• Here is a basic install using the Shark Attack II in the factory antenna hole and the factory antenna cable and power wire. This is a basic install that takes roughly 30 min.
  • Start off by removing the inner trunk panel, there are four plastic push clips that hold it in. Be carful of the power wire that goes to your trunk light, you do not want to yank it out of the light and possibly damage the light.
  • Remove the factory power antenna by removing the external mast fastening nut , you can get a special antenna tool from NAPA or you can use "other" methods.
  • Unplug the connectors from the trunk release and the power antenna, also unplug the factory antenna cable.
Next unscrew the three 10mm bolts that hold the power antenna and the power trunk release. Drop this assembly down for now. Do not pull the cable that goes from the power trunk release to the trunk mechanism.
On the inside of the trunk is a rubber plug that was for the power antenna to go to the outer body panel and protrude out, remove this.
What is not pictured is putting the Shark Attack II antenna in the hole and carefully installing the fastening nut through the hole pictured above where the plug was.
Then you can connect the factory antenna cable to the antenna base. Now check to see if you have an extra wire besides the antenna cable, if not you are done. If yes then one more step.
The power wire will connect to the pink with a white stripe wire from the factory power antenna plug. I recommend a blue butt connector, a wire nut or a pig tail with electrical tape will do the job also. Do not cut the wire too close to the plug, you may want to put the old antenna back.
Here is a job well done, now getting the nut onto the antenna base through the inner and outer panel doesn't seem that hard any more.