Review on 📶 Enhance Signal Reception with Metra 44-TY23 Replacement Antenna for Toyota Vehicles by Tim Beardsley

Matches my 1985 Toyota pickup very well. I noticed that the antenna is an inch longer than my factory antenna (maybe Toyota didn't design it, right?). The angle is perfect for the truck and the cable gland was . almost too small. I lubricated it with silicon grease but had to make another tool. I cut a 3" notch down the length of a 1/2" section of PVC pipe, just big enough for the cable to pass through. I lined up the end with the gasket and hit the other end with a fatal blow. Overall I'm happy, but I'd like to mention that I left it in the sun for a couple of weeks before I had a chance to install it and it didn't have to lie flat. The lower tube is deformed. I've tried bending it back with a heat gun but not very successfully. Living in the desert, the car's internal temperature can be over 140°F, so I'm a little concerned that they used the wrong materials. I might have to wrap it with something later.