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Replace The Roof Mounted Radio Antenna on a Mazda 3

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The stock antenna eventually wears out at the base and sags. Upgrade to a short solid antenna or simply replace it with an OEM unit. This article will cover you either way. It's a very simple project you can do in a few minutes!

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Remove the old Antenna

1

Remove the antenna by unscrewing it counter-clock-wise.

The antenna has 2 parts, the long shaft and the base it screws into. Unless you're replacing the base, simply unscrew the shaft itself.

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You can see below how the rubber housing around oem antenna was failing, allowing the whole thing to sag.

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2

Screw in the replacement antenna.

If your antenna comes with multiple adapters. Find the one that fits your car.

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If yours does use an adapter, screw it into the base on the car and tighten using a phillips head screw driver.

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And then just twist the shorty replacement antenna onto the adapter.

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