Sirius Radio

[DaveLewis]

I recently bought a Chysler PT Cruiser - a fun ride - and a Sirius satellite radio was part of the deal. The radio is great with plenty of commercial free channels to pick from, but the antenna is a flat black bump just forward of the hatchback and defines the word ugly. I thought about painting it to match the car color but I remembered back when I was in the military that many aircraft had natural fiberglass antennas that couldn't be painted. So I e-mailed Sirius and they said that the antennas should not be painted. Now I'm wondering why. I can see that there might be a problem with a lead based paint or a zinc chromate primer like we used back in the F-4 days, but modern paints don't contain heavy metals. I guess that I can live with the black antenna, but a "why" would make it a little easier. Surely one of my friends here can come up with a reason.

[thekingofpain]

I have an XM setup---rather then putting the dork filled sucky antenna on the roof I had them put it on the dash---works fine---

[Knothead]

You could pull the ugly thing off of there--but then you'd have nothing Sirius!


AAACK--sorry, sorry...

[antennaman]

Dear Dave Lewis,

It's amazing the way you think and question things in the perfect way. People need to question why. Can it be painted yes, with metallic yes. Without any compromising of signal. I do think it has to do with older paints using lead. But at least in California those are illegal to use now. If you are looking to have it painted professionally go to www.colormatchantenna.com