Rear Antenna Resilvering

[Brett Dikeman]

At 12:48 PM -0500 12/31/03, Bhatti, Mohammed wrote:
>Getting not reception on 97 A4 sedan.  Checked the back glass and 
>the top three wires (act as the AM/FM antenna).  Wires look good 
>with none being broken.   Problem has been located to where they 
>make the connection just behind the left C pillar.  Looks like it is 
>chipped away on the glass such that the antenna is not making a good 
>a connection to the antenna booster.
>
>So, is there a way I can re-silver this?  Any ideas appreciated.

There are kits for repairing defroster wires- they should work in 
this case as well.  It's basically a little bottle of stuff you paint 
on, with a cardboard mask...though there's nothing to stop you from 
making your own mask with tape, slathering the stuff on, and then 
peeling the tape away.  Any auto parts or hardware store should have 
it.  Locktite is one manufacturer, I think.

Brett
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