Finally got the antenna installed. I agree, pulling the antenna cable from the top seems to be pretty tough. It always get's stuck about where the lower edge of the windshield is. So I borrowed some of your ideas and decided to try a different approach. I had about 10 feet of 8 gauge power cable from Home Depot lying in my trunk. It is about the same diameter as the antenna cable, but much more rigid. I took this power cable and pulled it through from the other end (from inside the car, under the dash). It showed up in the antenna hole at the top of the car in no time. After that I just tied the antenna cable to this power cable and pulled the whole thing through in the opposite direction. No sweat, it took me about 15 minutes to do the whole thing.