(suggestions wanted) Pro Tip: don't let the radio antenna get pulled out of your roof - pictures included!

[Motherhubbard76]

Dang. What is the height from the top of the truck to the tip of it?

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[UnregistredHypercam2]

Exactly. Don’t worry though, I’m sure you’ll find more money for the mods. ?
Interesting Colorado is more expensive to insure than Florida. I would have thought otherwise.

No joke, it was cheaper to insure my Cadillac CTS-V at 22 years old in Florida, than it is to insure my Ranger in Colorado. The prices are close but Florida just barely wins.

 

[Joejk3d]

Bringing this thread back up from the dead I had the same thing happen, and mostly the same damage. Given its on the roof, I am going to try and fix it myself to the best of my ability. Some black permatex, maybe a few taps with a body work mallet from the bottom, and send it IT is kind of wild how much damage this antenna can cause being pulled off... other ford antennas kinda just break away (the plastic part) from a hard mounted base if this happens.

 

[UnregistredHypercam2]

Bringing this thread back up from the dead I had the same thing happen, and mostly the same damage. Given its on the roof, I am going to try and fix it myself to the best of my ability. Some black permatex, maybe a few taps with a body work mallet from the bottom, and send it IT is kind of wild how much damage this antenna can cause being pulled off... other ford antennas kinda just break away (the plastic part) from a hard mounted base if this happens.

ouch, good luck. Yeah the antenna is surprisingly stout. To your point, probably too much.

 

[JohnnyO]

Could a paintless dent repair guy fix it? I've had him work on my truck twice.
First time was the hood after I hit a turkey when the truck still smelled new, second time was a door that I suspect was hit by an errant shopping cart.

I got a stubby too. It made it so I didn't have to cut a small clearance hole in my rack flooring.

I have a stubby antenna also. The stocker was getting beat up on my garage door.

 

[Msfitoy]

"Hello State Farm?...some clown tried to steal my antenna and left a huge mess..."

 

[Joejk3d]

So this is what I started with:

I went to Harbor Freight got some body work tools, some 2-1 primer touch up paint, and some permatex black RTV. And went to work

Only took me about 15 min to get the C pillars pulled back and then drop the rear of the head liner enough so that I could access the antenna from the bed window.

with a hand anvil under I was able to hammer it down pretty well and some pressure with the edge of the hammer was able to roll up the front dent a good bit.

And then using the black (Figure its under the antenna, and it would be impossible to match the orange anyway, a high end black primer/paint would be best) I am doing a couple coats tonight and will get the antenna installed tomorrow with a bead of permatex around the compression seal, and near the front to keep any potential leaks around the forward dent.

Total cost for the repair if this all works :
$49 tools
$10 Paint
$10 Permatex
$60 Ebay replacement Antenna

About 2 hours of work start to finish it looks like.

 

[UnregistredHypercam2]

You got very lucky with the way yours came out of the roof. My roof had a tear in the metal, and I have neither a welder nor any welding knowledge. Very happy to see you recovered with a much smaller spend and time suck than I did.

Bear in mind, if you have the adaptive cruise/lane keeping camera and take the headliner down to re-mount the antenna, you may need to re-calibrate the camera. I had intermittent issues with my truck going into limp mode on the highway after this repair and had to take it back for a recalibration.

 

[Joejk3d]

So what I ended up doing was just pulling the c pillars down, and just pulled the back of the liner down enough to get my hands in there. I did the entire repair from the bed reaching through the rear window

just got the antenna back on, with the RTV sealant under it. Seems my hammering was pretty ok as the antenna sat flush all but one rear corner. So I put a towel over it and a bag of rocks that I use in the bed for weight to push the back down a bit so the rtv will seal it all the way around. It’s also sealed at the mounting hole.

Stubby antenna ordered as well

 

[Joejk3d]

All Fixed! tested it with a deluge of water and good to go. happy this turned out easier than I feared! Tall antenna on for now until the stubby gets in.

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