Little black plastic thing

[67wizard]

Where can a guy get the little black plastic part on the top of the antenna?
I lost mine or somebody wanted them while I was not around. The shop said I have to buy the hole antenna just to get the little part on top. Any ideas on what to use? I thought about a small rubber hose about a quarter in long.
Open to ideas.
Thanks

 

[trike lady]

A hobby store where they have plastic beads in assorted sizes and some epoxy to keep it in place. That may work as a replacement tip.

 

[Iceman24]

I don't think the tips have any affect on reception - purely safety (poking) and protection (ripping covers, etc.). Have you tried Ace HW to see if they have some type of plastic tips in their millions of parts bins?

 

[biscuit]

Maybe you could try a car wrecking yard-surely they would have thousands of antennas laying about.Be a simple matter to glue one in place.

For the sake of a couple of dollars-or less-,imagine poking youself in the eye with the unprotected tip.:newsmile08:

 

[Jack Klarich]

Where can a guy get the little black plastic part on the top of the antenna?
I lost mine or somebody wanted them while I was not around. The shop said I have to buy the hole antenna just to get the little part on top. Any ideas on what to use? I thought about a small rubber hose about a quarter in long.
Open to ideas.
Thanks

List: Vacuum Caps | O'Reilly Auto Parts How about this and some 3M trim cement

 

[RobertHyde]

Go to Lowes. In the aisle where the nails & Screws are, they have those bins with the drawers. They have little plastic caps and all the other unique fasteners and caps. I bought the white ones for when I took my antenna's off to cover the treads. The threads on the antenna base were tearing a hole in my cotton cover. Solved the problem. They probably have smaller than the white? Regardless, inject a little silicone in them and they'll stay on. Very neat approach. Lot cheaper than new antenna for sure.

 

[STEVE07]

Wheel cylinder and caliper bleeders have rubber caps on them that fit perfectly over the top of the antennae.Wrecking yards are full of them or take a couple off of your own vehicle.

 

[Lawdog314]

How about some electrical heat shrink? Dirt cheap, available at Radio Shack or most any hardware store, never gonna fall off. I would imagine a couple of layers of it and it would look great. Just a thought...:bigsmiley11: