Sirius Antenna mounting question?!?!

[Goindef154 5,000+ posts]

I'm going to be buying Sirius Satellite radio for my truck and I was wondering anyone ever mounted the antenna on the inside of the vehicle on the windshield? I don't mind mounting it outside, just wondering if anyones ever had success mounting it inside before.

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[geowick07 10+ year member]

I have XM, so i don't know how alike they are. But i tried inside-mount, and it didn't work too well for me. I just install mine the way they do at the shop; Right at the windshield, center of the roof, and run the wire through all the trim and weatherstrip. Works great.

 

[kross 10+ year member]

The satellite signal will pass through glass fine, but not so much through the sheet metal of the roof. Since there is no place inside the cab that has an unobstructed, 360 degree view of the sky, you should mount it outside.

 

[Goindef154 5,000+ posts]

Ok cool, that's probably what I'll end up doing then, thanks guys //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif.

 

[baneshecker 10+ year member]

Mine stays on the dash and i have 95% problem free. I have heard of to many people complaining about people breaking and or cutting there antenna's off.

 

[Goindef154 5,000+ posts]

You know that's what I was really thinking about too, seemed pretty vulnerable for the antennas to be on the outside. Maybe I'll just mount it inside at first and see how it sounds and if I have to I'll mount it on the outside.

 

[shiipseki 10+ year member]

for sirius we mount outside and xm we mount inside

ask me y i dont know thats just wat i have been told

 

[lashlee 10+ year member]

I've had mine on the dash for a while. It cuts out a little more than if it were outside, but it's fine by me!!

 

[Fiercetimbo17 10+ year member]

you drive a truck so take out the third brake light and mount it there and run the wire through, cleanest way to do it. If you mess up the seal on the breaklight make sure you reseal it with something so it does not leak

 

[boltpride 10+ year member]

id say outside and sirius ftmfw!!!!!11

 

[soloXgt 10+ year member]

mount it outside. it's easy. spend the 10-15 min and just do it and call it a day

 

[Kold_Killa 10+ year member]

Yup... on a truck, just run it to the headliner, then pull the headliner down... run it under there, through the 3rd brake light

 

[Goindef154 5,000+ posts]

Wasn't the labor part I didn't want to do, I was more worried about something happening to it outside on the roof(someone taking it or something). Thanks for all the inputs too.

 

[JRock10 10+ year member]

i ran mine inside on my firebird and in my gf's camaro. it's on the roof of my explorer and S10.

as far as XM inside and Sirius out, the XM signals repeat off Sprint cell towers (that's what XM told us 4 years ago, anyway) and Sirius does not. Either way, both of them can cut out depending on your environment.