Power Antenna in a Conv. Camaro
Power Antenna in a 2002 Conv. Camaro
You can install a Firebird power antenna in a camaro. Bracket needs to be modified for a convertible. Goto junkyard and buy: 1. Power antenna 2.connector for antenna 3. #8 pin at at radio connector (black connector, #8 looking at the holes at connector is on left). If #8 is missing, pull another pin from the junkyard connector and install it in yours. On a firebird, #8 is pink, its power when the radio is on. It connects to green on the antenna. Orange is +12 all the time and black is ground.
Antenna installed in convert. camaro
Modified mounting bracket
Non-power antenna resting on power antenna to show where mounting should be
Power antenna installed. You can keep the same rubber grommet.
New homemade harness to connect power to antenna. Remove alarm shock sensor in the antenna ( they are junk and set the alarm off when you dont want ti to go off, ie 2am in the morning) and use the orange wire to to the antenna orange wire.