Sorry no photos today, but I had to remove (almost) all my everyday carry, and very carefully climb up the driver’s side. I had to observe my weight distribution as well, not looking to break the sunroof or the windshield obviously.

I only brought one of my EDC tools, my NexTool card tool. That was enough to loosen up the antenna and unscrew it the rest of the way by hand.

  • HotsauceHurricane
    3·
    10 days ago

    Maybe see if you can get a mini antenna converter or something? Then it won’t be a problem? Edit: like this one.

    • over_cloxOP
      32·
      10 days ago

      That’s not the problem, that’s his temporary solution.

      You know how modern vehicles won’t let the rear windows down below ~33%? Child Safety, and rightly so…

      Someone rode rear driver side and forced the window down, like a fucking idiot.

      • Mpatch
        7·
        10 days ago

        Wat only like some cars have that. And it’s not for kid saftey. It’s bad design. If your kid is going to fall out of the car why the fuck are they not buckled in lol.

        • grue
          6·
          10 days ago

          Yeah, it’s usually because something like the rear wheel well obstructs the window from being able to roll down any further.

      • seathru@quokk.auEnglish
        3·
        10 days ago

        Someone rode rear driver side and forced the window down, like a fucking idiot.

        Probably just fucked the regulator. They aren’t hard to change.

        • over_cloxOP
          1·
          10 days ago

          This one is unfortunately hard to change. To start, gotta get the window up to start unbolting shit. Well shit don’t work, can’t get the window up.

          So, with no way to get the window up without breaking it, I’m hands-off on this situation…

          • BCsven@lemmy.ca
            2·
            10 days ago

            Door panel should pop off easy enough so you can access the window scissor

            • over_cloxOP
              1·
              10 days ago

              That doesn’t matter when the glass is blocking access to the bolt for proper disassembly.

              What do, break glass?

  • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    2·
    10 days ago

    I see people put like a mini storage tote over the sharkfin to keep it from puncturing a car cover. Seems to work well although I’m guessing you have to put a towel down or something to keep it from scratching paint

    • over_cloxOP
      1·
      10 days ago

      Its not a sharkfin antenna, its like ~9-10 inches long.

      Had to be removed, but it was almost pretty easy. Anyone else woulda done it, they would have broken the windshield or the sunroof, if not perhaps more…