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Dec 19, 2017 | 10:23 AM

JacobZ06

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Inexpensive Stubby Antenna

I can verify that the antenna I bought for our 2017 F150 also works well on the Mini. Decent radio reception and decent price:

Amazon

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Dec 19, 2017 | 07:33 PM

Convincor

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Did it loose any reception?

Dec 20, 2017 | 05:12 AM

JacobZ06

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Convincor

Did it loose any reception?

Best estimate I have heard is about 10% loss in reception.

Feb 17, 2018 | 05:24 PM

JD Coop08

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JacobZ06

I can verify that the antenna I bought for our 2017 F150 also works well on the Mini. Decent radio reception and decent price:

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B072XCBRHJ/...394800_TE_dp_1

Jacob

I just bought this one

Stubby

Getting it tomorrow - Reviews were good, so crossing fingers

Feb 17, 2018 | 06:26 PM

MINI8

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I bought the one from MINI. It was only $26 and it works just as good as the one the car came with. I didn't think it made any sense to save $10 and get something inferior.

Feb 17, 2018 | 11:50 PM

Shotgun_banjo

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I bought one at fleebay for $3 and did not loose any reception quality. One of the best exterior upgrades I did on my justa.

Feb 19, 2018 | 12:13 PM

ECSTuning

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MINI has a good one and its a rubberised OEM one, some options if you want more UJ or design is Go Badges. We carry solid metal ones in different shapes, no real big antenna signal loss, I would say if you are in the sticks you might lose a couple stations.

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