Shark Fin Antenna

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The shark fin antenna is causing me a lot of headache when trying to park in garages. Are there any options for smaller or flat antennas that can replace it? Thanks!
 
Mine just barely fits but I’m glad I don’t have to remove the wood trim piece. I did adjust the travel of the door to make sure it is above the door header.
 

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Mine just barely fits but I’m glad I don’t have to remove the wood trim piece. I did adjust the travel of the door to make sure it is above the door header.
How tall is your garage opening?
 
How tall is your garage opening?
It’s actually my parking garage at work and it’s a 6’10 clearance. I drove around downtown Houston for abt 25 mins to find one with 7’ clearance and it still felt tight.
 
Not much in the way of elegant solutions and with UV on that plug and it'd be something that would bother me far too much (with several of those solutions).
Seems like unless someone was 7' tall or standing in the bed, no one would ever know that plug was there. Just sayin . . . But I know many car/truck peeps are OCD . . .
 
Seems like unless someone was 7' tall or standing in the bed, no one would ever know that plug was there. Just sayin . . . But I know many car/truck peeps are OCD . . .
I just don’t want to lose any functionality either.
 
Seems like unless someone was 7' tall or standing in the bed, no one would ever know that plug was there. Just sayin . . . But I know many car/truck peeps are OCD . . .
Yeah, I get that but I'm all about the permanent fix. I paid to have wiper delete hole removed from hatch of my Z, because plug annoyed me ;) It was NOT an inexpensive fix but hard to put a price on mental health of it all :ROFLMAO:

The issue (for me & resale) would still be retaining functionality and finding a relocation location that isn't counter to the reason this became necessary in the first place.

...plus, what if Shaq comes over for dinner and wants to see my ride. Don't want to be explaining plugs to the big guy
 
does anyone have a measurement of how tall the truck is without the sharkfin? Im worried about parking in the garage at work, my current vehicle is a Jeep Gladiator on 39s, it sits 79" tall and fits but the flexible antenna on it is 83.5" and hits at certain points
 
On the RHO you have about 2" or less to spare on a 7' garage WITH the sharkfin.


Chris
 
On the RHO you have about 2" or less to spare on a 7' garage WITH the sharkfin.


Chris
Youve done it? I'm super nervous. 81.9" plus 2.5 inch shark fin is super close. I'm afraid to risk it.
 
Youve done it? I'm super nervous. 81.9" plus 2.5 inch shark fin is super close. I'm afraid to risk it.

It’s 81.9 total, including the shark fin. I also park in a 7ft garage at work.
 

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