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Hey all,
I installed this antenna which is an 800Mhz magnet-mount to my 2008 Honda Civic coupe like so:
If you can't tell, this is the trunk right where it meets the rear window on the driver's side of the car.
Now, I ran the RG58 cable as you can see down into the trunk area and I then harnessed it to the left trunk "hinge" near the rest of the car's trunk's electrical wires in the area circled:
All else is well and the cable tension is fine. In fact there are TWO gaskets between the trunk and the area where the antenna is mounted (you can see the thick one in the photo of the blue civic running around the border of the trunk.The only problem is that although there are indeed those 2 gaskets, and there honestly isn't much of a gap due to the cable, a small amount of water is "riding down the cable" and getting into my trunk anyway. The manufacturer of the antenna told me to get some Permatex Ultra Black and create a gasket seal around the small gap between the cable and the rest of the car's stock gasket. I did buy this product but I'm having a hard time figuring out how to apply it properly or if that is really the best option after all. Keep in mind that I still need to be able to open my trunk. Does anyone have experience with this or suggestions? Is there some kind of grommet I could get? I know it can be done because I've seen other people with theirs wired very similar. Thank you!
I installed this antenna which is an 800Mhz magnet-mount to my 2008 Honda Civic coupe like so:
If you can't tell, this is the trunk right where it meets the rear window on the driver's side of the car.
Now, I ran the RG58 cable as you can see down into the trunk area and I then harnessed it to the left trunk "hinge" near the rest of the car's trunk's electrical wires in the area circled:
All else is well and the cable tension is fine. In fact there are TWO gaskets between the trunk and the area where the antenna is mounted (you can see the thick one in the photo of the blue civic running around the border of the trunk.The only problem is that although there are indeed those 2 gaskets, and there honestly isn't much of a gap due to the cable, a small amount of water is "riding down the cable" and getting into my trunk anyway. The manufacturer of the antenna told me to get some Permatex Ultra Black and create a gasket seal around the small gap between the cable and the rest of the car's stock gasket. I did buy this product but I'm having a hard time figuring out how to apply it properly or if that is really the best option after all. Keep in mind that I still need to be able to open my trunk. Does anyone have experience with this or suggestions? Is there some kind of grommet I could get? I know it can be done because I've seen other people with theirs wired very similar. Thank you!
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