In Reply to: Maximizing radio reception in car posted by ChocolateLab on July 20, 2006 at 14:52:00:
Chocolate Lab,I have a really crazy idea: I had a look at the 2000 3-series closed cars and I notice these have the rubber strip at the join of the roof to the side panels running from windscreen to rear window. Or, better yet, are these tracks for a ski rack?
In BMW, I don't know how these strips are mounted, but I was wondering if you couldn't run two flat strips of copper under the full length of those strips and run a wire down through the windscreen side pillar to the tuner. Alternately, the wire could come though under the headliner in the back and route down behind the rear seats and under the carpet.
If this would work- and if so, why not do it on both sides, you could have lots of antenna- and invisibly- as suits a BMW.
Just a thought.
Cheers,
Bambi B
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