anyone have pictures of how they ran the antenna wire?

 

I need this info also to run my sirius starmate antenna.

 

I can try to describe it in words how I ran my antenna for my sirius radio.

I placed the magnetic antenna to the side of the stock antenna.

With the boot open, pull the rubber grommet out that goes into the headliner. Make a little cut in this piece of rubber to allow you to slip the cable thorugh without it rubbing on the sharp metal of the body.
Now pull the headliner down so you can slip your hand inside and pull the cable back out. Run the cable along the rubber seal around the boot down to the floor of the boot. You should be able to press the cable into the cracks between the "floor" and the plastic body panels and rubber door seals along the passenger side of the car all the way to passenger footwell.

Basically, just figure out where you can hide the cable and keep moving forward until you get it where you need it. There are plenty of crevices that the antenna wire will fit into all the way up to wherever you plug it in.

Just be confident and be willing to try different possibilities. I used a credit card to press the cable into crevices in some places to make sure that I didn't cut it like I might with a screwdriver or similar metal tool.

 

hey guys,
we have an under the windscreen bracket we sell to bmw for the m3/3/5 series that we have used for the mini's at our garage with sirus/xm..you remove your vent cover next to the windscreen and install it to the firewall side under the vent cover and attach a short lead magnetic antenna which is fed through the firewall to your unit. the beemer dealerships are charging their 3 series customers $390. for the unit and install....let me know if you want one and ill see if i can archive a pic from our bmw side for you..
bryce smythson...palo uber mini the entire unit is out of sight and the reception is awesome...

 

You can get down the "C" pillar from the headliner and the wire will come out right by where you are installing the xmdirect (if that is what you are doing...)

I ended up using a REALLY long zip tie to threat "up" first and then taped the wire to the ziptie and pulled it down...

 

I am interested in the pic. Post away!

 

I've got a cabbie and my XM works just great up in the far corner of the dash. I've got all the wires hidden in the access panel (access from the side when the drivers door is open) and when I laid them there, I spread them out a little. I have great reception and didn't have to mess with running them outside the car for the antenna.

 

I'd like to see pics AND know how to order.....

 

Hey Bryce....I'd be interested in seeing a pic and some pricing.

Thanks

 

I was even more **** about this on my 2004 MCS w/ HK, w/o NAV. I removed the stock antenna housing, and with my dremel created a short channel in the sheet metal. I then placed the XM magnetic antenna mount directly behind (i.e. towards the rear of the car) of the stock antenna, ran the wire under the small channel in the rubber grommet, down the sheet-metal channel I had just created, and into the space above the headliner. I coated the raw sheet-metal with anti-corrosive and reassembled the stock antenna. I then ran the XM antenna wire above the headliner over to the c-pillar and down into the cubby area where the HK amplifier sits, behind the right-side tail-light. I mounted the XM Direct unit and Blitzsafe next to the HK amp. All very neat looking, no wires dangling anywhere, etc. Word of caution: find a way to do the c-pillar routing without removing the inner c-pillar trim; it can not be re-attached. And, when mounting the XM Direct unit its infinitely easier if you first remove the tail-light assembly.

 

Here is my install.. Sorry no pictures of the wires.

 

There used to be a great how to with pictures of an XM direct install. The antenna on mine sits behind the stock antenna. The wire runs down & uses the rubber plug that is there for access to the car. I cut a small slit with a razor knife for the wire. Once pushed back in the rubber plug seals around the wire nicely. I pulled the headliner down a bit in the back & routed the wire over to the right side where it drops down to my XM direct box. Hope that helps some.