Stubby Antenna Recommendation

Anyone have a recommendation on a stubby antenna or just anything shorter than the stock one?

 

I had one like this on my 2nd gen, looked better than stock, but the reception did suffer a little bit:

BaiFM Universal Carbon Fiber External Short Antenna For Toyota all model 4.7" Inch

https://www.amazon.com/BaiFM-Univer...2673057&sr=1-2&keywords=stubby+antenna+tacoma

 

How did it hold up? The reviews were suspect.

 

I remember reading some time ago that the best option may be to simply trim the stock antenna because the reception of the shorties isn't ideal.

 

pretty good, I did a lot of touchless car washes and never had an issue, let me check my history and see if that's the exact one I had.

 

Do you actually use your radio? Our stock one is great, minus how tall it is. I got an AntennaX one that did OK, then I bent it on the trail. Took it off and now I don't have an antenna. Doesn't bother me though because I listen to XM

 

Yes I occasionally use fm.
But for the most part I use xm or my iPhone.

 

Just in the city or are you more out in the middle of nowhere?

 

City 99% of the time.

 

AntennaX Off-Road (6.5") Antenna for Toyota Tacoma

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0095OWK0U/ref=twister_B0096YM56I?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

This'll work fine then!

 

sorry man I cant find it in my past orders, it's been a few years I think. It was either that one I posted earlier or this one:

https://www.amazon.com/TCBunny®-Upd...2673057&sr=1-8&keywords=stubby+antenna+Tacoma

unfortunately both are mediocre rated

 

+1 - I just cut my factory antenna in half - negligible effect on reception.

 

Holds up like shit. And as far as reception goes... Same story. I never use my radio though, so it doesn't really matter. At this point it's got a weird copper orangey look to the bottom of it and the top of it is who knows where. If you want a shorter one... This WILL do that. It's only 9 bucks, so how much can you possibly expect. But honestly I'm super close to just junking mine and going back to stock. The orange copper look is starting to bother me. Funny a friend of mine got in my truck and was like carbon fiber antenna? Nice. I had to laugh at that. Carbon fiber? Kinda doubt it

 

got a pic of it, I curious to see. Mine looked like this from November of 2014 to last month when I sold it, it never discolored, maybe I was just lucky with mine

 

I can't speak for reception on the Tacoma, but we had an OEM s2000 one on my wife car and we never had an issue. Now it was a car with a much lower roof line, but it was on the car 10 years and we never had a problem, either with reception or it aging. Just my .02 for what it is worth.

 

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I run Cravenspeed Stubby antennae on my Tacoma and on my Shelby. IMO, they look good. In my experience, they're durable. Reception in the Tacoma suffered, while reception in the Shelby was virtually unaffected. Here's what they look like...

 

How well will that one do outside city limits? Stock hits my garage and im looking to replace it. I live out on the edge of nowhere but work in the city.

 

I use this one with no problems. I listen to fm and my usb. Reception hasn't suffered. Also doesnt look like an improperly cut dog tail.

AntennaX Off-Road (13") Antenna for Toyota Tacoma

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00651C9OI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1