I've had metallics on my old cars, most of which had diversity antenna's on the rear window. I've also used my cellphone and portable GPS in them without problems. Would it be safe to say the same for the G with the nav/bluetooth/satellite?

I found a couple of old posts, but it seems most people have ceramics installed here.

Thanks.
- Mike

 

ceramics FTW, even though I dont have GPS. I went with it b/c they told me it was darker than metallic

 

Metallic will mess up your radio reception, especially if you listen to AM bands.

XM is unaffected.

 

Thanks, guys. That bad on the G, huh? It shouldn't affect Nav either, right? (since the antenna is on the roof).

G35Swagger, odd that you say that, the Ceramics i was looking at (Formula One) looked similar, even though the Ceramics were rated lower (18% ceramics vs. 20% for metallics).

 

Antenna is inside the dash (at least on the earlier sedans).

I would stay away from metallics. Ceramic is by far the best for performance but very pricy.

 

Metallic will be fine and won't cause any issues contrary to what people would have you believe. Metallics look better, but as others have mentioned Ceramic really keeps the heat out much, much better.

 

I got Metallic and I dont have a problem using cell phone, navi, nor radios.

 

I have metallic solarguard and have no reception problems, with Nav, fm, am, or xm.

Someone else might know better but I thought the antenna is the fin on top of the car?

 

IIRC, the antenna mounted on the roof is for navigation/XM, the AM/FM reception comes from the antenna built into the rear windshield

 

No problem with metallic on my car.

 

Perhaps folks who think they're using metallic are actually use something like 3M CS, which is extremely popular, which is non-metallic, but dyed, so doesn't interfere

 

I have no problems with Nav, fm, am, xm or cell with metallic on my car.

 

Heh heh ... the shop I went to had ceramic as an option but I was too cheap to pay the premium.

 

I have metallic. It definitely messed up my radio reception for the few stations that are farther away.

For stations with a strong signal, it didn't make a difference. Unfortunately, my favorite stations are the two that don't come in well now.

Get the good stuff (ceramic) and you won't have to worry about it.

 

Thank you, all, for the responses. They definitely helped.