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[1991MR2TURBOS]

datguydeni- Okay ya cuz in the town i am near.. we got some new roads.. So that would be nice!

[datguydeni]

with the windshield antenna here's a youtube video someone made

YouTube - How to use windshield antenna in an MR2

also heres a DIY article
MKII Toyota MR2 Audio How-To
scroll down towards the bottom.

[1991MR2TURBOS]

THanks i might take the radio out and justr check everythin out..

[eckoman_pdx]

Originally Posted by 1991MR2TURBOS

i checked and i have 2 lines down my windshield!! SO, how do you set it up to get reception from it?

It should be hooked up automatically. There's a plug on the outside of the front firewall right below the glass. The windshield antenna plugs into that, and it should be plugged.

From there, behind your headunit, there are TWO antenna wires. One is for the rear power antenna, one is for the windshield antenna. I think the smaller GM plug is the windshield antenna. Just plug that into your new (or old) headunit (you may need an adapter) and there you go. I bought an adapter which takes the two plugs from the rear antenna and the windshield antenna and combines them into one plug, so I could plug it into an aftermarket HU.

Then I just didn't hook up the antenna power wire on the new HU, so the power antenna never tries to do anything. If yours is already hooked up, then just cut the antenna power wire off the HU harness.

[1991MR2TURBOS]

Thanks ill try and set it up on sunday hopefully!

[eckoman_pdx]

Originally Posted by 1991MR2TURBOS

Thanks ill try and set it up on sunday hopefully!

Your welcome!! I hope it works out

[1991MR2TURBOS]

K so where can u see if the antenna is hooked up by the fire wall? Can u see it from looking through the windshield??

[eckoman_pdx]

Originally Posted by 1991MR2TURBOS

K so where can u see if the antenna is hooked up by the fire wall? Can u see it from looking through the windshield??

No, you need to remove the wiper cowl. This is the black grated plastic piece which goes between the hood and the windshield, the piece the windshield wiper arms seem to come out of.

To remove this, you'll remove your windshield wiper arms. Then you'll pry up the 2 bolt covers on each side of the cowl. You'll unscrew the bolts, then you can remove the cowl (be careful, though I've never broke mine I've heard it likes to break).

Once the cowl is out. Look and see if you're windshield antenna is hooked up. There should be a stud coming off the firewall, and the windshield antenna hooks up to this.





On the inside of the car, there should be an antenna wire coming off of or attatched to the other side of the stud (the side inside the car). This wire should connect to the OEM radio using a gm antenna plug, which is a small antenna plug. It's too small to fit into a standard antenna socket/hole. To hook it up to a regular headunit, you'll need a GM antenna adapter. This will convert the small GM antenna plug to a regular sized antenna plug. From there, if you want to hook up both the power antenna and the windshield antenna, get a "Y" antenna adapter. You can plug the power antenna and the windshield antenna/gm adapter plug into the to upper parts of the Y on the "Y" adapter, and then you plug the lower part of the Y adapter into the headunit.

[1991MR2TURBOS]

k thanks... ill just want to run it off the windshield and use my gm antenna adapter

[1991MR2TURBOS]

and i know my winshield antenna is working cuz i unplugged my power antenna and i got signal from the windshield one..

[eckoman_pdx]

Originally Posted by 1991MR2TURBOS

k thanks... ill just want to run it off the windshield and use my gm antenna adapter

Originally Posted by 1991MR2TURBOS

and i know my winshield antenna is working cuz i unplugged my power antenna and i got signal from the windshield one..

You are welcome

If you want both hooked up at once at some point, there is a way to do that.

You want a 2 female to 1 male plug Y adapter harness. Metra makes this part, it's part # 40 UV43, as shown below. One plug the windshield antenna into the gm female to Motorola male adapter harness, and you plug the male end of that into one of the female plugs on the Y harness. You plug the power antenna into the other female plug, and then plug the male end into the headunit.

[cyberwolf]

Originally Posted by MSAGRO

Not hard to find.

EssentialGears.Com: 91 - 95 TOYOTA MR2 2-COLOR GLOW GAUGES - 3919322

Nice white during the day, and cool blue at night, but the fuel gauge is hard to see at night tho.

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/a...7/P1020989.jpg

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/a...7/P1020991.jpg

i have those also, good stuff kinda wish they were able to dim