HONDA DEL SOL ANTENNA INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
Step One: Removing the Factory Antenna (TOP)
In order to make room for your new antenna you have to remove your old one.
Start with the Antenna removal tool (looks like a small wrench with 2 downward
facing prongs). This wrench fits the small
chrome ring at the base of your OEM antenna. You have the turn that ring
counter-clockwise. Once you have turned
the ring sufficiently (it will rise from the base as it's turned) you should be
able to pull the entire top of the antenna
(everything on the outside body of the car) away from the vehicle. This will
leave you with just the parts under the body
panel.
Step Two: Removing the Factory Antenna (Bottom)
Open the trunk and pull away the carpeting around the body panels near the
antenna. When everything is out of the
way you should be able to see the rest of the antenna. Disconnect the antenna
lead and be sure not to lose it on the
body panel.
There is a single small nut holding the rest of the antenna assembly into
the mounting hardware. You should be able to
feel it just down the shaft of the OEM antenna. A ratchet will help a lot here.
Use a 5/16ths wrench or ratchet and
remove this bolt. If you can leave it just barely in it will help because you
can simply reuse this bolt. Once the bolt is
loose you should be able to get the remaining antenna assembly free from the
mounting hardware. Just pull it up and
out.
Step Three: Prepping the new antenna.
In order to install this antenna you first have to disassemble it. Like you
did with the OEM antenna, use the
antenna wrench to remove the small BLACK ring around the base of the antenna.
Pull the black housing free so that
you're just left with the hardware that looks nearly identical to what you
pulled from UNDER the body panel. If the drain
tube is not attached, connect it to the bottom of your new antenna assembly.
Step Four: Installation (Bottom)
Installation is nearly identical to removal, except you simply go in
reverse. Position the new antenna assembly in the car,
placing the drain tube and the base of your antenna through the mounting
hardware. This hardware simply keeps the
antenna from moving at a weird angle so it wont matter if it's tight or not.
Remember to re-connect your antenna lead!
Step Five: Installation (Top)
Put the black part of the housing back over the antenna that sticks out from
the opening in the body panel. You need to
align the small black ring so that you can screw it back in. Use the antenna
tool to tighten it down and you're done!