Shark Fin Antenna

I’m interested to see some more height measurements with the shark fin. Ram claims 81.9”, but I have to imagine there is some variability especially with the Level 1 package presumably higher overall mass weight.

I’m going to be REALLY close in a couple of primary use cases.

My garage door measures 81” to the bottom of the weatherstripping. That has about 1.25” of flexible rubber hanging low, so I imagine it could bend out of the way slightly. I also have an uphill climb into my garage, which means the shark fin will pass a bit lower than the truck height on flat ground. Still, it’s going to be awfully close.

My parking garage at work has a 7’ limit, which would really stink if I can’t get in there as well. That gives me 2.1” of clearance, but I would really have to watch any bouncing in the bumps in there.

How much clearance does removing the shark fin really gain? I think I saw there is another box on the roof, and I think the shark fin is recessed into a lower spot on the roof as well.

I’m hopeful to find a solution! My current lifted Laramie is at about 79.5” from what I can measure, so seems like the RHO will be up to 2.5” taller which might be enough to cause me some new problems!
 
I’m interested to see some more height measurements with the shark fin. Ram claims 81.9”, but I have to imagine there is some variability especially with the Level 1 package presumably higher overall mass weight.

I’m going to be REALLY close in a couple of primary use cases.

My garage door measures 81” to the bottom of the weatherstripping. That has about 1.25” of flexible rubber hanging low, so I imagine it could bend out of the way slightly. I also have an uphill climb into my garage, which means the shark fin will pass a bit lower than the truck height on flat ground. Still, it’s going to be awfully close.

My parking garage at work has a 7’ limit, which would really stink if I can’t get in there as well. That gives me 2.1” of clearance, but I would really have to watch any bouncing in the bumps in there.

How much clearance does removing the shark fin really gain? I think I saw there is another box on the roof, and I think the shark fin is recessed into a lower spot on the roof as well.

I’m hopeful to find a solution! My current lifted Laramie is at about 79.5” from what I can measure, so seems like the RHO will be up to 2.5” taller which might be enough to cause me some new problems!


I park in a 7ft garage at work with no issues other than the occasional “ducking of the head” for absolutely no reason.
 
I park in a 7ft garage at work with no issues other than the occasional “ducking of the head” for absolutely no reason.
That is really good to hear. The ducking part goes away after a little while. I feel like I’m just about to tap in my truck but have driven through there enough now that I finally trust it!
 
That is really good to hear. The ducking part goes away after a little while. I feel like I’m just about to tap in my truck but have driven through there enough now that I finally trust it!


Same, not going as slow as the first day.
 
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.
Exactly how mine looks going into my garage... the first time I did it was VERY nerve racking... i wonder how high it will be when the temps in the garage are higher.... I suppose ill let some air out of the tires before then.
 
Exactly how mine looks going into my garage... the first time I did it was VERY nerve racking... i wonder how high it will be when the temps in the garage are higher.... I suppose ill let some air out of the tires before then.
Hopefully I’ll have some clearance! Did you measure from the ground to the bottom of your weatherstripping?

One thing I’ll have to watch for, if I have clearance I’ll probably never want to jack my truck up to rotate tires, for example. That usually takes a bit to resettle and I don’t want to get stuck in the garage if it sits a couple inches taller after removing the jack.
 
So, have anybody here done this antenna removal? If so, how difficult is it to remove it? Also, any tips or advise for those trying to do it?
 
So, have anybody here done this antenna removal? If so, how difficult is it to remove it? Also, any tips or advise for those trying to do it?
It’s kind of a pain in the ass considering you have to drop the headliner to get to the underside of it. For me, definitely worth it in the long run though as I would not have been able to park in my garage without doing this mod.

One thing I noticed after relocating the sharkfin was that the truck had a hard time getting a location for GPS even while using Apple CarPlay. This is because when your phone is connected over CarPlay, every vehicle uses the onboard GPS, NOT your phones GPS. It would take about 5 minutes of driving around before it showed an accurate location on google or Apple Maps. Sometimes the truck would show that I was on the next street over, but a lot of the time it would show I was like literally miles away from my actual location before it fixed itself.

This went away after a week or two and I haven’t had it happen since. Did the mod when I bought the truck in March.
 
Interesting. What did you use to cover where the shark fin was? I recently hit the antenna when I was trying to park in my work garage, and I need to remove this shark fin ASAP. Is there a YouTube video that show you a step by step on the process I looked around no luck.
 
Interesting. What did you use to cover where the shark fin was? I recently hit the antenna when I was trying to park in my work garage, and I need to remove this shark fin ASAP. Is there a YouTube video that show you a step by step on the process I looked around no luck.
 
So, have anybody here done this antenna removal? If so, how difficult is it to remove it? Also, any tips or advise for those trying to do it?
There's a youtube videos. Guy changed his third brake light and removed fin. White base RHO
 

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