Damon23

I love my 92 Z28. What I dont like is the $275 repair bill I would have to fix the factory radio. I really dont like any of the aftermarket solutions either. I remembered a guy from another forum I knew and he had developed this product. I'm a big fan for helping out the small businessman so I ordered one up. It works like a charm and you cant screw it up. Really. If I can do it any of you can do it. It is a positive and a negitive and route your antenna wire thru it. Here is how mine turned out:
Took it out of the box. Neatly packed with very clear instructions.

Made a run to the parts store and got a couple of these guys cause GM just had to be different with the smaller antenna plugs. They were $26 together from autozone.

After I hooked up the postive (power only when radio is on) and negtive I routed the antenna wires thru the RediRad.

Everything tucked away in front of the console.

I dont smoke, and I wanted the connector to be hidden untill I need it. So, I drilled a hole in the ash tray and ran the connector thru it. Out of sight out of mind.


I had to use a tie wrap to keep the connector from falling back thru the hole I drilled. A black makes it inconspicuious.

End result. I can pull out what I need and tuck it back away when I dont.



It sounds good and it out of the way. I get to retain my factory headunit that looks good in the dash and still sounds good. What a great product. Go to www.redirad.com and check it out. He even has ones for AM only applications for you out there that may have a real old school car and want this.

Jaysz28

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I'm going to check this out for my girls car..... good write up!

davidj3594

Nice. I Have an fm modulator too and it sounds greatwhile keeping a nce clean stock look.this one looks like a quality product but it seems a bit expensive at over a 100 when u can order one up for less then 30 on the Internet.I guess It would be good for someone needing an am one as I haven't seen to many of those.

Damon23

Yeah, it is not the cheapest one out there. I've has some that have not lasted or sounded great at first and then for some reason just went to crap. I'm happy with it and I'm one for supporting a small business owner here in the USA that actually makes the stuff himself, markets it, packages it and backs it up. I'm going to order a couple more here shortly for the other cars.

claytonjn

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I don't want to hijack the thread, and I hope I'm not out of line here but I bought one of these and used it for a while and it worked great. I finally caved and went aftermarket, so mine is now for sale. It workes great though...

Oh, and what makes this different than the $30 ones is that it plugs directly into the radio's antenna input, so the quality is much better and more reliable.

two-if-by-sea

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The antenna adapters you bought, are they reducers? Do our cars use a larger plug, or a smaller plug that the one on the RediRad? Do you know what size they are? I want to make sure I have all the parts before I start.

claytonjn

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In my 1992 Camaro, the GM antenna size is smaller than the standard size of the RediRad and other aftermarket HUs. I don't know if that's the case for all third-gens. I had to get a standard female to GM male adapter, but I have an aftermarket antenna so I didn't need another adapter. If you have the same antenna as the stock one in my 92 then you would also need a GM female to standard male adapter.

If you didn't buy the RediRad already mine is still for sale, and I can include any adapters you'll need...PM me if you're interested.

Damon23

What he said. I can't remember the year they started the smaller leads. I want to say 1988. I'd buy jammasterjays and save a little and get it all in one shot.

two-if-by-sea

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I tried installing the FM version a few weeks ago, and had absolutely no luck. Could not get it to work for nuthin! I called the customer service number, talked to Matt. Could not ask for a better person. He gave me some suggestions, all of which I had tried already. He was so polite, I decided to try again. Ripped the dash apart again, and within 15 minutes, I had this thing going. I have no idea what I did wrong the first time, but works like a charm now. I'm happy with it.

I have an old head unit from my '87 Camaro, and the RediRad antenna cables fit that perfectly. Unfortunately, my current '89 Camaro uses the smaller antenna connector. I ordered the cables from Advance Auto, part number 40-GM30, "Metra Antenna Adapter", about $20 shipped.

Ozz1967

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I picked up a used 2002 Camaro stereo and then used a GM AUX-09 Ipod adapter that plugs into the factory harness of the 02 stereo. Running an IPOD ever since and have a CD player if I want to use it or the battery goes dead in the Ipod. lol

two-if-by-sea

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I would think that the majority of people who buy a device like this want to keep their original, factory stereo's.

Ozz1967

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You're probably right. My factory stereo quit playing tapes so I couldn't even use my tape deck adapter for a CD player/Ipod. This was several years ago before I knew about all these other options. I found a mint CD player head unit out of a wrecked 2002 camaro. It bolted right in with a bit of a face plate modification (needed to enlarge the opening) and runs flawlessly. The AUX-09 unit plugs into the CD changer port and that's how I run my Ipod.

cvicha

I'm thinking of hooking up a Redirad. Where did you pull power from? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

ringo234

I have an FM Modulator in my second car but even though it also plugs directly into the antenna local stations can cause interference, especially on long trips driving through different radio stations. The stock radio has a cassette player so I bought a Phillips cassette adapter and ran the wire behind the faceplate and it works way better now with no interference.

two-if-by-sea

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I have no issues with interference issues with my RediRad. Are you using this product, or a similar Ebay cheapie? These things are available dirt cheap on the Bay, but as with most Chineese knockoffs, you get what you pay for.

As far as how to power it, the unit comes with about 10 feet of wire. I opted to buy a spade electrical connector, and plut it into my fusebox, using the "IGN" (ignition) slot. I also added an inline fuse holder, with a 7.5 fuse. I ran the wire under the dash (above the drivers feet) and zip-tied it up there.