i took it off cause i can't stand looking at it on my back window. it's held by double side tape. i use a flat head screw driver and pry it out. i left the one on the inside window alone cause it's not very noticeable.

 

 

Mine's been off a couple of times now, 1st to go digital, and then it FELL off after that. I put it back with some 3M tape. I'd remove it, but I use it. I agree, it looks MUCH better with it off. I thot about going to the sharks fin antenna, but the wiring is on the wrong side, and it would get complicated.

Lookin' GOOD Ryan!

 

whats it even look like to begin with? i dont have onstar =p

 

Looks like a cell phone antenna. Check out the attached pic.

I took mine off last year. I didn't want to use a metal screwdriver and cause any potential damage to the window. So I waited until a hot day last summer, then used a plastic scraper used for spreading body filler.

Once you get it started, grab underneath it with your fingers and it'll peel off pretty nice.

I too left the inside part alone. You can't really see it, and I didn't want to risk screwing up my defogger lines.

Funny thing....

I don't subscribe to OnStar. But before I took the antenna off, the light on the mirror would alternate between green and red. But mostly red. Ever since I took the antenna off, the light stays green most of the time.

Never having had OnStar, does the green light mean I'm receiving a signal, or not receiving a signal? It would make sense that red means no, and green means yes. But it doesn't make sense that I'm getting a better signal with the external antenna removed.


Edit: sorry for the bad quality of the pic. Most of my pics were purposely taken from angles that didn't show the onstar antenna. The couple that I had were taken from quite a distance away. So I had to zoom in on the picture using photoshop.

 

i never have onstar either. cell phone is good enuff for me. next i want to do are get rid of the xm antenna and trunk key hole. i'm gonna wait til winter tho when the car is garage. i wonder how much body shop charge to fill in the antenna hole on the roof and key hole?

 

its pretty easy to do... all you really need to do a "good job at home" is body filler, (premium grade) body filler blade, (putty knife), and ur necessary primer and paint... OOOO DONT FORGET A BACKING PLATE SO UR BONDO DOESNT FLY THROUGH THE KEY HOLE THAT U JUST SHAVED lol... ive done that before... VeRy StUpId AnD SoMeWhAt CoStLy MiStAkE... (new paint and everything... lol) happy body workin!

 

I don't subscribe to OnStar either and before I took mine off it did the same thing...still does it every once in a while but not nearly as much as it did when I had the antenna on. And I was wondering about the red and green lights meaning signal strength too.

And SilverBullitt...I also want to do the shaved trunk key hole...