I wasn't able to find much of a discussion about options for the radio antenna. They're ugly and since I am opening my dash soon I was curious to about getting people's thoughts and experiences. What I want to do is remove the big exterior antenna while having minimal impact on radio reception. I have an HD-capable radio but when I listen to radio stations it's usually AM & FM talk stations since I play MP3s for music. So while I don't have much of a need for pulling in radio at a high quality, I still want it to do so reliably. Hopefully since I live in the flat state of Florida near Orlando it will be easier for my options to work well.
I've looked on both Amazon and Crutchfield, and it seems like everything has poor reviews. I'm definitely open to using one of these, but since the factory antenna seems terrific at what it does I thought about fastening it horizontally under the wiper cowl or in the front bumper. I'm certain I read about someone doing that here but I don't see it.
Eventually when I need a repaint I will have the hole filled.