven't put my rm360 on as yet.

There is lock tight on the stock antenna. But the problem he is having is the chrome trim ring which technically you are supposed to remove when doing this mod.

My factory antenna shipped loose, btw. I had to tighten it with my fingers on the way home from the dealership....

My factory antenna shipped loose, btw. I had to tighten it with my fingers on the way home from the dealership....

Mine was tight, needed a wrench to loosen. After loosening, I noticed the threads had red dye on them from the lock tite.

I'm an odd ball on this in which many on this site may not agree. But I left the factory chrome ring on. Thought it looked better. I unscrewed the factory antenna, leaving the ring in place and just srewed the new billet in.

Well, I just went ahead and did that myself, and it looks like I may just keep it that way. The last thing I want to happen is have the pliars fly out of the notch on the base and put a nice big scratch along my front quarter panel.

Man...What happened to RM360...I sent him $ for the antenna almost two weeks ago and still havent received it yet!!!

Man...What happened to RM360...I sent him $ for the antenna almost two weeks ago and still havent received it yet!!!


all orders have shipped. e-mail me the name and address it was paid under and I will look up the tracking number on friday when I get to the office.

rm360@aol.com

I'm an odd ball on this in which many on this site may not agree. But I left the factory chrome ring on. Thought it looked better. I unscrewed the factory antenna, leaving the ring in place and just srewed the new billet in.

I agree.I left the ring on the base mainly because if I want to take the billet off at any time,I don't have to worry that the antenna base is dropping down out of the fender.As far as looks, who could tell the difference.I did change the 1" long set screw for a 1 1/2" long 1/4-20 stud.That way you have more thread contact in the base and also the billet antenna.Good Luck.