How do I remove the antenna from a '92 loyale with auto shoulder belts?

 

There appears to be a plastic cover or something, in line with the antenna, behind the belt rail...is it covering a bolt? Do I have to drop the belt rail assembly before I can remove the antenna? (Chilton isn't much help with this one)

 

Why can't anything just be simple?!

Quoting Torxxx from the archives:

 

 

you wont be able to pry it off.. You need to remove the plastic trim on the A-pillar (same spot as antenna but on the inside or the car). On my GL wagon, it had little plastic tabs that pryed right off.

 

I dont remember the size of the bolt/screw offhand, but there will be two of them holding the antenna on. And I'm not sure if the wire comes off at the oh assembly or not. But either way you can take it out of the car. If the wire has to be pulled out of the dash, black tape a long piece of wire onto the end that goes into the stereo so you have a pull line for runnning the new antenna wire back to where it goes.

 

*note* I removed my old one but cutting both ends and just pulling the wire out. If you have any lights up on top of your car and need somewhere to run the power wires through the cab, that is the place to do it. Wire will sandwich in between the antenna assembly and the pillar and seal with silicone.