There are a multitude of hidden antenna methods, some work, some do not, usually the methods that do work cost more than what they are worth.
The best method so far is using the rear defroster as an antenna, which is a great method but the flaw is you cannot use the defroster and the antenna at the same time (which is a problem for me and maybe others) unless you do some crazy mumbo-jumbo magic that is beyond my understanding.
All you need is is a role of copper tape (the thinner the better), some speaker wire, and some basic electronic tools.
What I have done is use some copper foil tape on the rear window in a pattern like the diagram below.
This is a picture of the rear window, the orange lines are the copper tape.
You can use what ever design you want but this was the recommended design to use.
This is how it looks now all laid out. Careful, as copper tape is very fragile and it rips easy. Do not expect to have it perfectly straight unless you have really good hands. Unless you did a horrendous job, it should not be that noticeable.
If you have tint in the rear you can have some slop as it is hard to see the antenna from the outside.
Now that all of the tape is laid down on the window, next is to wire it to the radio.
Get some speaker wire and and there are two ways you can do this, you can solder the wire to the copper tape or the less effective way, put a terminal at the end of the wire and tape it to the extension near the third light if you followed the diagram above. I did not solder it since I still cannot get a hold of my friend with the equipment to do it. You can put the wire where ever you want but I was too lazy and too sick to strip remove the carpet to hide it better.
If you are still doing this exactly the way I am doing it, what you will do next is remove the cap and stick the feeder wire through the hole in the carpet. Then put the cap on and you will have something like below.
What you have to do is take off the wire that goes up into the antenna and cut it somewhere and splice it with the feeder wire. This is what my horrible job looks like but it works, when I get over this cold and I feel like it I will clean it up.
At this point, removing the antenna would be the next step. It is two bolts and un-clipping wires.
Now that the antenna is out, there is the hole in the car. What you must get is this cap that fits over the hole. These caps can be found under the carpet in the trunk. Or go to ebay and type in "Honda Antenna Delete" and it is a round cap.
It looks like this on the car.
Congratulations, now people will be like "Damn, no antenna and you have a working radio! You some kind of wizard?"
The best method so far is using the rear defroster as an antenna, which is a great method but the flaw is you cannot use the defroster and the antenna at the same time (which is a problem for me and maybe others) unless you do some crazy mumbo-jumbo magic that is beyond my understanding.
All you need is is a role of copper tape (the thinner the better), some speaker wire, and some basic electronic tools.
What I have done is use some copper foil tape on the rear window in a pattern like the diagram below.
This is a picture of the rear window, the orange lines are the copper tape.
You can use what ever design you want but this was the recommended design to use.
This is how it looks now all laid out. Careful, as copper tape is very fragile and it rips easy. Do not expect to have it perfectly straight unless you have really good hands. Unless you did a horrendous job, it should not be that noticeable.
If you have tint in the rear you can have some slop as it is hard to see the antenna from the outside.
Now that all of the tape is laid down on the window, next is to wire it to the radio.
Get some speaker wire and and there are two ways you can do this, you can solder the wire to the copper tape or the less effective way, put a terminal at the end of the wire and tape it to the extension near the third light if you followed the diagram above. I did not solder it since I still cannot get a hold of my friend with the equipment to do it. You can put the wire where ever you want but I was too lazy and too sick to strip remove the carpet to hide it better.
If you are still doing this exactly the way I am doing it, what you will do next is remove the cap and stick the feeder wire through the hole in the carpet. Then put the cap on and you will have something like below.
What you have to do is take off the wire that goes up into the antenna and cut it somewhere and splice it with the feeder wire. This is what my horrible job looks like but it works, when I get over this cold and I feel like it I will clean it up.
At this point, removing the antenna would be the next step. It is two bolts and un-clipping wires.
Now that the antenna is out, there is the hole in the car. What you must get is this cap that fits over the hole. These caps can be found under the carpet in the trunk. Or go to ebay and type in "Honda Antenna Delete" and it is a round cap.
It looks like this on the car.
Congratulations, now people will be like "Damn, no antenna and you have a working radio! You some kind of wizard?"
looks better than a limp dildo rubber thing hanging off the quarter panel though 
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