gijosiahh
NAXJA Forum User
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- Richmond VA
basically i have a blue antenna and want it black. will spraypainting it have any affect on its performance at all? thanks for anything.
rocknxj said:What type of paint will you use, and do you think it will adhere to the plastic coating on the antenna? Is not a can of good paint the same approximate price as a Firestick antenna? Do you think that mounting a 4' Firestick antenna horizontally from the front grill will make the XJ look a tad more like a narwhal?
XpedientJ said:Try some electrical shrink tube.... Should certainly be radio-inert, and can be applied with a heat gun or even a good hair dryer.
John90XJ said:Ditto. I did this to wrap the bottom of mine so the existing shrink tubing on the antenna wouldn't fray any more. Works great.
1996cc said:I bet that would affect at least the tuning of it. I know just the little cap on the top affects the tune.
no dont do the narwhal look. it will look weird.gijosiahh said:i really dont think a can of paint is the same price as a new antenna. i dont know about you but im not trying to spend ~25 bucks on some spray paint. if ive already got the antenna why would i buy a new one?
anywho, i'll try out the narwhal idea and let you know how it works out.
thanks.
That is what I said.XpedientJ said:The PLASTIC cap affects tuning??
1996cc said:That is what I said.
It says so right on the package, and when I tuned mine, it was definately a different reading with it on versus off. The instructions tell you to make sure you are testing it with the cap on.